Cory Leistikow
Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering at Workday
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolCory Leistikow is a senior software development leader with 12 years of engineering experience and a decade-plus trajectory at Workday where he advanced from SDE to Senior Manager of Software Development Engineering. Based in Boulder, he blends hands-on engineering chops with people management and operational delivery, guiding teams through scalable enterprise software development. His background includes startup and consultancy experience at Kapost and early web development roles, plus a unique detour into research and teaching tied to Indo-Tibetan studies that informs a thoughtful, cross-cultural approach to leadership. Cory is comfortable shipping complex systems while mentoring engineers and fostering collaboration across product and business stakeholders.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Indo-Tibetan Buddhism w/ Tibetan Language Indian and Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Language Tibetan Buddhist Monastic College Curriculum, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism w/ Tibetan Language Indian and Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Language Tibetan Buddhist Monastic College Curriculum at Naropa UniversityComparative Religion and Japanese Studies Religion Japanese History, Comparative Religion and Japanese Studies Religion Japanese History at Western Michigan UniversityGalvanize - Boulder, West Pearl
Tibetan, Japanese
Github Skills (45)
webpack9
amd8
javascript8
warmup8
coffeescript7
es6-modules7
css7
code-splitting7
commonjs7
compiler7
html6
unit-test6
nodejs6
bundler6
react-component6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BlueVajra/BlueVajraBlog
Feb 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:24 commits in 7 months
TheGuitarStudio/tonal-guitar
Apr 2026 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 36 pushes, 34 branches in 2 months
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