Corey Butler is a seasoned software entrepreneur and cofounder based in Austin with 14 years of experience building developer tools, platforms, and open-source communities. He leads Author Software Inc., evolving his widely adopted projects (notably nvm-windows, which serves millions of developers) into enterprise-grade runtime and environment management solutions. Corey's background spans hands-on engineering, R&D leadership, and venture incubation through Ecor Ventures, where his teams’ open-source work powers millions of applications. He combines deep systems and BI expertise from large-enterprise engagements with a startup mindset that ships practical, developer-focused products. Less obvious: he began many of these efforts as tiny utilities and consulting practices that scaled into broadly relied-upon infrastructure, demonstrating an ability to turn niche tooling into platform-grade offerings. He holds a BS in Business Computer Systems and blends product strategy with low-level engineering fluency.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Computer Systems, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Computer Systems at Bradley University: Foster College of Business
A node.js version management utility for Windows. Ironically written in Go.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:12 releases, 59 reviews, 303 commits in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Corey appears to be primarily responsible for developing core functionalities of the "nvm-windows" utility. They started with the initial skeleton and then added a significant amount of code, including the foundation for version management, installation, and use of different Node.js versions. Their contributions involve interacting with the system's shell, and include the creation of a utility to elevate priviledges and managing links. The user's work also touches on build/packaging with the inclusion of files.
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Corey Butler - Cofounder - Author Software Inc. at Ecor Ventures