Havoc Pennington

About Havoc Pennington

I like to build new products. I\'ve hired teams, built software systems from scratch in everything from C to JavaScript to Scala, written a book, and led open source communities.Interested in challenging problems involving coding, writing, design, analysis, business, and fun, smart people. I like finding the intersection of customer success, business success, and technical possibility. I can fill a product-manager-ish kind of role, a developer kind of role, or most often a blend of the two as a design/business-aware developer.Some example tasks I might be able to help you with:* navigating the intersection of technical, design, and business concerns for a new product.* product strategy and design, especially for technical or open source products.* creating high-quality code, in anything from C/C++ to Scala.* designing or reviewing a new API.* advice on open source strategy; launching or improving an open source community.* writing white papers.* performing technical due diligence and analysis for an investment or acquisition.* building a technical team.Keywords: open source, user interfaces, UI toolkit design and implementation, Akka, Play Framework, GNOME, Linux, C, C++, Java, Scala, GTK+, Python, JavaScript, UNIX, Red Hat, engineering management, design thinking, interaction design, personal finance.

Experience

1. Tidelift Chief Architect

   Sonar

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Integrating Tidelift and Sonar technology to solve customer problems.

Education

• University of Chicago

  BA, Anthropology

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Software Engineering
• Gtk+
• Java
• Subversion
• Distributed Systems
• User Interface
• C++
• Gnome
• Open Source Software
• Javascript
• Cvs
• Oop
• Redhat
• Cloud Computing
• C
• Software Design
• Bash
• Apache
• Web Applications
• Ajax
• Unix
• Open Source
• Shell Scripting
• Start-Ups
• Software Development
• Python
• Interaction Design
• User Experience
• Scala
• Git
• Mobile Applications
• Engineering Management
• Linux