Christopher Hickingbottom
Chief Technology Officer at Nurture.
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Hickingbottom is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with 11+ years building secure, customer-focused web and cloud solutions across startups and enterprises. He has led engineering and product teams at Ikonik Media, OpenKey, Pharmedio and Gateway Church, and currently shapes strategy as CTO of Nurture and advisor to Ikonik Media and Ordinatus Data. His work blends hands-on architecture and security leadership—recently informed by PhD research in blockchain and zero-knowledge proofs at the University of North Texas—bringing academic rigor to practical trust and privacy problems. Known for turning customer insights into scalable systems, he also bridges public-sector data needs through advisory work, reflecting a rare mix of product empathy and cryptographic curiosity.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Southern MississippiComputer Science, Computer Science at University of MississippiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science - Cybersecurity, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science - Cybersecurity at University of North TexasAssociate of Arts (AA) Computer Science, Associate of Arts (AA) Computer Science at Hinds Community College
asl, Vietnamese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
1,096reputation
59kreached
31answers
20questions
cakephp
top-5%
Github Skills (113)
rest-api10
scaffolding10
cakephp10
shiny10
validation10
nette10
psr-710
rapid10
mvc-framework10
form-builder10
json-api10
requirejs10
php10
orm10
rapid-development10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chrisShick/CakePHP3-HtmlPurifier
Dec 2015 - Oct 2020
This is a CakePHP3 Purifier Plugin Behavior that cleanses data before it is marshaled into the entity and/or before saving.
Contributions:2 releases, 25 commits, 11 PRs in 4 years 11 months
entitycakephp3phppurifier
chrisShick/CakeMiddlewares
Mar 2017 - May 2019
This is a collection of Cakephp Middlewares.
Contributions:1 release, 2 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 3 months
middlewaremiddlewarescakephp
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