Sheila is a faculty member of Seattle University's Computer Science department and directs the career change certificate program
in computer science fundamentals at Seattle University, a part-time program that prepares students with no prior computer science background to enter the masters program in computer science. She also serves as the faculty advisor for the Women in Technology (ACM-W) club at Seattle University. Before moving into academia, Sheila spent time as a technology consultant, software engineering manager, and director of operations.
As a founding community leader of Seattle AnitaB.org, which launched in June 2016, Sheila led the organization of 2017 Hopperx1 Seattle and 2019 Hopperx1 Seattle, locally organized conferences modeled after the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. She also co-founded LevelUp Seattle and the Women in Tech Consortium.
Sheila performs with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
and serves on the board of Seattle Rep
. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, performing music and dance, and hiking the great PNW!
