Summary
Billy Cravens is a seasoned Director of Technology with 14+ years building and operating production web platforms, currently owning the full stack at Refund Retriever where he architected the in-house systems that audit UPS and FedEx billing. Comfortable both writing Ruby on Rails code and managing Dockerized AWS infrastructure, he blends hands-on engineering (Sidekiq, Puppeteer/Playwright) with long-term operational stewardship. He began as a consultant and ColdFusion specialist and has repeatedly modernized legacy systems into cloud-first services, evidencing deep familiarity with Linux, SQL Server, and CI/CD. Based in Houston, he runs community tech meetups and prefers technical conversations over recruiter outreach, reflecting a pragmatic, product-focused leadership style that favors durable, auditable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Associate of Science, Business Administration and Management, Associate of Science, Business Administration and Management at Lee College
Spanish