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.
12 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)
react-native-app10
onesignal10
firebase10
hybrid10
browser10
push-notifications10
app-links10
compiler10
server-side10
static-site-generator10
cross-platform10
deep-linking10
ssg10
android10
firestore10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
zsaraf/weeklyvibes_web
Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:165 pushes in 10 months
wvdsh/cli
Dec 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 49 pushes in 7 months
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