Todd Fredrich
Distinguished Architect at Ping Identity
Lagos, Portugal
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Top SchoolTodd Fredrich is an entrepreneurial technology leader and founder with 16 years of experience designing and delivering high-availability, API-first B2B SaaS platforms and distributed, multi-tenant microservices. He architected PingOne and guided Ping Identity’s transformation to SaaS—work that helped enable three major acquisition events and a platform generating over $100M ARR—while mentoring global teams on API standards, event-driven data lakes and AI/ML readiness. A hands-on engineer at heart, he built the RestExpress open-source Java REST framework and integrated it into TechEmpower benchmarks, evidencing both performance-focused engineering and practical tooling for rapid API delivery. Todd combines strategic vision and strong business acumen with a track record of translating executive priorities into operational roadmaps, governance, and reusable platform IP. Based in Lagos, Portugal, he thrives on hard problems, cross-team facilitation, and moving innovations from incubation to production.
16 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at California State University, Stanislaus
English
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Github Skills (30)
application-framework10
api-rest10
performance-monitor10
mysql10
api-design10
restful-api10
app-framework10
data-serialization10
java10
mongodb-database10
serialization10
javas10
gson10
performance-analysis10
html10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tfredrich/RestApiTutorial.com
May 2012 - Jan 2023
HTML Source code for www.RestApiTutorial.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 128 commits, 35 PRs in 10 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Todd's primary contributions focused on modifying the HTML structure and adding new visual elements within the provided web pages. This includes the integration of a "Fork me on GitHub" ribbon, updating meta descriptions, and the addition of Google Analytics and the ability to collapse videos. They also updated the CDN to use versioned Bootstrap files.
apihtml-source
RestExpress/RestExpress
Nov 2009 - Oct 2022
Minimalist Java framework for rapidly creating scalable, containerless, RESTful microservices. Ship a production-quality, headless, RESTful API in the shortest time possible. Uses Netty for HTTP, Jackson for JSON, Metrics for metrics, properties files for configuration. Sub-projects and plugins enable, NoSQL, Swagger, Auth0, HAL integration, etc.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:859 commits, 10 PRs, 95 pushes in 13 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Todd primarily contributed to the core functionality of the REST API framework, RestExpress, by implementing and refining its foundational components. Their work involved creating a mini-server, defining request handlers, and integrating key features like date and timestamp conversion utilities and GSON serializers. Further contributions included expanding the router capabilities, including the use of URL patterns, and enhancements such as the introduction of a basic authentication preprocessor.
shipgrpcjax-rsproductionmicroservice
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