Meg Ford

Meg Ford has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Currently, they are a Principal Software Engineer and Technical Lead at Pixability since September 2022. Prior to that, they held the positions of Back End Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer at the same company from December 2019 to September 2022.

In addition, Meg has also worked with the GNOME Foundation, where they served as a Member and Director from 2011 to 2018. Meg was also a Google Summer of Code Intern for GNOME's Documents Application in 2012 and completed an internship as part of the Outreach Program for Women in 2011.

Other notable experiences include working as a Software Engineer at Hack Computer from March 2019 to July 2019, a Technical Lead and Software Engineer at Mitel from September 2017 to January 2019, and a Technical Lead and Software Engineer at ShoreTel (Acquired by Mitel) from January 2016 to September 2017.

Before that, they worked as a Software Engineer II at Corvisa, a ShoreTel company (Acquired by ShoreTel) from October 2014 to January 2016. Meg also has experience in academia, having worked as a Graduate Research Assistant and Web Developer at Northeastern Illinois University from June 2014 to September 2014 and October 2013 to May 2014, respectively.

Prior to that, they interned as a News Application Intern at the Chicago Tribune Media Group in 2014 and served as a Graduate Assistant at Northeastern Illinois University from September 2012 to June 2013.

Meg Ford earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from Northeastern Illinois University, which they attended from 2012 to 2014. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Meg's earlier education includes studying at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, though specific details about their degree and field of study are not provided.