Katie Cunningham
Director Of Technology at Speak Agent
Woodbridge, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKatie Cunningham is a Director of Technology with 16 years of experience building Python and Django-based systems, leading teams, and shipping full-stack products for education and media. At SpeakAgent she architects the backend API and prototypes teacher/student interfaces in AngularJS while mentoring engineers and setting technical direction. A sought-after speaker and instructor, she regularly teaches Python and accessibility, organizes local PyLadies chapters, and has authored books for O'Reilly and Pearson. Her background includes scaling a multi-site Django CMS for 200+ media properties at Cox Media Group and delivering reliable web projects as a NASA contractor. Katie combines hands-on development with curriculum design and accessibility advocacy, making her equally comfortable coding, teaching, and evaluating new tech for practical impact. Based in Woodbridge, VA, she’s currently working on her third book, blending real-world engineering with accessible learning.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA Psychology, BA Psychology at George Mason University
Github Skills (24)
azerothcore10
tabletop10
django9
trinitycore8
playing7
mongodb7
html6
nodejs6
vue6
css6
javascript6
react5
frontend5
python4
nextjs2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lingshare/lingshare-staging
Oct 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:34 PRs, 138 pushes, 13 branches in 11 months
SpeakAgent/frontend-test
Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
This test is intended for front-end applicants.
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
frontend
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