About
Heike Schmitz is a staff software engineer at ePlant with a background in Computer Science and Marine Biology. She previously led testing services teams at Google, where she managed a quality assurance organization that grew to over 300 people and contributed to IPO preparations including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance work. Schmitz is a member of Sand Hill Angels and has held roles including management consultant, quality assurance engineer at Workspot Inc., and researcher at Jupiter Research Foundation supporting autonomous marine systems and carbon dioxide flux research.
Experience
- Sand Hill AngelsMembercurrent2014 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- ePlant, IncStaff Software Engineer2021 — 2024Los Altos, California, United States
- TripSeerVP Software Quality Assurance2015 — 2023Palo Alto
- Friends of the RiverBoard Member2019 — 2022
- Jupiter Research FoundationSenior Research Scientist/Software Engineer2019 — 2021
- Jupiter Research FoundationResearch Associate/Project Manager/Software Engineer2015 — 2019350 2nd Street #6, Los Altos, CA 94022
- Ocean ChampionsBoard Member2017 — 2018
- GoogleAdvisor/Consultant2006 — 2007Mountain View, CA
- GoogleSenior Engineering Manager2001 — 2006Mountain View, CA
- Workspot Inc.QA Engineer2000 — 2001
- Winter PartnersAnalyst/Programmer1990 — 1992Zurich, Switzerland
- KPMGManagement Consultant1988 — 1990Zürich Area, Switzerland
Education
- University of California, Santa CruzBachelor of Science (BS), Marine Biology2012 — 2014
- Foothill CollegeTransfer2010 — 2012
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichComputer Science1982 — 1987
Skills & more
FlutterAmazon Web Services (AWS)JiraBitbucketPython3Ruby1C++1Hadoop1MapReduce1Perl1Java1Team Leadership4
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ManagementProject ManagementScalabilityDistributed SystemsQuality AssuranceSoftware EngineeringInformation RetrievalSoftware DevelopmentComputer ScienceBig DataMachine LearningAlgorithmsLanguages English · French · German · Swiss-German
- Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach — Coursera Course Certificates
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Also attended University of California, Santa Cruz46
Christine SamsAssistant Controller at Crosslink CapitalAnne FoorInvestor at Khosla VenturesMichelle ModestInvestor at Alpha PartnersMichael JenningsVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcDr. Michael NayakAdvisor at Industrious VenturesJason DemantPartner & Head of Networks at GTMfund
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Also attended Foothill College10
Lacy BalsamaSenior Executive Assistant at Sapphire VenturesLana DevlikamovaLegal Operations Manager at CapitalGBrian RojasInvestor at Side Door VenturesMarissa Ramirez de ChanlatteFellow, Robotics & Computer Vision at Prime Movers LabSara DrouggeInterim Content & Communications Manager at Chalmers Ventures ABGary A. VecchiarelliPresident & Chief Financial Officer at Cleanspark
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Shared employers
Also worked at Friends of the River1
Also worked at Jupiter Research Foundation1
Also worked at Google942
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis
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