Tammy Xu
Staff Reporter at Built In
Expertise: Software development
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Northwestern University
Tammy Xu is a former Built In staff reporter covering software development and trends across the software industry. She holds a master of science in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor of arts in chemistry from Northwestern University. Prior to joining Built In, she spent five years as a software developer for The Dow Chemical Company. Xu is also a former contributing editor and director of fact checking for South Side Weekly. She is currently a reporting fellow at MIT Technology Review.
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