Chris Kihneman is a founder and engineering leader with 13+ years building high-traffic, SEO-optimized web platforms and teams across startups and product companies. He blends hands‑on expertise in JavaScript (ESNext), React/Next, WordPress and PHP with practical AI/ML skills in Python, LLMs, RAG, and LangChain to accelerate product innovation. As Head of Engineering and now Chief Orchestrator at his own firm, he focuses on high-leverage development that scales velocity without sacrificing resilience. His background in interactive media and long track record in web architecture give him a strong sense for user-centered, searchable experiences. He’s equally comfortable shipping front-end polish and implementing backend systems that improve operations. Based in Arvada, Colorado, he often explores unconventional AI applications to squeeze more value from existing web estates.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Web Design and Interactive Media, BS Web Design and Interactive Media at The Art Institute of California, San Diego
A fun, test react app. Are they dog or cat type of people?
Contributions:5 PRs, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
reacttype-ofreact-testreactjsdog
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