Sarah Spear

Sarah Spear's work experience includes various roles in different companies.

- From October 2021 to present, they are the Owner & Co-Producer at Spearsarah comedy.

- In November 2021 to present, Sarah is a Software Engineer at ShipStation.

- From September 2018 to July 2022, they served as the Austin Chapters President at Techstars, where they were responsible for recruitment, investment, and mentorship for early-stage companies in the Austin accelerator program. Sarah also held the role of Mentor and Program Manager in Techstars.

- From October 2020 to October 2021, Sarah worked as a DevOps Engineer I at RetailMeNot.

- From July 2019 to October 2020, they were a Software Engineer at Stoplight, where they applied software development best practices and worked with technologies like TypeScript, Node, Postgres, React, and GraphQL.

- In 2019, they were a Software Engineering Immersive Resident and Software Engineering Candidate at Hack Reactor.

- In 2018, Sarah was the Director of Operations & Business Development at WriterDuet.

- In 2015, they worked as a Solutions Manager at Trusource Labs and held the position of Program Manager at Core77 from 2011 to 2015.

- From 2008 to 2012, Sarah was a Graphic Designer & Developer as a freelancer, where they managed various projects from concept to completion.

Overall, Sarah Spear has a diverse background in software engineering, program management, operations, and design.

Sarah Spear attended Virginia Commonwealth University from 2006 to 2009, where they earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design. During the same period, they also pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing at the Virginia Commonwealth University - School of Business. In 2018 and 2019, Sarah completed the Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Program at Hack Reactor. In 2012 and 2014, they participated in the Advanced Study Program in Improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Prior to their time at Virginia Commonwealth University, Sarah studied Marketing at Virginia Tech from 2004 to 2006. In 2018, they obtained the Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship from Udacity.