Rupa Dachere
San Jose, CA
Why do I have this page?
I found myself having to repeatedly talk about my background and why I started CodeChix. So, I finally decided to create a very basic page and point people to it.
What I like to do and some work background:
I like to tinker with software + hardware, build things that solve my daily problems. I also like to work with and educate/promote/mentor women software developers (See why I started CodeChix). I've been a software dev for over 2 decades with experience spanning Cellular/Optical Networks, Network Mgmt, Firewalls, System Admin, Element Management (Video Encoding), Linux etc.
My Blog: http://rupadachere.blogspot.com/
My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rdachere
Awards:
- 2013 IEEE Meritorious Award for Informal Education
- 2013 Anita Borg Institute, Systers Pass-It-On Awards
Talks/Panels:
- KQED Newsroom Panel on "Women In Tech", August 2015
- ShesGeeky, January 2015
- Grace Hopper Conference, Home Automation/PiDoorbell, Phoenix, October 2014.
- PyCon 2014, PiDoorbell Hands-on Tutorial, Montreal, April 2014.
- ShesGeeky, January 2014.
- Grace Hopper India, Workshop on Rpi, November 2013.
- VMware Technical Talk Series, October, 2013
- Silicon Valley Code Camp, Los Altos, October 2013
- IEEE Women in Engineering & ACM Silicon Valley, Sept. 2013
- Home Automation with Rpi - July 25 @OSCON 2013, Portland, Oregon
- PiDoorbell - Home Automation - July 7-8 @PyCon2013 Australia/Tasmania
- About CodeChix - June 27 - Usenix/WiAC'13, Santa Clara
- Home Automation Talk on March 16 @PyCon2013, Santa Clara : http://pyvideo.org/video/1688/whos-there-home-automation-with-arduinorasp
- NC