Rus Hughes
Founder at Valencia Entrepreneurs
Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
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Top SchoolRus Hughes is a seasoned founder and technology leader with 20 years of experience building startups and distributed engineering teams across Europe and Asia. He blends deep systems and DevOps roots with hands-on full‑stack software development—React, Node and Solidity—while leading product and technical strategy as CEO/CTO for multiple SaaS and e-commerce ventures. Based in Valencia, he founded and scaled the Valencia Entrepreneurs community from a 4‑person cafe meet-up to 3,500 members and regular large meetups, demonstrating strong community and operational leadership. His work spans cloud-native deployments, real‑time WebRTC systems, and early blockchain/crypto solutions aimed at pragmatic problems rather than hype. Comfortable translating technical complexity for non‑technical stakeholders, he pairs analytical problem solving with a penchant for rapid learning and experimentation. Off the clock he’s also an accomplished fire performer—an unexpected creative outlet that underscores his comfort with risk, precision and public-facing roles.
20 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Internet Systems Development, MSc Internet Systems Development at University of PortsmouthBSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at University of Reading
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Github Skills (70)
paperjs8
swarm8
expressjs7
dcl7
css7
decentraland7
ethereum7
golang6
kill6
google-search6
shell6
uitoolbar6
laravel-nova6
seo6
android6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rushughes/laracasts-nova
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-nova-mastery
Contributions:34 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
laravel-novanovaphplaracastslaravel-package
rushughes/fullstack-vue-graphql-starter
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
https://www.udemy.com/course/full-stack-vue-with-graphql-the-ultimate-guide/learn/lecture/11526880#overview
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
full-stack-coursefull-stackvuegraphqlultimate
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