AeroStokes

Bio

Name:: Rhonda Kaye Griffin Stokes
Pronouns:: She/Her
Location:: Seattle, WA
Summary:: Former Aerospace Design Engineer with a lifelong passion for automation and data analytics, leveraging 15+ years technical experience and newly certified coding skills for a mid‑career pivot from mechanical design to software development
Experience:: // Expert-level proficiency in conceptual design, critical thinking, technical problem solving, data analysis, project management, and supplier/customer coordination gained from 15+ years designing airplane wings and jet engines; // Self-taught coding skills to develop tools that automated tasks, improved efficiency and first-pass quality, reduced recurring costs, and advanced the technologies available to and created by engineers; // Co-founded an innersource organization for sharing tools created by engineers, providing training and educational resources for like-minded autodidactic developers, and advocating on the value of coding as an engineering core competency; personally contributed dozens of tools, built intranet website, wrote knowledgebase content, and taught classes.
Education:: >Full Stack Development Certification | University of Washington >B.S. Aerospace Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology