About
Brian Reath is Co-Founder and CTO at Tern. He has worked in web development for over a decade, using tools such as Ruby and JavaScript, and has held roles across customer success, customer support, sales, engineering, and product organizations. His work spans user interface development, database schema design, production infrastructure, and troubleshooting, with a focus on small, early-stage teams.
Founder at TERN
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Co-founders at TERN
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Skye SpearCo-founder and CEO
Experience
- TernCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2022 — present
- HandshakeTechnical Advisor2022
- HandshakeDirector of Infrastructure Engineering2022
- HandshakeInterim Director of Infrastructure Engineering2021 — 2022
- HandshakeStaff Software Engineer2020 — 2021
- HandshakeSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020
- HandshakeEngineering Manager2016 — 2019
- HandshakeSenior Software Engineer2016San Francisco, California
- HandshakeDirector of Customer Success2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- HandshakeSoftware Engineering Lead2015Palo Alto, California
- CoverMyMedsSoftware Developer2015Columbus, OH
- CCI Systems, IncDirector of Product Development2014 — 2015Iron Mountain, MI
- CCI Systems, IncDirector of Managed Services - Operations & Technology2013 — 2014Iron Mountain, MI
- CCI Systems, IncApplication Development Lead2011 — 2013Iron Mountain, MI
- CCI Systems, IncManager of Information Technology2010 — 2011Iron Mountain, MI
- CCI Systems, IncSoftware Developer2009 — 2010
- CompuwareSoftware Developer2008
Skills & more
Ruby on Rails36JavaScript24Ruby31SwiftSQL24ReactPostgreSQL3Linux33Git21REST8MySQL15C#6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brian Reath?
- Brian Reath is Co-Founder and CTO at Tern. He has worked in web development for over a decade, using tools such as Ruby and JavaScript, and has held roles across customer success, customer support, sales, engineering, and product organizations. His work spans user interface development, database schema design, production infrastructure, and troubleshooting, with a focus on small, early-stage teams.
- Where does Brian Reath work?
- Brian Reath is Founder of TERN.
- What companies did Brian Reath found?
- Brian Reath founded TERN.
- Where did Brian Reath go to school?
- Brian Reath studied at Michigan Technological University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering & Business Administration).
Founder mafias
Michigan Technological University mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tern1
Also worked at Handshake32
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