Chris Holland
VP Of Software Development at CertainPath™
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorChris Holland is a results-driven VP of Software Development with 11+ years leading high-performing engineering teams and a 25+ year career building scalable SaaS and consumer products across content, commerce, travel, finance and HR. He combines hands-on craftsmanship—advocating Clean Code, Clean Architecture and Test-Driven Development—with people-first leadership that prioritizes inclusion, psychological safety and measurable business outcomes. Chris has repeatedly driven double- and triple-digit customer growth, improved code quality and reduced support demand while delivering architectures that scale and meet strict compliance needs (PCI Level 1). A sought-after keynote speaker and community builder, he founded a network of nearly 400 conference speakers to promote diversity and inclusion and has spoken globally on AppSec, DDoS mitigation and software best practices. He’s known for turning aggressive product goals into predictable delivery (95–110% say-vs-do ratios) and for coaching engineering organizations to sustained, quantifiable impact.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
French, English
Github Skills (31)
resource-server10
symfony-bundle10
bundle10
php-framework10
php10
symfony10
camp9
authorization9
oauth9
server-side9
api8
password-generator8
passwords8
discord7
gatsbyjs7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
elchris/easysql
Dec 2014 - May 2018
Contributions:75 commits, 41 pushes, 2 tags in 3 years 5 months
elchris/projector
Mar 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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