Corey Bothwell

First-principles engineer with 5+ years of experience across the entire product stack. Educated in the USA and Switzerland with strong computer science fundamentals. Accustomed to solving problems without clear solutions. Successful side-project exit. Interested in companies and startups solving hard problems.

Contact

corey at bothwell dot org
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Select Projects

Terrain
Canvas-based visual editor for designing and simulating network infrastructure.
PocketLegal
Current side-project. A platform that fills the gap in small scale legal advice.
BrowserBook
Research project that explored a completely in-browser decentralized token trading platform.
CryptoAuth
Research project that explored passwordless auth using popular browser-based crypto wallets.
ZooBreak
Failed but very educational NFT project with some fantastic art.
Engel
WhatsApp communication interface for pharmacy storefront.
AvHopper
Tool for private pilots to query fuel prices. Successful small scale exit.

Open Source

Rush
In-progress. Open-source plain text accounting tool written in Rust.
TerraVision
In-progress. Open-source Terraform compatible infrastructure visualization tool.

Testimonials

Luke Zirngibl
Founder, For One Red
Corey led the architecture and implementation of our network visualization capability. Through iteration and collaboration, he solved this complex problem with a performant and elegant solution. He is smart, motivated, and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Corey.
Sean Donnelly
Chief Investment Officer, Freeway Investments
I worked with Corey for about a year where he was instrumental in developing a novel cybersecurity asset discovery and management application. Throughout our time together, Corey regularly demonstrated his grit and fervor to develop at a rapid pace, his keen ability to think and solve problems independently, and his uncanny knack for capturing the attention of any audience he present to. Picking from a room of wildly talented computer scientists, I would undoubtedly choose to work with Corey ten times out of ten.

Skills

Powerful blend of technical and soft skills with formal training in Computer Science and a history of product development.
Exceptional empathy. Ability to understand and connect with a wide variety of different kinds of people and cultures.
Recognition of strengths in others, and the ability to amplify those strengths to achieve the goal.
Fluent German. Mastery of bridging the gap between American & European mindsets.

Powerful blend of technical and soft skills with formal training in Computer Science and a history of product development.
Exceptional empathy. Ability to understand and connect with a wide variety of different kinds of people and cultures.

Recognition of strengths in others, and the ability to amplify those strengths to achieve the goal.
Fluent German. Mastery of bridging the gap between American & European mindsets.

Philosophy

All of programming is a data transformation. If you don't understand the data, you don't understand the problem.

The task of engineering is thus to reduce an engineering problem to its fundamental essence as a data transformation.

The task of product leadership is to determine which problem to actually solve.

When these disciplines are aligned, there is product harmony.