Holly Allen

Holly Allen has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over several companies. Holly is currently serving as the VP of Engineering at MO since December 2022. In addition, Holly has worked as an Executive Coach at CodeYourFuture starting from February 2023.

Before their current roles, Holly held various positions at different companies. As the Senior Director of Engineering, Platform at Slack, from February 2021 to September 2021, they led a 60+ engineering team and oversaw the development of the new Slack Platform. Holly also served as the Director of Engineering, Reliability at Slack from February 2018 to February 2021, where they led teams responsible for SRE, reliability tooling, monitoring, and database reliability engineering.

Prior to their time at Slack, Holly worked as an Advisor at Upsolve, a non-profit startup, from June 2018 to November 2021. Holly offered advice on various aspects, including architecture, logging, monitoring, deployment, and metrics. Holly also provided guidance on hiring, managing, prioritizing, and creating long-term roadmaps.

Holly's earlier experiences include being the Head of Engineering at 18F/GSA from August 2015 to February 2018. During this time, they led a 60+ person engineering organization and played a significant role in creating policies and best practices for development. Holly also served as the Head of Software Development at Public Library of Science from November 2013 to August 2015, where they managed a team of 20+ software and QA engineers.

Holly's career began at PDI/Dreamworks, where they held multiple roles from September 2005 to November 2013. Holly worked as an R&D Manager, overseeing a geographically-diverse team of developers. Holly also served as a Production Engineering Supervisor and a Senior Production Engineer, responsible for solving production issues and managing project schedules.

Prior to PDI/Dreamworks, Holly worked as a Senior Software Engineer at GenSys Software from August 2002 to August 2005, where they developed a hybrid Windows/Web electronic lab notebook enterprise level application.

Overall, Holly Allen has demonstrated a strong background in engineering leadership, reliability, coaching, and advisory roles across various industries and organizations.

Holly Allen has a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The specific field of study is unknown, as the information does not mention it. No other education history is provided.