Jessica Pope

Trailblazer
DISC Type : DI

Associate Director of Software Engineering at Communify

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Overview

Jessica is an empathetic software engineering leader with over seven years of experience, currently serving as the Associate Director at Communify. She specializes in mentoring developers and guiding teams in building high-impact financial products. Colleagues frequently describe her as competent, compassionate, tenacious, and fiercely supportive.

Jessica is passionate about technology education and community building. She has founded multiple initiatives to help aspiring developers, including a "Morning Habits Hour" to assist students with professional development and a coding night for bootcamp alumni to collaborate on community-focused projects.

Unique fact: Jessica founded an initiative called FacePalm Software to create mobile and web applications that gamify tech education for recent bootcamp graduates.

Personality Overview

Achievement-Oriented

Assertive

Informal

They will bat for you if they come to believe in you.  They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They are more likely to be open to unproven but exciting technologies.

Topics They Care About

Mentoring Developers
A core passion mentioned in her professional summary and demonstrated through her history as a bootcamp instructor and her current leadership focus on supporting engineer growth.
Engineering Culture
Focuses on cultivating a safe and collaborative environment for engineers, which she believes reduces mistakes and increases a sense of ownership and pride in their work.
Gamifying Education
Founded an organization to build public-facing applications that gamify learning programming concepts, giving new developers project experience.

Media Appearances

Jessica has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2026
Associate Director of Software Engineering at Communify
10-2025
Technical Engineering Manager at Communify
10-2024 - 10-2025
Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer at Communify
2-2022 - 10-2024
Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer at S&P Global Market Intelligence
8-2020 - 2-2022
Software Engineer at IHS Markit

Education

2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts - BA from Hillsdale College
2019 - 2019
Computer Software Engineering from Flatiron School

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Insights For Selling To Jessica

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention
  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Give them control of the sales process

DONT's

  • Don’t force involvement of other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don’t hesitate from asking them how they truly feel about your product
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jessica is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jessica

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no albeit in a friendly manner.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jessica move?

  • They can make decisions quickly if they develop trust in you and conviction in the product.
  • Can Jessica take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if necessary.

You And Jessica

Personality Compatibility


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