Johannes Ridderstedt
CTO at 46elks
Hudiksvall, Sweden
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Top SchoolJohannes Ridderstedt is a self-taught technologist and founder-turned-CTO with 14 years of experience building developer-focused communications infrastructure at 46elks. He combines hands-on platform engineering—having built the core Voice/SMS/MMS API—with pragmatic leadership, having stepped into CEO roles to secure funding, recruit key talent, and steward organizational transitions. Known for a product-first mindset, he blends playful community initiatives with a razor-sharp focus on customer value and ease of use. Based in Hudiksvall, Sweden, he brings practical experience across startups, consulting, and large event organizing, and balances technical depth with an unusual commitment to sustainability and low-fuss living (vegetarian, fewer flights).
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Naturvetenskapligt program, Teknisk inriktning, Naturvetenskapligt program, Teknisk inriktning at Fyrisskolan, UppsalaDatavetenskapligt program, Datavetenskapligt program at Uppsala universitet / Uppsala UniversityNo degree, Computer Science, No degree, Computer Science at Uppsala University
English, Swedish, German, Russian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (77)
sms10
voice10
ivr10
vonage10
mms10
sms-messages10
api9
chat9
sender9
telephony9
slack9
azerothcore8
zulip8
linux8
javascript8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
46elks/46elks-getting-started
Jul 2016 - Oct 2022
An introduction to the 46elks API with code examples
Contributions:11 commits, 8 PRs, 12 pushes in 6 years 4 months
apisms-messagessms46elksvonage
46elks/samples
Sep 2014 - Oct 2019
PHP sample code for the 46elks voice, SMS & MMS API.
Contributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 5 years 1 month
apiphpsms46elksvoice
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