Howie Ross
Co-founder & Head Of Technology at Space Dinosaurs
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolHowie Ross is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 12 years of experience building and scaling web, edge, and cloud products. As Co-founder and Head of Technology at Space Dinosaurs and Field CTO at Speed and Function, he blends product vision with hands-on engineering leadership to drive web performance, edge computing, and security initiatives. Previously he led multi‑team product and engineering organizations at Edgio, Linode, and others, transforming legacy platforms into high‑velocity, API‑driven services and launching major offerings like Linode’s REST API and Edgio Applications. Known for building and coaching high‑performing teams, he has a track record of record bookings, large enterprise deals, and successful acquisitions stemming from technical go‑to‑market alignment. Based in New Jersey, he’s also a twin dad and coffee enthusiast who brings pragmatic product instincts and a penchant for operational improvements that shave weeks off onboarding and deployment cycles.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rutgers University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (59)
platform-agnostic10
react-storefront10
salesforce-commerce-cloud10
react-redux9
checkout9
server-side-rendering9
akamai9
cloud-hosting9
preact9
portal9
react-router-v49
hosting9
python-bindings9
react8
firebase8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
howdiz/layer0-docs
Apr 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
howdiz/nextjs-commerce-template
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:186 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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