Kris Degaust
Head Of Engineering at Hone
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKris Degaust is a veteran technology leader and Head of Engineering based in San Francisco, with a 30+ year career blending hands-on software development, rapid team scaling, and executive engineering leadership. He has repeatedly grown R&D organizations—from startups to large products—scaling teams from dozens to hundreds while integrating acquisitions and introducing pragmatic processes that fit company size and remote-first cultures. As former CTO of Hone and senior engineering leader at Zendesk, Change.org and dutchie, he combines strategic roadmap work with deep experience in hiring, mentoring, and operationalizing cross-functional teams. Beyond engineering he advises multiple startups, invests in mission-driven companies, and runs an independent music label—an indicator of his creative leadership and commitment to veteran causes. He also brings a unique perspective from military service and a public-benefit advisory role translating veterans’ experience into civilian careers.
4 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Programmer Analyst C/C++ Computer Science, Programmer Analyst C/C++ Computer Science at CDI College
Github Skills (200)
powerline10
ascii10
clipboard10
portable10
scanner10
insider10
always-on-top10
firefox10
surveillance10
fonts10
wia10
zsh10
typeface10
rainbow10
desktop10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
FlawlessCasual17/MyScoop2
Sep 2022 - Feb 2025
Only for pull requests
Contributions:9 PRs, 1160 pushes, 425 branches in 2 years 5 months
pull-requests
Zliced13/scoop-games
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
PR's only
Contributions:76 pushes, 29 branches in 9 months
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