Christopher Hickingbottom
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 (88)
backpack10
rest-api10
cakephp10
validation10
crud10
mvc-framework10
form-builder10
json-api10
access-token10
php10
refresh-token10
psr-79
api9
dry9
api-client9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
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
cakephp
chrisShick/crud
Sep 2018 - Apr 2025
CakePHP3: Production-grade rapid controller development with built in love for API and Search
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 years 8 months
apicakephp3controllerrapid-developmentphp
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