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Jennifer Shehane

Enigma · DISC type dci
Head of Product at Cypress.io
📍 United States

Jennifer Shehane is the Cofounder and Head of Product at Cypress. io, where she has progressed from engineering leadership roles. A longtime engineer turned product leader, she studied Industrial Design at Georgia Institute of Technology and focuses on helping teams improve software quality and ship with confidence.

Outside of her leadership role at a major open-source company, Jennifer is a mother and actively engages with the tech community by speaking at conferences and appearing on podcasts.

She helped build an open-source application that grew to nearly 3. 5 million weekly downloads on npm.

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Current Role
Head of Product
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Jennifer shows up

Hard To Convince
Persuasive & Assertive
Friendly Yet Blunt

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Priorities

Topics Jennifer cares about

Software Testing
As the product leader for Cypress, she frequently speaks at conferences and on podcasts about creating reliable and effective testing strategies for development teams.
Developer Experience
Her core professional focus is on creating tools and processes that empower developers to trust their tests and deliver high-quality software with confidence.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Head of Product
Cypress.io
6-2022
Senior Engineering Manager
Cypress.io
8-2021 - 5-2022
Engineering Manager
Cypress.io
10-2011 - 12-2015
Front-End Developer
InspectAll
5-2011 - 10-2011
Web & Graphic Designer
Swipe for Change
In the press

Media appearances

Cypress Blog: Articles by Jennifer Shehane. Featured in Cypress.io Blog
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Education
2007 - 2009
Education details unavailable
Kennesaw State University
2004 - 2005
Industrial Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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