Alpha Amatya, M.S.

Alpha Amatya is the Senior Director of Software Engineering within the Informatics Division at Simons Foundation. She joined the foundation in 2014 to lead software development initiatives for SFARI and drive the transition to build core platforms in-house rather than relying on external vendors. Prior to joining the foundation in 2014, Amatya served as a senior software engineer at On Demand Books, designing web-enabled self-publishing and point-of-sale book printing software. She also worked as CDR Technology Manager at Tangoe, Inc., developing telecommunications and mobile device management platforms. Amatya holds a B.S. in mathematics with a minor in computer science from Washington College and an M.S. in computer science from Pace University.