William Fry
Founder at Beacon
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Fry is a founder and product-focused engineering leader with a decade of experience building data-driven platforms and marketplaces, currently leading Beacon to simplify buying and selling small businesses. He previously scaled data acquisition and engineering teams at Applecart and co-founded SolutionLoft, where he delivered data engineering solutions for finance including alternative datasets, sentiment analysis, and dashboarding. Comfortable moving between strategy and hands-on execution, he combines product management, data pipeline architecture, and startup operations to turn complex data into actionable products. Based in Austin, he pairs Wharton economics training with a knack for pragmatic engineering that helps retiring owners exit and new entrepreneurs thrive. An operator who has repeatedly launched and monetized developer- and data-centric products, he’s equally passionate about marketplace design and the future of financial technology.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
J.H. Rose High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics at University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA, International/Global Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, International/Global Studies at University of Pennsylvania
German, English
Stackoverflow
350reputation
25kreached
10answers
6questions
Github Skills (182)
messaging10
python10
terraform10
aws-s310
rest-api10
streaming10
django10
api10
rest10
graph10
django-rest-framework10
python-requests10
pubsub10
aws10
javascript9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Audace/facebookGadget
Aug 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
tadasant/strand-ui
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:288 commits in 2 months
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