Summary
Harrison Strowd is a versatile software engineer and founder with 14 years of experience building products, leading teams, and serving as a fractional CTO for startups and established organizations across the San Francisco Bay Area. He co-founded Go Between and Haresoft Systems to deliver end-to-end software design, fast prototyping, and enterprise-ready platform work, with hands-on experience in Ruby on Rails, React, mobile, and legacy system modernization. Harrison has repeatedly stepped into high-stakes transitions—serving as interim CTO at Belly to pivot toward enterprise customers and launch a new product within a month—demonstrating an ability to align technical execution with business strategy. Comfortable both coding and setting architecture, he’s known for quickly learning new stacks and improving development processes to boost code quality and team outcomes. Beyond client work, he actively explores product ideas that help engineering teams collaborate more effectively, reflecting an entrepreneurial bent paired with deep delivery experience.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Philosophy Religious Studies, Computer Science Philosophy Religious Studies at University of Canterbury
High School Deegree, High School Deegree at Charlotte Latin School
Bachelor of Science Computer Science Math, Bachelor of Science Computer Science Math at Vanderbilt University
Master of Science Information Technology - Software Engineering, Master of Science Information Technology - Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University