Sarah is a senior technical leader who has been contributing to open source software for over 15 years. She founded Blazing Cloud, a mobile development firm, and Bridge Foundry, a diversity and inclusion nonprofit. She previously served as Presidential Innovation Fellow in the Obama Administration at the Smithsonian Institution, and was an early engineer on After Effects, Shockwave, and Flash video. She now leads Google Cloud Platform infrastructure teams working on server-side events and security policy.
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Girl Geek Dinner
Google hosts a Girl Geek Dinner on February 4, 2010 in Mountain View, California.
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Absorbed into the Borg: What Happens After Your Startup is Acquired
At Girl Geek X "Elevate" conference, Claire Vo (VP of Product Management, Optimizely), Selina Tobaccowala (Founder, Gixo/Evite) and Sarah Allen (Founder, RailsBridge & Engineering Manager, Google) share their journeys in entrepreneurial leadership with Shanea King-Roberson (Senior Technical Product Manager, eBay). What’s life like after your startup is acquired by a larger company? How does your role as a leader change?
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