Carrie Ybay

People & Culture Leader | DEI Practitioner | Writer & Speaker

Carrie Ybay is a talented full-stack software engineer with experience in graphic design. She currently works at Holberton School, where she develops project-based curriculum that teaches students the fundamentals of developing experiences in AR and VR with Unity3D and C#. She has a diverse educational background that includes C, Python, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript as well as engineering fundamentals, teamwork, collaboration, and peer learning and programming. Before entering the tech industry, Ybay worked in graphic design for several years. As such, she has a creative background and experience with front-end development, visualizing workflows and solutions, client communication, and keeping calm under pressure. She also has a strong interest in video games, especially indie games, and art.

Experience

Equality & Belonging Head of Brand Enablement at Gap Inc.

Senior Brand Enablement Partner at Gap Inc. (October 2022 - August 2023), Director, Workplace Inclusion at Gap Inc. (December 2020 - October 2022), Chair - African American Networking Group at Gap Inc. (January 2017 - January 2021), Director, Loyalty Acquisition at Gap Inc. (February 2019 - December 2020), Sr. Marketing Manager - CRM Banana Republic at Gap Inc. (August 2015 - January 2019), Writer/Content Creator at CarrieLea.com (May 2017 - Present), Senior Stylist at Stitch Fix (June 2015 - May 2017), Manager of Real Estate Operations at Banana Republic (May 2013 - August 2015), Project Manager at Banana Republic (April 2012 - May 2013), General Manager at Gap Inc./Banana Republic (September 2009 - March 2012)