Summary
Hoku Ho is a product-focused software engineer and founder with a decade of experience building consumer and fintech products from early-stage apps to team leadership roles. He co-founded Dekiru Studios (600k+ downloads) while in college, led front-end and mobile efforts at FabFitFun, and has held engineering and product roles at AWS, Area (CTO), and his current ventures CeFi Rates and ReferPro. Based in Texas and originally from Japan, he blends hands-on front-end craftsmanship with product strategy and startup entrepreneurship. Known for shipping fast, consumer-facing features and for turning early prototypes into scaleable products, he pairs a business background in accounting with deep practical experience across the full product lifecycle.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting and Business/Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting and Business/Management at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish