Summary
Alex Crist is a Seattle-based software leader and founder with 11 years of experience building web applications and leading engineering teams. As Co-Founder and CEO of Rhonda and former Lead Software Engineer at Tactus, he blends hands-on development with product leadership across startups and energy tech. His background includes senior engineering roles at Planted Solar and Joro, plus teaching and mentoring stints with MIT xPRO and Code Immersives, signaling a strong commitment to developer education. Alex has a practical full-stack orientation honed through internships at Intuit, WHOOP, and MITRE, and a Computer Science degree from Northeastern. Known for moving between hands-on coding and strategic leadership, he brings entrepreneurial rigor to product delivery and team building. Though his GitHub profile is sparse publicly, his career pattern suggests a focus on shipping production systems and growing engineering organizations.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Northeastern University