Katy Bowman

Experience

Technical Roles

Developer

June 2017 to Present

Working with clients to create better web experiences. Building a variety of different types of sites from one-page designs to large e-commerce sites.

Software Engineer

Lexis Nexis

March 2016 to June 2017

Front end development and automated test writing for an enterprise news aggregation web app.

Community Building

Group Co-Leader

Dayton Code Together

2019 to present

Working with the community to create and build a supportive group of women and non-binary technologists in the Dayton region.

Chapter Co-Leader

Girl Develop It Dayton **

July 2016 to January 2019

Working with the community to create and build a supportive group of women and non-binary developers in the Dayton region.

** This link goes to a page with information about misconduct by the GDI leadership and reasons why I chose to leave the organization.

Technical Articles

Sparkbox Foundry Article

4 Strategies to Advocate for Project Improvements

Ever have great ideas for improving projects but don’t know how to bring them up? Katy shares how you can effectively advocate for your improvements while being considerate of your team and clients.

Sparkbox Foundry

Blog Post

I Fell in Love with GraphQL Last Night

When I started, I didn't really know much of anything about GraphQL. And, to be honest, the only thing I really knew about Gatsby was that I could use it to build a static site with React. Plus it works well with the Netlify CMS, which is something I also really want to use. Since then, I've learned a lot. But last night, my knowledge of GraphQL took a leap forward and now I really love it.

May 05, 2019