Tara Ellis is an avid tinkerer and has been since the early days of the web. As a critical and creative thinker, she is a relentless problem-solver skilled at applying critical thinking, analysis, and technical skills. Tara is a strong believer in “Peopleware” and because of that has a keen understanding of building and managing engineering teams that deliver. Tara currently has the privilege of leading a team of engineers at Netflix where she has focused on continuously improving the sign-up ato bring in the next 100 million Netflix members globally. Prior to joining Netflix, she lead engineering teams at Disney; if you’ve been to Disneyland or Disneyworld in the last decade, you’ve interacted with some of her teams’ software. She honed her engineering skills in the fast-paced, ever-changing environment at Amazon, learning lessons she still uses today.

Leading in the post-boom environment
17 Dec 2022 Conference session

Leading in the post-boom environment

Tara Ellis
Tara Ellis
Understanding difficult conversations in your own organization
12 May 2021 Video

Understanding difficult conversations in your own organization

Tara Ellis
Tara Ellis
Jill Wetzler
Jill Wetzler
+3 more
45 mins
Developing teams at different levels
01 Sep 2020 Video

Developing teams at different levels

Sam Eaton
Sam Eaton
Tara Ellis
Tara Ellis
+1 more
40 mins