Ava Cooley

Ava Cooley is an experienced Engineering Manager with a background in software engineering and quality assurance. Ava is currently working at Linode as an Engineering Manager, starting in 2022. Prior to that, Ava held the same role at Nordstrom from March 2022 to September 2022.

Ava also has extensive experience as a Software Engineering Manager at Quartile from January 2019 to February 2022. In this role, they played a crucial role in developing an infrastructure as code system using Terraform and implemented a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline for automated deployments. Additionally, they successfully managed two teams, a Data Engineering team, and a DevOps Engineering team, overseeing all aspects of their operations.

Before their managerial roles, Ava worked as a DevOps Engineer at Magento BI from April 2018 to January 2019. During this time, they worked on Magento Business Intelligence, maintained live servers, and implemented stability and testing initiatives using Jenkins, Docker, and CircleCI.

Ava's career started with positions in quality assurance and support roles. Ava worked as a Client Support Engineer at Curalate from June 2016 to April 2018, providing support to clients. Prior to that, they were a QA Engineer at Urban Outfitters from July 2015 to June 2016, responsible for testing across multiple storefronts and developing automated test cases.

Furthermore, Ava gained experience as a QA Analyst and Software Engineer at eBay Enterprise from February 2014 to July 2015. In this position, they performed comprehensive testing on major retail websites, managed test environments, and ensured the proper functioning of various browsers.

In their early career, Ava served as a General Manager and Station Manager at WKDU, an FM radio station, from 2010 to 2013. In these roles, they coordinated and managed executives and DJs, handled budgeting and long-term planning, and oversaw the operation of the radio station.

Ava's professional journey began as a Marketing Intern at K'NEX Industries in 2011 and 2012, where they worked on marketing briefs, managed a stock photography project, and maintained a competitive products database.

Ava Cooley completed their education in 2013 at Drexel University, where they obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems. Ava did not provide information regarding the start year of their education.