Elsa Birch

Elsa Birch has held various roles in the tech industry since 2006. Elsa started as an Engineering Intern at TW Environmental in 2006, then worked as an Undergraduate Researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder Hrenya Research Group and Columbia University Nuckolls Lab in 2006 and 2007, respectively. In 2008, they were a Senior Design Project Team Member at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Graduate Researcher at Stanford University's Markus Covert Systems Biology Lab. From 2013 to 2016, they worked as a Senior Associate and Associate at Exponent Failure Analysis Associates. Since 2016, they have been a Software Engineer at Pinterest, where they were a Tech Lead for Cloud Infrastructure Cost and Usage Data and a Tech Lead for Operations on the Business Intelligence team from 2020 to 2022. Elsa also updated the design and implementation of the Advertiser Experience Data Mart from 2018 to 2019.

Elsa Birch received their Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2008. Elsa then went on to pursue their Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, which they completed in 2012. Elsa then continued at Stanford University to obtain their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemical Engineering in 2013. Additionally, they hold a HAZOP 40 Hour certification.