Thaddeus Ternes
Chief Technology Officer at Sempulse
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolThaddeus Ternes is a technology executive and hands-on engineer with over a decade of professional experience and a 15+ year track record shipping independent iOS and macOS apps. Currently CTO at Sempulse in Austin, he combines product-led leadership with deep platform experience—from embedded C/C++ firmware and backend services to modern SwiftUI clients and TypeScript full-stack delivery. He’s led multidisciplinary teams at agencies and consultancies, driving discovery, prototyping, and high-quality execution while mentoring engineering and design leaders. Notable practical wins include architecting device onboarding and SSO for major clients, optimizing media-heavy native apps, and independently shipping nine App Store titles that earned press coverage on outlets like The Verge and Lifehacker. Collected across startups and enterprise, his work reflects a bias for shipping polished, user-focused experiences and bridging creative and technical teams.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Iowa State University
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Github Skills (89)
sqlite-database10
sql10
database10
sqlite10
grdb10
sql-builder10
databases9
macos-big-sur9
cockroachdb9
amazon-echo9
wwdc9
swift8
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swiftui8
crash-dump8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
tternes/BTToolkit
Feb 2014 - Oct 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
tternes/httpcode
Sep 2013 - Apr 2015
Contributions:15 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
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