Eric Freeman
CTO & Head Of Digital at O'Reilly
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolEric Freeman is a veteran technology leader and educator who blends deep academic research with executive product and engineering leadership, currently serving as CTO & Head of Digital at WickedlySmart. He previously led technology for Disney’s online brands and advanced-technology initiatives, and his Yale doctoral work on Lifestreams influenced time-centric features later adopted by Apple and Microsoft. An O’Reilly author and co-director of the Head First imprint, he has written enduring, best-selling books that reflect his brain-friendly, challenge-driven approach to teaching software. As an adjunct professor teaching creative coding at UT Austin, he helps designers and developers experiment at the intersection of art and code. Based in Austin, he pairs big-company scalability experience with hands-on edtech and product delivery, making complex topics like AI and modern web stacks accessible and actionable.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Indiana University BloomingtonPh.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at Yale UniversityGithub contributions (4)
erictfree/headfirstlearntocode
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:48 commits, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
erictfree/AET310
Jan 2024 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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