Shawn Drost
Interim Cofounder at Phoenix Hydrogen
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolShawn Drost is a mission-driven serial founder and product leader with 14 years of experience building market-leading education and energy ventures from the ground up. Based in Berkeley, he co-founded Hack Reactor, authored its initial curriculum, and later drove enterprise sales and growth through M&A integrations that helped position Galvanize for acquisition. More recently he co-founded Phoenix Hydrogen and leads operations and project origination focused on utility-scale green hydrogen and salt-cavern storage. He combines deep software and product roots (USC CS) with practical climate-sector fluency developed through consulting for major utilities and climate coalitions. Known for rapidly stabilizing and scaling teams, he also creates practical education programs—an example of how he blends operational rigor with mission-focused storytelling. Unafraid to pivot, he currently serves as an interim cofounder/consultant, onboarding early clients within days of outreach.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaClimate Change: Learning for Action, Climate Change: Learning for Action at Terra.doHigh School, High School at Punahou School
Github Skills (14)
activemodel8
spree6
rails6
ruby5
javascript4
instantiation4
rerender2
routes2
rack2
docker1
templating1
backbone1
ruby-on-rails1
bower1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Shugardude/2013-06-more-data-structures
Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:25 commits in 3 months
peterkhayes/dance-party
Dec 2012 - Dec 2012
Contributions:25 commits in 2 days
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