Jason Whitehorn
Senior Director Of Engineering at SmartLight Analytics
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolJason Whitehorn is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 13 years of experience building scalable software teams and products across startups and enterprises from San Diego. He’s scaled Medefy Health’s engineering organization from 2 to 30+ while driving AI-enabled healthcare solutions, cutting cloud costs 50%, and leading SOC 2 efforts—demonstrating both hands-on architecture chops and operational rigor. As CTO and Senior Director he’s repeatedly rescued client relationships, re-architected systems for performance and cost efficiency, and delivered full-platform rewrites with seamless user experience rollouts. He also runs Whitehorn Ltd. Co., blending product, content, and growth initiatives, and has deep domain experience in oil & gas monitoring, SCADA, and embedded integrations. Jason pairs pragmatic engineering (Python, AWS, Docker, Postgres, modern front-ends) with a mentor-first leadership style that emphasizes scalable processes and measurable business impact.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Arkansas State University
EnglishGithub contributions (3)
l8smartlight/l8-sdk-objc
Feb 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:27 commits in 1 year 2 months
l8smartlight/L8-javascript-SDK
Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:7 commits in 24 days
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