Taylor Macdonald
Partner & CTO at tcmacdonald, llc
Fort Thomas, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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SeniorTaylor Macdonald is a pragmatic technology leader and Partner & CTO with 14 years of professional experience building web applications and guiding small, high-velocity teams. He blends deep JavaScript and Ruby expertise with a hands-on, problem-solving mindset—acting as a “handyman” who selects pragmatic technology stacks to meet client goals. Taylor has led projects across startups, global organizations, and higher education, focusing on quality development, clear communication, and strategic tech adoption. He teaches and mentors (former Girl Develop It instructor) and runs his own consultancy, demonstrating both entrepreneurial grit and client-facing empathy. Outside of work he’s an enthusiastic homebrewer and amateur fermentologist, a detail that reflects his experimental, iterative approach to engineering and team culture.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
French
Github Skills (90)
compiler10
gatsby10
static-site-generator10
fastest10
graphql10
frontend10
react10
vimeo-api9
netlify9
gocd9
continuous-testing8
bash8
gdi8
permalinks8
continuous-integration8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ample/paging-mister-hyde
Jul 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 4 years 5 months
crdschurch/crds-shared-header
Mar 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:8 releases, 143 PRs, 123 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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