Joshua Northcott

Engineering and Design leader with extensive industry experience in delivering high-quality web, mobile and API based solutions. Strong background in leading all aspects of the product development lifecycle from evaluation and design through development, build, integration, testing, documentation, deployment, support, and customization of third-party solutions
Expertise in a diverse range of technologies and platforms within multiple industry settings.

Currently, the CTO and co-founder of Hounder, an award winning design and development company that specializes in large web system implementations and product applications. Working alongside companies like Random House, Esri, UL, and MLB to name a few. Formerly, the Manager of the Web Engineering and Operations Department (20+ people) at Esri, a multi-billion-dollar software company located in Redlands, California.

I lead the strategy, design, and engineering for many sites and apps that have been featured in locations and events all over the world such as the White House, Time.com, TED Talks, Wired Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and O'Reilly events.

Specialties:
Technical and Design Leadership, eCommerce, REST, SPA, Saas, SOA, Web Services, Build and develop high performing design and engineering teams, Strategic Thinking, Brand Strategy, Web Strategy, Web Development, Web Design, Project Management, Product Management, Agile, Certified Scrum Master, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, SQL, Mongo DB, Digital Storytelling, User Experience (UX), Enterprise CMS implementations, CRM, CMS, DMS, LMS, SalesForce, Aprimo, Sitecore, AEM CQ, Search Engine Optimization.