Joseph Whissel
CEO Founder at Dragon.Rentals
Orlando, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Whissel is a technology leader and founder with 14+ years building high-performance, production-grade systems across AI, fintech, consumer, and military/defense sectors. He has scaled engineering orgs from solo shops to 40+ cross-functional teams and led architectures serving 250k+ daily users and thousands of concurrent connections with a focus on performance, observability, and cost efficiency. Hands-on across backend, frontend, DevOps, data, and embedded hardware, Joseph has delivered everything from microservices and low-latency big-data migrations to rugged military-grade RF devices. As a CEO and senior engineering leader he blends executive strategy with deep technical delivery—negotiating large contracts, achieving HIPAA/PCI compliance, and driving M&A integrations. He also brings a maker’s pedigree: sole designer on multi-module PCB products and author of high-throughput Node.js tooling and API gateways used for extreme load scenarios. Based in Orlando, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with an ability to turn complex, regulated requirements into reliable, scalable products.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Science (AS), Animation and Graphic Game Programming, Associates of Science (AS), Animation and Graphic Game Programming at NHTI, Concord's Community CollegeBachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Information Systems at Stetson University
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Github Skills (200)
jsonb10
automation10
api10
d110
home-automation10
json10
api-blueprint10
full-stack10
oracle-db10
prometheus10
nodejs10
libpq10
esp826610
privacy10
orm10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Trazi-Ventures/travelling
May 2021 - Oct 2023
A dynamic route level groups permissions gateway service.
Contributions:56 reviews, 38 PRs, 164 pushes in 2 years 5 months
groupsgateway-servicezonesgatewaypermissions
Phara0h/WasteOfTime
Oct 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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