Camille Fournier is known for being the former chief technology officer of

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, former vice president of technology at

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, and author of ''The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change''. She is a managing director at

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Career

Fournier earned her

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in computer science from

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. After graduating, she worked at

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for 18 months. In 2005, she graduated from the

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with a

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in computer science. She moved on to work at

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for over six years, originally as an engineer working on

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software and eventually as a vice president of technology. In 2011, Fournier joined the startup Rent the Runway as the director of engineering, and in 2014 she became the company's chief technology officer. She resigned from her chief position in 2015. Fournier writes the ''Ask The CTO'' column for

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. In 2017, she published a book titled
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
'. In 2019, she published a book as the editor titled
97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts
'.

References

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