Adrianna F.
About Adrianna F.
Adrianna F. serves as the Credentials & Curriculum Lead at Canonical, where she oversees the certification program's market strategy, budget, and quality evaluation. With extensive experience in education and technology, she collaborates with stakeholders to ensure the program meets community needs and leads the development of new certification initiatives for the Ubuntu Linux community.
Work at Canonical
Adrianna F. serves as the Credentials & Curriculum Lead at Canonical, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she oversees the market strategy, budget, vendor contracts, and quality evaluation for Canonical's certification program. Adrianna collaborates with senior leadership, end users, and other stakeholders to ensure that the certification program aligns with market and community needs. She leads the development of a new certification program aimed at verifying technical skills and competency within the Ubuntu Linux community. Additionally, she coordinates system integrations and website UX design across teams, evaluates platform API and webhook availability, and manages cloud-based resources.
Education and Expertise
Adrianna F. holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Comparative and World Literature from San Francisco State University. Her academic background includes a minor in American and English Literature. This educational foundation supports her expertise in curriculum development and instructional design, particularly in the context of certification exams. Adrianna employs a Successive Approximation Model/Agile methodology in her work, which enhances her ability to design, develop, and deliver effective certification programs.
Background
Before joining Canonical, Adrianna F. accumulated diverse professional experience across various roles. She worked as a Systems Test Lab Manager & Tester at Netopia, Inc. from 2000 to 2003. Later, she served as a Full-time Instructor at Heald College from 2008 to 2010. Adrianna also owned and directed curriculum and instruction at Type A Yoga from 2010 to 2016. Between 2018 and 2022, she provided technology and media consulting as a self-employed professional, while also working as a Customer Success Engineer at ThousandEyes in 2017.
Achievements
Adrianna F. has made significant contributions to the certification program at Canonical, focusing on quality evaluation and market strategy. She has led the structuring of GitHub repositories and directed the software development cycle, ensuring contributions from Subject Matter Experts are effectively managed. Her role also involves developing internal systems and procedures to facilitate organizational expansion and scalability. Adrianna's passion for solving client-facing technical challenges has supported the growth of the open-source ecosystem.