Summary
Tupshin Harper is a seasoned technology leader and product strategist with 17+ years delivering scalable software and guiding end-to-end product lifecycles. He is currently driving product at claritype and pursuing research at Catori, delving into linear types, category theory, and distributed systems. His career spans leadership roles at DataStax, Zynga, LiveJournal, Jangl, Locus Technologies, and Open Energy Solutions, with a proven track record in SaaS, high-traffic web apps, and complex data platforms. At DataStax, he shaped strategy around cloud adoption, IoT, and ML, and contributed technically with an early Rust wrapper for the Cassandra C++ driver. He has hands-on experience shipping large-scale systems and leading cross-functional teams—from pre/post-sales engineering to product management and operations—while mentoring others. Based in Brattleboro, Vermont, he blends deep multi-language expertise (Java, Scala, C#, SQL, NoSQL, Cassandra, Rust) with a talent for turning strategic goals into reliable, scalable delivery.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Greenfield High
Academy at Charlemont
Hampshire College