Wendy Heffner

Wendy Heffner is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in the tech industry. Currently serving as a Senior Software Engineer at Pixar Animation Studios since September 2016, Wendy has previously held significant roles including Technical Lead for the Server Team at Perforce Software and Senior Software Engineer at Workday. Other positions include Principal Engineer at nCircle, Software Architect at Nominum, Inc., Tools Developer at Peoplesoft, and Sr Software Engineer at Cohera. Wendy holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.F.A. in Design and Technical Theater from the University of Washington, and a BA from Stanford University.