Jana Hart

About Jana Hart

WHAT I AM I am a veteran of software development in the senior / executive management stage of my career. I am an effective personnel manager, technical manager, and mentor. I am also a passionate Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity leader and activist, having managed both a regional and national LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group.WHAT I CAN DOI am skilled in architecting, building and delivering mobile, web, and desktop applications from the ground up. I understand the need for both UX Design and QA for a fully functional product, and I am adept at working with both. I can put together a technical team to build out a product, mentor junior engineers, and provide technical leadership and personnel management. Furthermore, I can interface with customers to extrapolate requirements, manage expectations, and explain technical aspects of the product. I am adept at instructing Human Resources on the specific needs of the LGBTQIA+ community. I can guide a company on how to embrace a more inclusive and diverse set of employees, from recruiting through retainment and advancement. I have had extensive experience in mentoring others on unconscious bias and the behaviors of inclusion.WHAT I AM LOOKING FORI seek a manager role where I can make a difference. I want to be able to mentor those I lead, giving them the benefit of my experience. I want to lead or build a team of diverse individuals committed to delivering their best. Ideally, I would like this to be within the diversity, inclusion, and equity sphere; however, I also relish the opportunity to influence the direction of an engineering department.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Clever Inc.

   Mar 2022 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   As the manager for the User Management team at Clever, I lead a collaborative team of engineers that tackle impactful and exciting challenges in the EdTech industry. My duties include- Leading and building the team that develops and maintains the Identity Management platform within Clever- Developing the skills and impact of the engineers who report to me through support and coaching- Driving the execution of new features spanning fast and intuitive UIs, Go Microservices, and RESTful APIs to give districts control over how their data is synchronized with Clever- Collaborating with product, design, marketing, and other teams to define our roadmap and execute to meet our goals- Working with the other engineering managers and leaders to define engineering best practices and supporting their organizational adoption- Running an agile development process to efficiently build world-class software- Working with Talent Acquisition to hire new engineer- Updating the team’s processes to ensure the most efficient working environment - Understanding and prioritizing the Clever engineering culture - see our blog post on Defining Clever\'s Engineering CultureAs the intern director for the Clever 2024 Engineering Internship program, I hired three interns, selected an intern manager from senior engineers, and successfully ran the program that ended with three accepted return offers.As a member of the Equity Leadership and Belonging Committee’s Equitable Interview Workstream, I oversaw the anti-bias overhaul of the engineering, marketing, and legal interviews. Each interview question and rubric was checked for bias and then approved for inclusion in our in-house database. As a member of the ELBC’s DEI Culture Workstream, I engaged with leadership to examine the company’s culture and identify trends and biases that affected employee satisfaction and retention.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Engineering Psychology

  1988 — 1994