Logan Dean
FounderFounder/CTO at Tall Poppy
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedTall Poppy · YC
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About
Logan Dean is a self-employed software engineering consultant and coach who works within teams to deliver software. Dean's approach emphasizes collaborative, team-based decision-making that includes less prominent voices, along with writing clean, maintainable, and testable code that supports changing business needs and a sustainable development pace.
Founder/CTO at Tall PoppyYC S18
Intro paths
Logan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- Self-employedSoftware Engineering Consultantcurrent2020 — present
- Tall PoppyCTO2018 — 2019
- EventbriteSenior Software Engineer; Scrum Master2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)Back End Web Developer2016
- Cyrus InnovationTech Lead2011 — 2014
- Cyrus InnovationSenior Software Developer2009 — 2011
- SoundBite CommunicationsSenior Software Engineer2005 — 2008
- Oxy Systems, Inc.Software Developer2003 — 2005
- OryxaSoftware Developer2001 — 2003
Skills & more
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Extreme ProgrammingSoftware EngineeringLinuxSubversionHibernateXMLTDDSpringUnixWeb ApplicationsSQLPythonLanguages English · German
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) — Scrum Alliance
- Unethical Decision Making in Organizations — Coursera
- Programming Languages — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Logan Dean?
- Logan Dean is a self-employed software engineering consultant and coach who works within teams to deliver software. Dean's approach emphasizes collaborative, team-based decision-making that includes less prominent voices, along with writing clean, maintainable, and testable code that supports changing business needs and a sustainable development pace.
- Where does Logan Dean work?
- Logan Dean is Founder/CTO of Tall Poppy.
- What companies did Logan Dean found?
- Logan Dean founded Tall Poppy.
- Where did Logan Dean go to school?
- Logan Dean studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).
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Y Combinator mafia10,444
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Eventbrite mafia24
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tall Poppy2
Also worked at Eventbrite46
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Also worked at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)11
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