Cate Huston
CTO (fractional) at Twill
Cork, Munster, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolCate Huston is a seasoned engineering leader and fractional CTO based in Cork with 12 years of experience scaling client and mobile engineering teams at companies including DuckDuckGo, Automattic, Google and Ride.com. Author of The Engineering Leader, she blends hands-on full-stack development—demonstrated by image-processing contributions to the well-known aosabook/500lines project—with strategic CTO work guiding product and technical strategy at Twill. Her background spans native mobile, server-side Java, front-end JavaScript and developer coaching, enabling her to translate complex technical tradeoffs into pragmatic roadmaps. Known for building strong engineering cultures, she also has a history of teaching and curriculum development, reflecting a persistent commitment to mentoring and developer education.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at The University of EdinburghUniversity of Ottawa
Github Skills (15)
file-processing10
document-processing10
javas10
parallel-processing10
multiprocessing10
junit10
preprocessing10
mockito10
image-processing10
java10
data-processing10
language-processing10
post-processing10
user-interface9
model-view-controller8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
aosabook/500lines
Mar 2014 - Nov 2014
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 16 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Cate primarily contributed to the image-filters project by implementing features related to image processing and manipulation. They introduced functionalities to control color filters (red, green, blue), hue adjustments, and a mode to show or hide the dominant hue. The user also fixed minor issues and improved the overall user experience by adding a 'process image' option and properly resizing images. These changes enhanced the interactive capabilities of the image filter application.
linesmodular-designlistsjava
catehstn/ios-unit-testing
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:190 commits, 3 PRs, 163 pushes in 2 months
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