Summary
Chase Aucoin is a seasoned software leader and co-founder/CTO with a decade of hands-on experience architecting AI-driven and enterprise-grade systems for Fortune 500 clients. Based in Kansas City, he has progressed from senior engineering roles to chief architect and CTO positions, blending deep technical execution with product-minded leadership. Chase has a track record of building and scaling platforms across startups and established firms—leading teams at TPGi, AppDynamics, VinSolutions, and founding Highwater Labs to commercialize advanced solutions. He pairs pragmatic engineering (from communication platforms to accessibility and observability) with a founder’s mindset, often stepping into both strategy and implementation. Notably, his background includes surviving a near-death experience that reshaped his leadership perspective and fueled his focus on impactful, resilient systems. Colleagues describe him as a builder who translates complex requirements into reliable, production-ready software while mentoring engineering teams through change.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Black Belt Computer Science, Black Belt Computer Science at Reading Books