Education
- Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) - Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Science, Hampton University
Biosketch
Sylvia Isler was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Over the past three decades, she has worked as an engineer and engineering leader in a variety of technology domains including scientific computing, fintech, networking and cloud computing. She currently serves as an advisor to VC Funds in the New York City Tech Sector.
Her past positions include: at Boston-based MathSoft lead engineer of S-PLUS, the commercial successor to R; at Kiodex (now FIS), lead engineer and VP of Engineering; at EMC| Smarts, Principal Engineer; at Boston-based Turbonomic, SVP of Engineering and at Alphabet-spinoff, Cityblock Health, VP of Engineering.
She is now at Google where she has led an engineering team working on the next-gen Android Platform build system and currently leads a team working on the next-gen Search platform.
Isler earned her Computer Science Bachelors and Masters degrees from Hampton University and University of Pennsylvania, respectively.