Ian Wiedenman
Chief Executive Officer at Somiibo
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Wiedenman is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on experience growing startups into scalable creative and software businesses from Manhattan Beach. He built ITW Creative Works into a full-service agency and launched multiple products—Somiibo, Slapform, Proxifly, Optiic, and Sniips—combining product engineering, marketing, and design to serve a quarter-million-user community. Technically proficient in Node.js and front-end work (including Jekyll theme enhancements and Google Analytics integration), Ian bridges product vision and execution while leading cross-functional teams. His background in MIS, data mining research, and IT audits informs a data-driven, security-conscious approach to growth and client partnerships. A not-obvious strength: he has repeatedly moved between hands-on engineering and strategic leadership, shipping both consumer-facing SaaS and agency-grade digital solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management Information Systems and Services, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management Information Systems and Services at Loyola Marymount University, College of Business AdministrationLoyola High School of Los Angeles
Github Skills (6)
html10
front-end-development10
jekyll10
google-analytics9
css9
javascript7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jekyllup/jekyll-theme-massively
Nov 2017 - Dec 2019
Preview
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 8 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ian primarily focused on modifying the Jekyll theme's front-end components. Their work involved adding and integrating a tracking include file for Google Analytics, adding Slapform support. The user updated the theme's navigation and footer elements, and implemented a Google Analytics tracking code to track website usage.
jekyll-sitejekyll-blogjekylljekyll-themehtml5
somiibo/update-server-beta
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:47 releases, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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