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    Mary Thengvall

    Mary Thengvall is a recognized leader in Developer Relations with over 15 years of experience nurturing technical communities, specializing in connecting with developers and creating meaningful relationships.

    #22 Developer Experience#22 Open source
    29CiteRank

    Last updated 13 Nov 2026 · Named in 30 answers across 5 engines
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    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines describe Mary Thengvall as a developer relations practitioner and author of The Business Value of Developer Relations, published in 2018. Copilot and Gemini add her role as Director of Developer Relations at Camunda and her awareness, enablement and engagement framework. Gemini adds the Community Pulse podcast and the DevRel Weekly newsletter. Perplexity adds her earlier community work at O'Reilly Media, Chef and SparkPost and says Camunda ended in 2025. Every engine names her. The most cited pages come from marythengvall.com and shiftmag.dev, followed by linkedin.com and camunda.com.

    • ChatGPTNot named

      Says Thengvall is a DevRel practitioner who treats developer experience as listening to developers, wrote The Business Value of Developer Relations in 2018, and led DevRel teams at Camunda.

      Known for
      • making the business case for DevRel
      • DevRel as a bridge to product
      • scaling DevRel teams
    • GeminiNot named

      Says Thengvall wrote The Business Value of Developer Relations, leads DevRel at Camunda, co-hosts the Community Pulse podcast, and curates the DevRel Weekly newsletter.

      Known for
      • authoring the DevRel business value book
      • co-hosting Community Pulse podcast
      • curating DevRel Weekly newsletter
    • Google AI ModeNot named

      Says Thengvall wrote The Business Value of Developer Relations and defines DevRel through awareness, enablement and engagement, linking it to developer experience.

      Known for
      • first comprehensive DevRel business book
      • three pillars of community empowerment
    • PerplexityNot named

      Says Thengvall is a DevRel practitioner and author who moved from journalism and PR into community and DevRel, founded Persea Consulting, and was at Camunda from 2019 to 2025.

      Known for
      • framing DevRel as a business discipline
      • tailoring DevRel to company goals
    • Bing AI ModeNot named

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    • CopilotNot named

      Says Thengvall is Director of Developer Relations at Camunda, founded Persea Consulting in 2017, and wrote The Business Value of Developer Relations.

      Known for
      • founding Persea Consulting
      • The Business Value of Developer Relations
      • awareness, enablement and engagement pillars

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    • #22Developer Experienceof 66
      Named in 25 answers
    • #22Open sourceof 78
      Named in 21 answers

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