Summary
Curtis Olson is a hands-on CTO with a decade of experience building teams and shipping full-stack, cloud-native products from MVP to production. Currently leading engineering and business coordination at OpenLoop, he blends practical experience in TypeScript/React/GraphQL and Python/Django with a background in cloud architecture and migrations. He’s built scalable platforms for media, healthcare, and high-volume marketing clients, and contributed to decentralized app development at Colony using IPFS and Apollo. Comfortable toggling between technical leadership and vendor/client-facing roles, he has a track record of turning complex legacy systems into maintainable, cost-effective cloud solutions. Based in Nashville, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts from running his own shop with accelerator experience from Techstars Iowa, making him adept at scaling teams and products in early-stage environments.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Lawrence Technological University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Indiana Institute of Technology