Brandon Kruse
Founder at HuntsvilleWest
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Summary
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SeniorBrandon Kruse is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and software engineer with a track record of bootstrapping and scaling telecom and SaaS businesses. From starting at Digium at age 15 to leading multiple ventures, he has built and sold companies including Dialmaxx (acquired by YMAX/magicJack) and Ploid.io (genomic data storage) to larger entities, demonstrating a knack for identifying needs and delivering practical, revenue-generating solutions. He founded HuntsvilleWest, a coworking space and business incubator, and co-founded ProximityVPS and SkyAirtime, focusing on high-performance telecom infrastructure and services. His work spans from hands-on development (VoIP, open source, and complex systems) to strategic growth, acquisitions, and bootstrapped operations for SMBs. He emphasizes radical transparency and cross-functional leadership, wearing Sales, Support, IT, and operations hats to drive outcomes. Based in Huntsville, Alabama, he continues to nurture entrepreneurial ecosystems through HuntsvilleWest and related ventures.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (49)
database8
key-value7
payment-service7
storage7
fleet7
parse7
nginx6
raft6
browser-detection6
php6
payment6
sdk6
braintree6
paypal6
parser6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
brandonkruse/SkyAirtime.com
May 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:5 pushes in 5 months
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