Pronouns She/Her/They/Them
Jessica is a Head of Architecture / Distinguished Architect, Event Organiser, International Speaker & avid learner.
She was a Microsoft MVP 2019 - 2025.
They are a Director and Co-Founder of DDD East Midlands, a technology conference which first took place in October 2019 and had it's last event in 2023.
In 2022, Jessica was elected to be a board member of the .NET Foundation. Before this she was a very active member of the membership committee and nomination committees, and she hopes to help the foundation with her experience in community building.
Jessica lives with Crohns Disease and is open about some of the challenges that presents. She didn't start in a traditional tech background, having spent a LONG time studying at university before finding her place in tech. She strongly believes that the support she has had from others has helped her tremendously and tries to pay it forward where she can. As such she strongly believes in supporting bootcamps, mentorship programs and meetups.