Summary
Jesse Phelps is a pragmatic CTO with 12 years of engineering leadership experience guiding companies through technology-driven growth, currently shaping strategy and execution at United Cutwater. He combines hands-on development and DBA skills with a hardware-minded curiosity—microcontrollers, RF, and circuit design inform his approach to reliable, scalable systems. Previously he led web and member-facing platforms at Express Scripts and built in-house ERP and e-commerce systems as a director of engineering, consistently improving observability, security, and engineering culture. Comfortable across .NET, Java, C/C#, and embedded platforms, he excels at translating business objectives into practical technical roadmaps. Active in university governance early in his career, he brings a policy-aware perspective to engineering decisions that balances innovation with sustainable growth.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville