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Tessa Kriesel

Tessa Kriesel

DevRel Leader | Head of Platform DevRel at Snapchat

Austin, Texas, United States

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Tessa Kriesel is an experienced developer and community leader. With over 14 years of experience, she is a self-taught developer who has focused on open-source development, DevOps, and community growth. She is passionate about engaging developer audiences and drives her efforts from a data-driven campaign perspective.

Tessa takes pride in engaging with her community as a contributor and mentor and has done this for several companies, ranging from startups to tech giants. As a technologist, her goal is to elevate developers' voices and knowledge in the community. In addition to her work as Head of Platform Developer Relations at Snap, she advises early-stage startups and mentors underrepresented groups. Prior to her current role, Tessa was the Director of Advocacy & Community at Lacework, Developer Community at Twitter, and Developer Outreach Manager at Pantheon—to name a few.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • DevOps & Automation
  • Mentorship
  • Web Development
  • Front-End Development
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Management
  • Augmented Reality
  • Developer Relations
  • Developer Skills
  • Developer Communities
  • Developer Experience
  • developer marketing
  • Developer Advocate
  • Developer Culture
  • Developers
  • 🙋 Soft skills for developers
  • Head of Developer Relations

Conversations by Vanilla Forums Sessionize Event

November 2020

DeveloperWeek 2020 Sessionize Event

February 2020 Oakland, California, United States

RevolutionConf 2019 Sessionize Event

June 2019 Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Tessa Kriesel

DevRel Leader | Head of Platform DevRel at Snapchat

Austin, Texas, United States

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