Jeffrey Wescott
VP Of Engineering at Expel
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolJeffrey Wescott is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with 13+ years scaling teams from single-digit startups to organizations of ~100 engineers and product functions. Currently VP of Engineering at Expel and previously in platform and developer-experience roles at Lattice and Splunk, he blends hands-on technical fluency with a talent for building developer-friendly platforms and paved roads. He began as a software engineer and has shipped across the full stack—back-end, front-end, mobile and systems—while leading product, infrastructure, and growth-stage teams. As a founder and CTO of multiple startups (including an acquired live-video API business), he brings practical product instincts and operational rigor to growth problems. An active open-source contributor, his backend refactors on widely used projects like mongo-express reflect deep understanding of routing, database interactions and maintainable architecture. Based in Berkeley, he’s known for coaching individual contributors to higher impact while keeping teams focused on momentum and measurable outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BCSE Computer Science and Engineering, BCSE Computer Science and Engineering at Bucknell University
Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
url-routing10
javascript10
nodejs10
expressjs10
mongodb10
back-end-development10
mongodb-database10
middleware9
android-ndk6
socket-io6
ffmpeg6
android6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mongo-express/mongo-express
May 2015 - May 2015
Web-based MongoDB admin interface, written with Node.js and Express
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jeffrey primarily focused on refactoring and updating the backend code of the mongo-express application. They upgraded the application to Express 4 routing style, ensuring the proper propagation of the base URL. Significant changes were made to `routes/collection.js` and `router.js` to manage routing, database interactions, and user interface elements. These commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the application's architecture and core functionalities.
adminexpressjsnode-jsjavascriptexpress
jeffreywescott/dotfiles
Apr 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:15 pushes in 6 years 7 months
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