Chris Hondl
VP Finale Inventory at Descartes Systems Group
Los Altos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Hondl is a seasoned technology leader and founder with three decades of experience building product-driven software at major inflection points. He co-founded and scaled Finale Inventory from bootstrap to a $55M acquisition and now leads product management for Finale Inventory within Descartes Systems Group, demonstrating rare success against well-funded competitors through disciplined execution. Earlier, as an early IMVU engineer he co-created continuous deployment practices that became foundational to the modern DevOps/lean startup movement. He also co-founded Finale Fireworks, whose choreography software democratized large-scale pyrotechnic shows worldwide by focusing on usability, universal hardware compatibility, and tight customer discovery. Comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and strategic product leadership, Chris has repeatedly entered unfamiliar industries and reshaped them by aligning deep technical craftsmanship with pragmatic go-to-market innovation. Based in Los Altos, he combines Stanford-trained technical rigor with a track record of shipping reliable, approachable systems that customers can deploy without consultants.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Edina High SchoolMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Stanford University
Github Skills (19)
react-component8
calendar-widget8
read-the-docs7
datepicker7
hash6
react6
popcorn6
sparse6
hashmap6
dayjs5
api5
hash-algorithm4
date-fns4
unordered4
sparsehash3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chondl/finaleinventory-examples
Jan 2014 - Nov 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 4 pushes, 1 comment in 4 years 10 months
api
6238/6238_2022_FRC_prototype
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Climber Prototype implemented using commands based programming
Contributions:8 reviews, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 months
prototype
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