Althea Smith

Althea Smith has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Althea is currently working at Oula as a Senior Backend Engineer since August 2022. Previously, they were employed at MainStreet as a Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead from September 2020 to May 2022.

From January 2019 to August 2020, Althea held the position of Chief Technology Officer / Lead Developer at Rooted Farmers, where they designed and developed an online marketplace for sustainably-grown flowers. Althea managed a team of developers, contractors, and interns and oversaw feature design, architecture, and code deployment.

Before that, Althea worked at Aledade, Inc. as a Senior Backend Engineer from October 2018 to January 2020, contributing to the development of a command line tool and database migration projects. Althea won the Most Innovative Project award for their work in 2019.

From December 2015 to January 2020, Althea had the role of Technical Co-Founder / Lead Developer at Torus Teens. In this position, they played a key role in the technical development of the company.

Althea also worked as a Senior Backend Engineer at a video streaming startup under AMC from August 2017 to October 2018. Althea built an ETL pipeline and developed a Jupyter dashboard to track real-time status and issues.

Additionally, they served as the Director of Data at bRealTime (formerly CPXi) from May 2016 to August 2017. Their responsibilities included automating key processes and maintaining performance visualization using various technologies.

Althea began their career at Xyster Consulting Inc., where they worked as an Associate from April 2014 to August 2015 and as an Analyst from March 2012 to April 2014. Althea also gained experience as a Research Assistant at the Office of Aarno Liuksila from September 2010 to February 2012 and as an Intern at the United States Senate from January 2011 to April 2011.

Althea Smith obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, which they attended from 2007 to 2011. In 2015, they pursued a Full-Stack Python Development program at Byte Academy. Althea then completed a Cybersecurity Certificate in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics from Champlain College between 2014 and 2016. In 2016, Althea obtained a Certificate in Data Science from General Assembly. Furthermore, in 2019, they acquired a Level III Sommelier certification from the National Wine School. Additionally, Althea participated in a Study Abroad Program focusing on Development and Globalization at Khon Kaen University in 2010.