David Whitmer
Chief Technology Officer at BorrowWorks
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Whitmer is a Chief Technology Officer with a decade of software industry experience and a background as a combat veteran Navy F/A-18 pilot and systems engineer. He combines operational leadership—having managed 185 personnel, 10 aircraft valued at ~$700M, and a $25M budget—with hands-on technical delivery across financial compliance, ACH processing, OFAC screening, and cloud security. Since 2019 he has led technology at BorrowWorks after building high-throughput, secure payment systems at Provident Payment Systems and overseeing mission-system software evaluations for F/A-18 platforms. An MBA graduate with honors from Kelley and a US Naval Academy systems engineering alumnus, he brings disciplined, mission-focused execution and contingency planning experience often reviewed at the combatant command level. Notably, his career bridges real-time safety-critical systems and scalable fintech architectures, evidencing an ability to translate rigorous operational requirements into production-grade software.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Systems Engineering at United States Naval AcademyMasters, Business Administration, Masters, Business Administration at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Github Skills (25)
sidekiq10
ruby9
jruby9
decrypt9
rails-app8
counter8
counter-cache8
turbo7
database6
rails6
integrate6
encrypt6
encryption5
activerecord5
plaid5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
borrowworks/tax-fraud-bureau
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Tax loan registry system
Contributions:2 PRs, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
loantax
18053-Before-Orange/FtcRobotController
Dec 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:4 pushes in 3 months
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