Jill is the Head of Engineering at Pilot, a bookkeeping firm powered by software. She was previously Director of Engineering at Lyft where she built out their Infrastructure Engineering organization. In her last year at Lyft, she created a role to develop and coach managers within the Tech organization, with a focus on supporting the career progression of underrepresented employees. Jill began her career at salesforce.com, where she was an engineer, a tech lead, and eventually an engineering manager. Outside of Pilot, Jill works with organizations like the Kapor Center for Social Impact (local to her own city of Oakland) and advises startups in East Africa.
Other people’s problems: a primer on coaching
The world’s best leaders seem to have one thing in common, and it has nothing to do with their intellect or their broad experience.
Understanding difficult conversations in your own organization
Real life situations and frameworks for having difficult conversations.
The antiracist leader: organizational process
Examining how to check biases at the door of our organizational processes
The Inclusive Leader: Tips for Developing Diverse Engineering Teams
Managing people is hard. Managing people who aren’t like you is harder. As we push to build more diverse teams, how do we ensure everyone can succeed equally?
Other people’s problems: a primer on coaching
The world’s best leaders seem to have one thing in common, and it has nothing to do with their intellect or their broad experience.