Ross was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. As a
child he had many interests, including Art, Nature, Science,
Photography, Music and Athletics. He competed as a junior in several
sports, but chose to pursue Diving in lieu of Golf, Tennis, and
Swimming. He found success at an early age, winning the Junior
Olympic National Championships in 2006, when he was 13 years old. At
18, he obtained honor of becoming the first diver in New Jersey
history to win the
high school state championships 4 consecutive years.
His passion for Diving continued, and he accepted a scholarship to
the University of Denver in 2011.
As a full-time student at a prestigous university, as well as a
Division-I athlete and captain of a top team in the country, Ross
learned many valuable lessons in time management, leadership, and
accountability. After leading the Swimming and Diving team to a
conference championship
in 2015, Ross graduated from the University of Denver, receiving a
Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in
Emergent Digital Practices, a program that blended art, culture, technology and media, with a
double minor in Art and Business Administration.
With no clear direction after graduation, Ross decided to attend the
Turing School of Software and Design
in Denver, Colorado, a non-profit web development training program,
which prides itself in turning great people into outstanding
developers. Since completing the program in March of 2016, Ross has
held many positions as a capable Front End Software Engineer. After
4 years working with his teammates at
Twilio SendGrid
building the world's most trusted communication platform, Ross has
continued on to build the UI for the industry's foremost durable
execution platform, temporal.io
javascript
angular
react
css3
sass
html5
nodejs
npm
yarn
git
github
jenkins
jira
confluence
adobe
sketch
Ross Edfort
Software Engineer, Digital Artist, Friendly Human
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