Hannah Wolfe
CTO And Co-founder at Ghost Foundation
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolHannah Wolfe is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder serving as CTO of Ghost, with 15 years of experience building modern web platforms and developer tools. She blends hands-on engineering—contributing across front-end (Ghost Admin, Casper theme), back-end, and CLI tooling—with strategic product and company leadership. Her work spans UI/UX improvements, templating and preview features, and resilient backup/export flows, reflecting deep JavaScript/Node.js and DevOps proficiency. Based in the UK, she’s focused on evolving from a doer to a more strategic CTO while continuing to ship code and mentor teams. An active open-source contributor, she’s helped improve widely used pieces like Handlebars and the Ghost ecosystem itself, demonstrating a rare combination of product-first thinking and implementation discipline.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons (First) Computer Science, BSc Hons (First) Computer Science at University of NottinghamMaster of Science - MS International Business, Master of Science - MS International Business at Nottingham University Business School
Github Skills (31)
debug10
javascript10
handlebars10
ui-components10
testing10
css10
html-template10
python-templates10
ghost10
exporter10
code-templates10
apptemplates10
backup10
ember10
html10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
TryGhost/Ghost
May 2013 - Dec 2022
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 185 reviews, 4944 commits in 9 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Hannah primarily contributed to the codebase by implementing features related to theme preview mode, enhancing the functionality of the Ghost publishing platform. These contributions involved modifying existing modules to enable post messages for frontend previews, adding a new endpoint in the admin panel, and updating existing code for functionalities such as accent color inclusion and content changes for email functionalities. The user demonstrated proficiency in JavaScript, Node.js, and the Ghost framework.
cmsmembershipspublishingnewslettersjavascript
TryGhost/Casper
May 2013 - Jul 2020
The default theme for Ghost
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 103 commits, 41 PRs in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Hannah primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Casper theme for the Ghost blogging platform. Their work involved modifying Handlebars templates (index.hbs, post.hbs, author.hbs, etc.) to integrate new features and incorporate changes from Ghost updates. They also addressed bugs and improved the theme's functionality by updating various helpers, adding assets, and fixing display issues. Overall, the contributions focused on enhancing the user interface and ensuring the theme's compatibility with the Ghost platform.
publishingstatic-siteghost-themenunjucksghost
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