Kathryn Ehlmann
Fractional Chief Technology Officer helping your team thrive
Denver Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Fractional CTO
2019 - Current
Specializing in Fractional CTO consultation working with early stage ventures. I help your organization startup and scale with vision, innovation and impact.
Member
2024
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Director of Software Development
2019 - 2020
Lead the architecture and technology decisions for innovative product solutions in the food business to business space. Mentoring and training non-technical teammates and developers on technology topics. Executed systemized application release strategy for multiple concurrent projects using Github and Heroku. Managed a team of developers and continuously evaluated and improved upon our team's agile practices. Hired and sourced engineering talent. Individual contributor for frontend focused code, bug fixes, repository pull requests, integrations, branching, and deployment. - Lead the organization in phasing out a fullstack Ruby on Rails (v.5) web application - Lead the organization in the development and release of a microservices oriented Angular application with a Rails 5 backend and PostgreSQL database. Deployment to the Android Play Store, App Store, and browser.
Front End Web Developer
2018 - 2019
React.js User Interface development for Building Energy Modeling applications commissioned by the US Army Corps of Engineers and Southern California Edison Utility.
Web Developer
2013 - 2018
Contract web development for Fortune 500 companies. Projects included a global site that was translated into 23 languages.
Full Stack Web Developer-In-Training
2016 - 2017
I am in constant pursuit of a comprehensive, informed approach to design and development. In this intensive course, I improved my knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Express.js, MongoDB, AJAX, AngularJS, Ruby, SQL and Rails. While at General Assembly, I learned how to implement and use these tools to create compelling user-friendly apps. Additionally, I gained significant version control and project planning experience through teamwork and pair programming.
Communications Specialist
2009 - 2011
Digital communications for the National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys. Created digital content, using HTML and CSS. Reached out to national media, managed social media with Twitter and LinkedIn.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
2001 - 2005