Rick Hernandez
Chief Executive Officer at Social Good Software
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Hernandez is a mission-driven technology leader and CEO with 12 years of hands-on software experience building products for museums, aquariums, and cultural institutions. He founded Social Good Software to streamline ticketing, automate operations, and reduce waste, combining deep full‑stack engineering chops with fundraising and go‑to‑market strategy. A former web developer and bootcamp instructor, Rick has authored technical books, created a full‑stack scaffolding framework (MEANStack.net), and launched multiple online courses that teach others to ship practical software. He favors results over hype, champions individual accountability and free‑market principles, and is actively positioning his company for scale and strategic partnerships. Less obvious: his background blends frontline IT support through senior product leadership, giving him a rare empathy for operational constraints while designing impactful digital systems.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS Computer Science at Salt Lake Community College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (70)
mongoose10
editor10
mongo-express10
electron10
typescript10
vscode10
mean-stack10
ieee10
stack9
email-marketing9
marketing-automation9
expressjs9
mautic9
visual-studio9
specification9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rick4470/knowRick
Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:36 commits, 41 pushes in 1 year 8 months
rick4470/IEEE-SRS-Tempate
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
IEEE System Requirements Specification Template
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes in 2 days
specificationtlastandardsrfcrequirements-specification
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