Ian Hopper
Senior Software Engineer at Applied Systems
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolIan Hopper is a Senior Software Engineer and Managing Director with seven years of experience building full-stack Python/Django/React applications and leading a consulting firm that serves startups across three continents. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, he currently drives Python API development at Applied Systems while running Whistlejacket LLC, where he architects bespoke data solutions and operationalizes them for sales teams. His background as a PhD historian and former university professor informs a research-driven approach to product discovery, requirement distillation, and educational technology—he once increased course engagement by over 600% through custom digital simulations. Notably, he designed a proprietary web extraction framework that transformed fragmented public pages into a relational database and reduced data access time by 99.99% for a Canadian distributor. He blends entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on engineering—deploying Dockerized Django apps, PostgreSQL, Chart.js, and headless scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and Selenium—to deliver measurable business impact.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History, Bachelor of Arts - BA, History at Claremont McKenna CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, HISTORY, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, HISTORY at Brandeis University
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Github contributions (5)
IanHopper/Embiggen
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
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Contributions:7 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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IanHopper/jupyter-notebook-introduction-data-science-intro-000
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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