Raymond Kennedy
Co-Founder CTO at Wavedash
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolRaymond Kennedy is a product-focused engineer and startup CTO with 11 years of experience building consumer apps, live audio platforms, and lightweight multimedia tooling. As Co-Founder and CTO of Wavedash and previously Watercolor (a Y Combinator company), he has repeatedly taken ideas from prototype to user-facing products—examples include a chat-based reading app, a live audio streaming platform that hosted notable artists, and audio source separation tools. He brings full-stack fluency (iOS, web, backend) and a track record of introducing modern front-end practices at scale, such as bringing React and internationalization to GoFundMe. Based in Los Angeles, he blends hands-on engineering with product instincts, favoring elegant UX and rapid iteration. An understated strength is his pattern of founding and exiting early-stage ventures, demonstrating both technical depth and entrepreneurial judgment.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Stanford University
French, German
Stackoverflow
43reputation
2kreached
5answers
2questions
Github Skills (200)
onesignal10
schema10
browser10
obsolete10
static-site-generator10
ssg10
vercel10
firebase10
code-generator10
stream10
audio10
app-links10
compiler10
deep-linking10
mobile10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
zsaraf/weeklyvibes_web
Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:165 pushes in 10 months
zsaraf/jotdown-ios
Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:146 pushes in 3 months
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