Chris Selmer
Chief Technology Officer at Adwave
South Burlington, Vermont, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Selmer is a seasoned technology leader and hands-on Ruby on Rails architect with over two decades building web systems and a decade-plus of focused commercial experience. He previously grew one of the world’s largest Rails consultancies from engineer to executive, later founding a successful freelance practice and leading engineering at product companies culminating in his current CTO role. Comfortable across full-stack web technologies—Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Heroku and AWS—he pairs deep implementation skill with product and business acumen. Chris has a track record of incubating and scaling startups, contributing to multiple acquisitions, and shipping platforms for demanding enterprise customers. Based in Eugene, Oregon, he’s known for quickly adopting new tools when needed and for translating client needs into maintainable architecture. His background in both consulting and startup investing means he balances technical excellence with practical commercial outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BA Mathematics Computer Science, BA Mathematics Computer Science at McDaniel CollegeGlenelg High School
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Github Skills (43)
pry10
rspec10
azure-functions10
aws-lambda10
rails-app10
railsapps10
heroku10
ruby9
rails9
aws9
serverless-framework9
lambda9
cloud-services9
serverless9
serverless-architectures8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cselmer/delegate_cached
Nov 2016 - Jan 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 7 branches in 8 years 3 months
cachingcachedelegated
boostopia/betaV1
May 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:34 PRs, 145 pushes, 34 branches in 6 months
prototypereacttypescriptboilerplate
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