<p>Valerie has more than 9 years of professional experience writing and implementing codes of conduct for software-related companies, venture capital firms, and non-profits. Valerie Aurora was the lead author of the Ada Initiative anti­-harassment policy, which is the basis of thousands of codes of conduct in use today. She teaches Ally Skills Workshops as principal consultant at Frame Shift Consulting. Prior to that, she was co-founder and executive director of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit supporting women in open technology and culture, and a software engineer specializing in operating systems for more than ten years.</p>
