About

Kesha Williams is an accomplished software engineering leader with over 12 years of experience in the technology industry. She is currently a Principal Training Architect at A Cloud Guru, where she creates learning content, mentors other training architects, conducts technical interviews, and serves as an evangelist for the organization in the broader tech community. Kesha has worked with several prominent companies in the past, including Chick-fil-A Corporate and NTT Data, where she served as a Software Engineering Manager and Senior Java Consultant, respectively. She has led teams of engineers, managed the delivery of quality software, conducted code reviews, and developed onboarding processes for new engineers. Kesha has also served as a technical evangelist, speaking at conferences and leading smaller innovation teams in emerging technologies like machine learning, computer vision/facial recognition, and virtual/augmented reality. Kesha's contributions to the technology community have been widely recognized. She has received awards from Forbes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Oracle, and has spoken on the TED stage about the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI). Kesha is the first person to receive both the AWS Machine Learning Hero and Alexa Champion honors from Amazon, recognizing her pioneering work in AI. She was named Mentor of the Year by Women Tech Network and received the Innovator Award from Hospitality Technology. Kesha also serves on the Board of Directors for Women in Voice and mentors women in tech. Kesha's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Spelman College and a Master of Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. Her technical skills include AWS, senior software engineering, ML, AI, web development, Java, computer vision, Spring, DevOps, infrastructure, and AngularJS. Overall, Kesha Williams is a highly accomplished software engineering leader and training architect with a passion for transforming lives through technology.