Ross Hendrickson is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO based in Prescott, Arizona, with 13 years of experience building and scaling engineering organizations and product platforms. He has led engineering at high-growth startups and established companies—driving launches of SaaS and distributed cloud graphics platforms, founding core reliability and incident practices, and scaling teams from dozens to over a hundred engineers. Ross blends hands-on full-stack engineering (including notable open-source work integrating Cura slicing into the popular OctoPrint 3D printing platform) with strategic product leadership, particularly in AI/ML, distributed systems, and security-focused services like bug bounty and pen testing. Known for empathetic, DEI-focused management, he serves as a pragmatic coach who balances vision with execution to deliver mission-critical software. His background in computational linguistics and early work on NLP and speech recognition reflect a long-standing interest in language and AI that informs his technical roadmap decisions.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Work Computational Linguistics, Graduate Work Computational Linguistics at University of Colorado at Boulder
English Language Major and Linguistic Computing Minor Computational Linguistics, English Language Major and Linguistic Computing Minor Computational Linguistics at Brigham Young University
OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:34 commits, 4 comments, 1 issue in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ross contributed to the integration of the Cura slicer within the OctoPrint platform, focusing on the backend and frontend aspects. Their work involved implementing a Cura settings UI, binding settings to the UI, and implementing CRUD operations for these settings. They also worked on integrating STL file slicing and adding the sliced G-code files to the SD card, showing proficiency in both frontend and backend development with a focus on 3D printing.
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