Bret McGowen

Garage startup cofounder. Software engineer. Google alum, Rackspace alum.

My career arc, in reverse:

Startup cofounder -> Software Engineer -> Google -> Corporate Software Engineer -> Magician -> Young Adult science fiction writer (I was also a young adult myself at the time) -> Raccoon literature reader.

It's been a hell of a ride.

I'm a software engineering leader, full-stack developer, occasional public speaker (80+ talks at tech conferences), and raccoon enthusiast. I get fired up building user-focused software and I've done it at Google, several startups, a government nuclear laboratory, non-profits, a University, a billion-dollar traditional enterprise, and private consulting.

I thrive in roles where I can collaborate with business, product, design and engineering teams. I love building web apps that are useful, intuitive, and have great performance.