Summary
Blaise Gratton is a software developer with 11 years of experience building web applications and APIs, currently contributing to product development at Givful in Nashville. He progressed from information systems roles into senior engineering positions at organizations including SmileDirectClub and the Tennessee Department of Transportation, gaining full-stack exposure and experience integrating JavaScript front-ends with .NET backends. Trained in classical languages (BA and MA) before retraining at Nashville Software School, he brings a rare blend of humanities-driven critical thinking and pragmatic software craftsmanship. Blaise is motivated by a personal philosophy of refining his mental models, which informs a methodical, test-focused approach to engineering. Colleagues can expect a developer who values clarity, continuous learning, and translating complex requirements into reliable, maintainable code.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Bachelor's Degree, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master's Degree, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Master's Degree, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Vanderbilt University
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Nashville Software School
English, Greek, Spanish