Morgan Craft

Morgan Craft

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ABOUT ME
Hands-on Engineering Leader with 20 years of developing and mentoring
Hands-on Engineering Leader with 20 years of developing and mentoring

Hi, I'm Morgan an NYC based technical leader that has remained hands-on in the code and led from the trenches. I've built and lead multiple product engineering teams, and my last role as CTO of ycombinator's Hickory Training my team built a product to an acquisition. I've started a new company focused on knowledge operations platform to enable collaboration.

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)
Joined June 2018
EXPERTISE
15 years experience
Been using javascript for over 20 years: from vanillajs, jQuery, Backbone, Angular, Nodejs and React.
Been using javascript for over 20 years: from vanillajs, jQuery, Backbone, Angular, Nodejs and React.
5 years experience
Experience with the following frameworks and libraries: StyledComponents, Redux, Apollo GraphQL / ApolloClient
Experience with the following frameworks and libraries: StyledComponents, Redux, Apollo GraphQL / ApolloClient
4 years experience
Built and deployed marketing websites with pixel tracking. Experience integrating with StyledComponents.
Built and deployed marketing websites with pixel tracking. Experience integrating with StyledComponents.
2 years experience
Apollo GraphQL
Apollo GraphQL
7 years experience
Built and deployed multiple django platforms with the following technologies --Django Rest-Framework, Celery [chords], Guardian
Built and deployed multiple django platforms with the following technologies --Django Rest-Framework, Celery [chords], Guardian
2 years experience
Experience with the Github APIs * Github Apps * Github Actions
Experience with the Github APIs * Github Apps * Github Actions
5 years experience
Experience setting up CI * CircleCI * Github Actions
Experience setting up CI * CircleCI * Github Actions

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EMPLOYMENTS
CEO
gitBabel
2019-09-01-Present
Building a knowledge operations platform that empowers continuous delivery, continuous improvement & helps leaders shape an inclusive eng...
Building a knowledge operations platform that empowers continuous delivery, continuous improvement & helps leaders shape an inclusive engineering culture.
GitHub
React
GraphQL
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GitHub
React
GraphQL
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Mentor
PlatoHQ
2018-10-01-Present
Participate in round-robin styled mentoring sessions that coaches engineering leaders on a variety of topics from soft-skills, managerial...
Participate in round-robin styled mentoring sessions that coaches engineering leaders on a variety of topics from soft-skills, managerial and technical challenges, and career growth strategies.
Leadership
Agile
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Leadership
Agile
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CTO
Hickory Training
2016-01-01-2019-09-01
Joined Hickory post ycombinator/SU2015 as the technical leader for product-engineering efforts on a residual space learning platform. * ...
Joined Hickory post ycombinator/SU2015 as the technical leader for product-engineering efforts on a residual space learning platform. * Created a strong technical culture amongst fellow engineers by fostering hands on continuous mentoring and learning. * Systemized our product pipeline: from customer interviews, sketch design systems, and measuring outcomes. * Managing a mixed team of psychologists, data-scientists, and machine-learning experts to develop computational systems and machine-learning algorithms. * Manage the day-to-day operations including all support personal, budgeting, and compliance. Technology Stack --- * React / Redux * Python / Django * PySciKit (machine-learning)
Django
Node.js
PostgreSQL
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Django
Node.js
PostgreSQL
React
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