Rickie Benavidez
Staff Software Engineer at CodePath
Round Rock, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRickie Benavidez is a hands-on, AI-forward technical leader and co-founder with 13 years of software experience and a track record of building and managing engineering teams across startups and mission-driven organizations. Based in Round Rock, Texas, he has held senior technical and leadership roles including CTO and Software Development Manager, and has led product and platform efforts at LEANSTACK since 2018. Rickie blends full-stack engineering chops with operational leadership—moving from code and systems integration to directing development organizations and launching scalable web products. His background in English and early career roles in web and systems integration give him an unusual strength in clear technical communication and cross-functional collaboration. He’s comfortable steering both strategic roadmaps and day-to-day implementation, particularly where AI and pragmatic productization intersect.
14 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English at St. Mary's University
Github Skills (7)
server-side-rendering6
ruby-on-rails5
javascript5
nodejs4
ruby4
browser3
rails2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rickbenavidez/html-pipeline-wistia
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
rickbenavidez/dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Jun 2026
Contributions:13 pushes in 11 years 4 months
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