About the Coding Geekette

Sarah Dutkiewicz has worn many hats in the past decade - including technical support tech, technical support manager, database administrator, system administrator, programmer, report writer, editor, and now developer. She graduated in 2002 with her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering Technology from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. When she isn't working on database-driven websites, she's reading up on the latest technologies and networking with other developers.

How the Nickname Came to Be

While working in the technical support realm, Sarah was introduced to Martin Hebrank, a system administrator who worked down the hall from her. After spending a lot of time chatting, they somehow came up with the term geekette. Since Sarah loves programming so much, she added "coding" before it to qualify just what kind of geekette she is. And yes, you can call her a geek and she won't be offended. She's 100% girl geek and proud of it!

Current Topics of Interest

• User Interface Design
• User-Centric Development
• Programming Language Paradigms
• DLR Languages
• Sociological Factors in Computing

Previous Presentations

• "SAMBA w/SWAT" Sarah Kahl & Kevin Otte. Toledo Area Linux Users Group, Toledo, OH, April 1999
• "Java Implementation of the Vending Machine Problem" Jason Bechtel, Sarah Kahl, & Emilie Paddock. OOPSLA '99, Denver, CO, November 1999
• "Squeak" Sarah Kahl. Toledo Area Linux Users Group, Toledo, OH, December 1999

Professional Memberships

• Association For Computing Machinery
  • Reviews Editor for Crossroads magazine, 2000-2002
  • Student Member, 1999-2002
  • Professional Member, 2002-present

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