Forrest Fowler
Chief Technology Officer (Cofounder) at Student First Technologies
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolForrest Fowler is a CEO and full-stack software leader with 12 years of experience building SaaS platforms and founding tech-forward community spaces in Bloomington, Indiana. He co-founded Student First Technologies, where he led development of Theodore, a single platform managing over $300M in education funding across 15 states, and previously scaled SID3CAR to support products used by over a million users. A passionate coworking and remote-work advocate, Forrest helped grow Cowork Bloomington from a 200 sq. ft. basement operation into a 100+ member entrepreneurial hub housed in a historic mill. He blends hands-on engineering with product and business strategy, focusing on education, finance, and civic technology that drives measurable public impact. Outside work he’s an outdoor-adventure enthusiast who channels Midwestern roots into long-term community and regional economic development.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation, Hutton Honors College, Business Honors Program (1 of 150), 3.7 GPA, Bachelor of Science, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation, Hutton Honors College, Business Honors Program (1 of 150), 3.7 GPA at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Github Skills (26)
decal10
solr7
rad7
osgi6
css6
admin6
blacklight5
aws5
product-management5
discovery5
orientdb5
javascript4
cfml4
nodejs4
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Sid3car/d3cal
Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
An open source CSS framework for business critical applications
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 4 years
criticalcsscfmlradframework
michaelscruz/sgo
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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