Jason Woodward
Chief Technology Officer at State & Plain
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJason Woodward is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 15 years of professional experience building web platforms and digital strategy for higher education. He combines hands-on software architecture and full-stack development—spanning backend (PHP, Ruby on Rails, Salesforce), frontend (JavaScript, Elm), devops and databases—with consultancy experience through his Principal role at State & Plain. At Bravery Media he leads human-first design and digital strategy, drawing on a long tenure at Cornell where he modernized development practices, led teams, and migrated complex enterprise systems. A proven founder and early startup engineer, he co-created procurement software for universities and helped architect the infrastructure behind one of the first digital music subscription services. Based in Rochester, NY, he brings an unusual operational perspective as an instrument-rated pilot who enjoys exploring the Finger Lakes by air and sea.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
M.Eng., Computer Science, M.Eng., Computer Science at Cornell UniversityCMT
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Github Skills (76)
selinux10
installer10
fedora10
wsl210
javascript9
podman9
ostree9
postgresql9
python9
cpp9
creative-commons9
zod9
nextjs9
prisma9
java9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
woodwardjd/lockbox
Jun 2011 - Aug 2013
Contributions:6 commits in 2 years 3 months
highedweb/evaluations
Apr 2015 - Sep 2021
Contributions:3 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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