Leslie Griffin Robertson (DC 1989) Vice President, Software Development
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure User and Developer Experience
The tech industry suffers from a diversity problem. If we want technology that can successfully anticipate the needs of a diverse set of users, the people who build those products must also be diverse. Code is not the only path to contribution, and tech startups need more than just computer science majors. How do you build the diverse team you need, whether you are a small startup or a Fortune 100 company? You do it by looking beyond the obvious majors and recognizing that potential comes in many forms.
Leslie Robertson leads the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) user and developer experience engineering organization. As an early member of the OCI team — which has scaled from tens to thousands of people in the past four years — Robertson drove multiple initiatives to create a cohesive engineering culture within the OCI organization. Prior to joining Oracle, Robertson did the startup-through-acquisition drill three times, and she also spent a decade freelancing for a variety of Silicon Valley companies. A proud humanities major, Leslie graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with University Honors, and holds a double B.A. in Professional Writing and Creative Writing.
The Dietrich College Entrepreneurship Speaker Series and the James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Leadership Series sponsored the talk, held Oct. 24, 2019, at CMU's Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.
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