Heather Wilde

About Heather

• One side of my family was very creative, while the other was made up of more logical military veterans—so it always made sense to me to merge the two.
• I fell in love with technology at eight years old when I received my first computer—I immediately took it apart to see what was inside and learned to put it back together.
• In college, I studied aerospace engineering before transferring schools and receiving a degree in mathematics and literature.
• After graduating, I pursued a career in technology, working in game design, coding, and management—I realized the common thread that I loved in each position was experience design.
• About 10 years out of college, my husband and I realized we were no longer happy with our work, so we left and helped co-found Evernote, where I worked as the director of technical support.
• During the early stages of Evernote, we worked remotely from a sailboat in Mexico and then moved into an RV to be closer to big airports as the company grew.
• After almost six years with Evernote, I decided to leave and shift my focus on developing my own projects.
• I currently work in a variety of positions, including strategic innovation officer at AFWERX and chief technology officer for ROCeteer.