Quentin Rider
Chief Technology Officer at artnet
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQuentin Rider is a seasoned CTO based in Boulder with 11+ years leading engineering, data, and security teams to deliver high-performance, regulated FinTech and eCommerce platforms. At Artnet he built a data-services licensing model, launched an expanded Price Database, and restructured capitalization to allow 80% of engineering costs to be capitalized—demonstrating both technical and financial stewardship. He has a proven track record of modernizing legacy systems into loosely coupled microservices, doubling engineering output and driving uptime from ~80% to 99.99% in prior roles. A hands-on builder since early web days, Quentin co-founded a startup from a $2K seed to $1M+ revenue and has deep experience across PHP, React, Node, and data pipelines. He combines product, security, and AI/analytics experience—having implemented automated data cleaning, entity extraction, and content generation—to accelerate delivery and reduce operational risk. Quentin pairs pragmatic engineering with strategic leadership, recruiting and scaling teams across continents while improving security posture and cost efficiency.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of OregonTracy Goss Executive Reinvention ProgramAssociate's degree Business Administration and Management General, Associate's degree Business Administration and Management General at Central Oregon Community College
Github Skills (52)
checkout10
ecommerce10
css10
cdn10
magento10
php10
plaid10
adobe10
affiliates10
shopping-cart9
javascript9
financial9
python9
django9
finance9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
OpenF2/F2Plugins
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:1 push, 4 branches in 2 months
plugin-developmentplugin
qrider/caddy-plugins
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:1 release, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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