Summary
Philippe Huibonhoa is a seasoned product-and-engineering executive and technical co-founder with 16+ years building startups and scaling teams, now serving as CTO at Ziplines Education in California. He combines high-level product strategy with hands-on execution across the full product lifecycle, consistently favoring outcomes over output and pragmatic, rapid iteration. Philippe has led engineering and product at ENJOY and co-founded Rafter, gaining deep experience in consumer-facing logistics, remote-work SaaS, property management, and home-maintenance domains. He excels at turning ambiguous problems into focused, high-leverage solutions, growing people and teams to operate effectively under uncertainty. Unusually for an executive, he remains grounded in engineering practice and consulting, balancing strategic advising with direct technical contribution.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Engineering, MS Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University