Summary
Ted Brandston is a pragmatic software engineer with 12 years of experience building system-level and application software in C++, Python, and Java, currently contributing to Chrome OS Flex at Google after a key engineering leadership stint at Neverware. Comfortable across Windows and Linux environments, he transitioned from a Windows-only background to championing Linux-first solutions, bringing practical, non-dogmatic engineering judgment to platform work. He has hands-on experience running an engineering organization and shipping product-focused infrastructure features at scale, plus earlier roles in embedded and desktop software at MakerBot. Based in New York, he pairs deep technical chops with teaching and mentorship experience from academia and early-career roles, and has a track record of stepping into interim leadership when teams needed steady stewardship.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The Calhoun School
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Ursinus College