Forrest Fowler
Chief Technology Officer (Cofounder) at Student First Technologies
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolForrest Fowler is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur based in Bloomington, Indiana, with 11 years of full-stack development and platform-building experience. As CTO and Cofounder of Student First Technologies, he leads Theodore, a unified platform for education choices that now handles over $300 million in funding across 15 states. His prior venture, SID3CAR Co., served over 1,000,000 users and generated multi-million ARR for clients during his tenure as Managing Partner and Lead Developer (2012–2022). He also co-founded Cowork Bloomington, growing the space into a central coworking hub that became the base for Dimension Mill Inc., underscoring his passion for community and remote work. Forrest holds a BS in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, Hutton Honors College (Business Honors Program, 1 of 150), with a 3.7 GPA. A Midwest-focused technologist and outdoor adventure enthusiast, he combines hands-on engineering with community-building to help clients realize ambitious visions.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation, Hutton Honors College, Business Honors Program (1 of 150), 3.7 GPA, Bachelor of Science, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation, Hutton Honors College, Business Honors Program (1 of 150), 3.7 GPA at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Github Skills (30)
decal10
active-admin9
front-end8
solr7
rad7
osgi6
css6
admin6
blacklight5
product-management5
aws5
discovery5
rails-engine5
orientdb5
javascript4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Sid3car/d3cal
Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
An open source CSS framework for business critical applications
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 4 years
criticalcsscfmlradframework
michaelscruz/sgo
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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