Summary
Harrison Schaen is a versatile software engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building and scaling web products, teams, and e-commerce platforms from San Diego. He combines hands-on full‑stack development (MERN, React, headless Shopify) with product and growth expertise, having driven 200% sales growth at Targus and led Issue Fixers to 65+ global contractors. A repeat instructor and mentor, he teaches web development and UX/UI at UCSD and bootcamps, and serves on nonprofit and startup boards—bringing a rare mix of technical delivery, pedagogy, and community leadership. Harrison is also an entrepreneur in entertainment and innovation, inventing frameworks like LADDER and JETFUEL to accelerate prototyping and cross‑team communication. His background as a varsity and professional basketball player gives him a competitive, team‑oriented approach to leadership and pattern recognition that fuels optimization across product, marketing, and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Chapman University
Bachelor of Arts English, Bachelor of Arts English at Princeton University
English, Spanish, Hebrew, German, Japanese, French