Travis Tidwell is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder who has spent over 16 years building and scaling developer-focused platforms, currently serving as CTO of Form.io, an open-source form and data management platform for progressive web apps. He combines deep embedded and full-stack engineering roots—spanning C++ real-time systems at John Deere and Navico to modern MEAN/Angular and Node back-ends—with strategic product vision that shortens time-to-market for API-driven applications. As the individual creator and principal engineer behind Form.io, Travis remains hands-on across back-end API features, import/export data flows, and front-end Angular refactors, and his OSS work has earned him a sizable following in GitHub, YouTube, and Drupal communities. He frequently presents at conferences and has a track record of applying rigorous engineering (from ISO11783 agricultural systems to RSA-backed data stores) to commercial SaaS and PaaS products. Based in Texas, he blends academic training in electrical/computer engineering and physics with entrepreneurial pragmatism to solve complex data and integration challenges.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate, Graduate at Westmoore High School
Electrical and Computer Engineering Mathematics Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering Mathematics Physics at Oklahoma State University
Physics Engineering Physics, Physics Engineering Physics at University of Central Oklahoma
A Form and Data Management Platform for Progressive Web Applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:59 reviews, 2207 commits, 1082 PRs in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Travis primarily worked on back-end features within the Form.io platform, including bug fixes for the exists endpoint and enabling email reflection with Nunjucks parameters. Their contributions involved modifications to the SubmissionResource.js and email.js files, indicating a focus on API endpoints and email-related functionality. The user also addressed import/export features, making changes to the import.js and export.js files, suggesting involvement with the core data management capabilities of the platform.
Contributions:6 reviews, 164 commits, 266 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Travis primarily focused on refactoring and updating the codebase, particularly within the Angular framework. They addressed dependency updates and refactored import paths, replacing `angular-formio` with `@formio/angular` across multiple modules, indicating a focus on modularity and component integration. The user also worked on the UI components, adding features like time-since pipes and fixing issues, and making changes to the form builder. The changes demonstrate a good understanding of the project structure and a focus on improving the user interface, features and overall maintainability of the project.
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Travis Tidwell - Chief Technology Officer at Form.IO