Jesse Whitham
Chief Technology Officer at Kitomba Salon & Spa Software
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolJesse Whitham is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with 18 years in the industry and a track record of scaling systems and teams from R&D through market launch. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, he blends broad hands-on expertise across software development, security, networking, infrastructure and data management to align technical strategy with business goals. Jesse has led engineering and DevOps transformations in product-focused companies, driving priorities and delivery under tight deadlines while fostering positive engineering culture. He’s particularly skilled at translating security and operational needs into scalable architectures—a strength rooted in early work in security-focused Rails development. Colleagues know him as a leader who empowers teams, balances technical rigor with product momentum, and consistently delivers measurable business impact.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Information Systems at Victoria University of WellingtonFrancis Douglas Memorial College
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Github Skills (200)
serverless10
ref10
api10
html10
slack-api10
apm10
endpoint10
zsh10
kafka-producer10
php10
confluent-cloud10
faraday10
controller10
python10
bash10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
whithajess/phoenix_example
Dec 2018 - Jul 2021
Phoenix example app
Contributions:13 PRs, 18 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 7 months
phoenix-frameworkphoenixelixir
whithajess/dotfiles
Oct 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 6 years 1 month
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