Cynthia supports the teams that build Smartsheet’s customer experiences. Prior to that she was VP of Technology at Nordstrom supporting commerce services. She has over 25 years of experience building software as well as leading teams in consumer applications, operating system services, e-commerce as well as software as a service. In 2015, she took a detour from her engineering career and became the Executive Director of Ada Developers Academy, a software development training program for women, trans and non-binary people. She tripled the size of Ada’s program, graduating over 120 diverse software engineers from marginalized communities. She also became a professional facilitator for the Ally Skills Workshop. Cynthia is committed to building inclusive teams and empowering women and marginalized people in tech through her work as an industry mentor and vocal advocate for underrepresented minorities. In her spare time, she teaches and practices aerial dance on the lyra and aerial sling.