Casey Woolfolk is a seasoned software leader and founder with nine years of hands-on engineering and product experience, currently co-founding HippoMod after leading engineering teams at Udacity. He blends front-end expertise and engineering management with entrepreneurship—previously founding Cottonwood Analytics and serving in developer and analyst roles that bridge data, market strategy, and product delivery. His background includes a stretch at Koch Industries across research, business development, and market analysis, giving him a rare combination of technical fluency and commercial insight. Based in Colorado Springs, he is comfortable shipping user-facing systems and mentoring teams through transitions from individual contributor to manager. An economist by training, he applies quantitative thinking to software problems and startup strategy, often translating complex data into actionable product decisions.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Economics, Bachelor’s Degree Economics at Wichita State University
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