Heather Ellsworth
About Heather Ellsworth
Heather Ellsworth is a Software Engineer at Canonical Ltd., where she focuses on maintaining snap metadata and improving documentation. She has a diverse background in software engineering and project management, having previously worked at Purism, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Secure64 Software Corporation.
Work at Canonical
Heather Ellsworth has been employed at Canonical Ltd. as a Software Engineer since 2019. In her role, she focuses on maintaining snap metadata in upstream projects and ensuring that working snaps are available in the snapcraft.io store. Her contributions also include improving snap documentation for future developers, enhancing the usability and accessibility of the platform.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Canonical, Heather Ellsworth held several positions in software engineering and project management. She worked as a Project Manager at Purism, SPC from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, she was a Software Test Engineer at Secure64 Software Corporation from 2016 to 2017, and she served as a Linux System Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2014 to 2016. Additionally, she worked as a Firmware Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2012 to 2014.
Teaching and Research Roles
Heather Ellsworth has experience in academia, having worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at both the University of Texas at Arlington and Colorado State University. At the University of Texas at Arlington, she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant from 2008 to 2010 and as a Graduate Research Assistant from 2010 to 2011. She also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Colorado State University for five months in 2011.
Education and Expertise
Heather Ellsworth earned her Master's degree in Physics from The University of Texas at Arlington, where she studied from 2008 to 2011. Her educational background provides a strong foundation for her technical roles in software engineering and project management.