Summary
Sam Kuehn is a pragmatic technology leader and Chief Technology Officer with over 20 years of experience in software architecture, business application development, and technology strategy, currently steering NOVO Construction’s technical vision from Montana. He combines a business-adjacent IT background (BS in Business Administration with an IS emphasis) and hands-on engineering experience dating back to internships in the late 1990s, enabling him to bridge product, operations, and development effectively. Prior roles include a decade as a programmer/analyst at Western States Insurance, where he honed enterprise application delivery and legacy modernization skills. An active contributor to open-source, he has implemented OAuth2 support for third-party services in the widely used python-social-auth project, showing continued practical involvement in backend engineering. Known for translating complex requirements into maintainable systems, he brings steady, long-term technical stewardship to organizations navigating growth and operational complexity.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Montana State University-Bozeman
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Administration Emphasis in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Administration Emphasis in Information Systems at The University of Montana - College of Business