Today I wanted to bring to your attention another role model  for me: a programmer whose posts inspired me, and with  whom I identified myself a little bit because of her addiction to challenges and her deep-running passion for technology.

I found out about Kelly Sommers, a.k.a. kellabyte, when reading one of my RSS feeds.

First of all, it is immediately obvious that Kelly Sommers is a passionate technologist and a professional you would enjoy working with. She became a role model for me after reading her self description, some of her posts, and after I saw her involvement in the developer community (recently she was named Apache Cassandra MVP in recognition of her work in this area).

Kelly likes challenges, and she is constantly willing to improve her technological and architectural skills. She is a true geek woman. She convinced me that women can become great technologists.

I hope I got your attention and you would like to find more about her.  There is a relatively recent interview with her that you might like also. Check it out on Code Project.