About

Katrina Uychaco is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience in the industry. Currently, she is working at GitHub as a Software Engineer and is responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions for the company. Her expertise lies in Javascript and she is a Senior Software Engineer. Prior to working at GitHub, Katrina served as a Hacker in Residence at Telegraph Academy, a software engineering immersive with a mission to serve underrepresented minorities in tech. Here, she served as a Lecturer and Technical Lead for Telegraph Prep, a 1-month course on JavaScript fundamentals. She also developed curriculum on JavaScript fundamentals, taught and provided technical mentorship to over 50 students. Katrina has also worked as an Associate Software Engineer at CallidusCloud, where she built a customer-facing application for viewing log files using jQuery and Bootstrap. This application was used by 80% of customers and freed up the Product Support team by reducing ticket load. She also developed an internal operations tool used for 50 customer environment upgrades using jQuery and Bootstrap. Additionally, she streamlined and automated the workflow for setting up new customer application environments, reducing related internal emails by 70% and decreasing average customer setup time. Katrina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Science degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. She also completed an Advanced Software Engineering Immersive program from Hack Reactor. With her extensive experience and expertise in software engineering, Katrina is a valuable asset to any team she works with. She is passionate about using technology to solve complex problems and is always eager to learn and grow in her field.