Tyson Cadenhead
Head Of Software Engineering at Vestaboard
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolTyson Cadenhead is a seasoned Head of Software Engineering with 13 years of experience building full-stack JavaScript systems and leading distributed teams to deliver cloud-native, serverless platforms. He combines deep expertise in TypeScript, React, GraphQL and AWS serverless tooling with a pragmatic focus on operational security and FedRAMP-aligned practices. Tyson has repeatedly moved teams from legacy stacks to modern monorepos, federated GraphQL architectures, and event-driven systems—often inventing tooling and CI patterns to make those transitions smooth. He’s comfortable shifting between hands-on engineering and strategic leadership, having served as CTO, VP of Engineering, and principal architect across startups and product companies. Based in Nashville, he brings a designer’s sensibility from a Digital Media Studies background to create developer-friendly APIs and polished front-end experiences.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Digital Media Studies with Art Emphasis, Bachelor of Arts Digital Media Studies with Art Emphasis at Union University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
pinch-to-zoom10
javascript9
pinch9
gestures9
lambda9
serverless-offline9
testing9
leaflet9
webpack9
aws9
react9
fling9
aws-lambda9
csharp9
pan9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Aloompa/cannery
Jan 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:88 commits, 46 PRs, 202 pushes in 4 months
client-sideclass-basedjavascriptsqles6
tysoncadenhead/cartesian-js
Aug 2020 - Jul 2022
Utilities to do async things with fp
Contributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year 11 months
to-dofp-tsgeneratorsasync
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