Connor Haugh
CTO, Co-founder at Knowalla Inc.
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolConnor Haugh is a Senior Software Engineer and co-founder CTO based in Somerville, MA with seven years of experience building full-stack educational technology and AI products. He has strong roots in the Open edX ecosystem, contributing front-end React improvements and back-end fixes to the widely used Open edX platform, including accessibility and performance work for course content and reporting. As CTO of Knowalla he is applying generative AI to create Teachable Agents, blending product leadership with hands-on engineering. His background spans production shipping of ML-informed educational features, developer-facing docs for Devstack, and iterative platform improvements at edX. Connor combines startup grit with large-project experience, moving between technical writing, testing, and feature development to deliver reliable learning experiences. An Amherst-educated engineer, he brings a practical focus on usability and analytics-driven product decisions that aren’t obvious from titles alone.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Amherst CollegePhillips Academy Andover
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Github Skills (29)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:196 reviews, 41 commits, 108 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily addressed bug fixes and implemented features related to the Open edX platform. Their work focused on resolving issues in the report generation for custom Python errors, enhancing transcript handling to prevent export failures, and ensuring correct submission settings for courses not authored in Studio. They also contributed to performance improvements by caching course index queries. Additional contributions include adding flags for the new editors and implementing the new problem editor.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
openedx-unsupported/devstack
Jul 2021 - Jan 2022
Get up and running quickly to develop or extend Open edX services
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 reviews, 8 commits, 4 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily focused on documenting and clarifying aspects of the `devstack` repository, specifically regarding the use of NFS on MacOS. Their contributions included adding warnings about NFS's complexity and performance considerations, correcting typos, and removing trailing whitespace. Additionally, the user added a reference to a related deprecation ticket, further enhancing the documentation's clarity and accuracy.
edxdockeredx-servicesopen-edx
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