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Ryan McElroy

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since June 1, 2021

Ryan is a software development, design, and management professional with 8+ years of experience as a consultant, including 3+ years at the director level. His expertise includes requirements definition and software development processes, architecture and stack selection, and DevOps. With broad industry experience, including financial services, eCommerce, utilities, and SaaS, Ryan brings value to organizations that are starting development projects or looking to improve their current processes.

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Pedro Solá

Freelance CTO
MexicoToptal Member Since May 23, 2022

Pedro is an experienced full-stack engineer and tech lead. He is very comfortable in the fast-paced world of startups and consulting. Pedro has worked on everything, from building prototypes to systems design, scaling platforms, and handling large-scale data migrations. From back end, front end, or mobile, he's done it all.

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Michael Hasenfratz

Freelance CTO
CanadaToptal Member Since May 10, 2017

Michael is an accomplished tech executive with success in consulting and digital publishing industries. Most recently, he built the entire technology platform a multimillion-dollar digital publisher uses to deliver its content and services to millions of people worldwide. He has experience conceptualizing, designing, developing, maintaining, and analyzing innovative and high-quality technology and products.

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Patrick Cason

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since July 29, 2022

Patrick is a full-stack JavaScript developer passionate about building web and mobile applications, UI component libraries, and open-source software. He is a highly competent UI/UX designer proficient in Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite. Patrick has five years of engineering management experience and has worked with startups and enterprises in the fintech, healthcare, artificial intelligence (AI), music, and civics industries for the last 15 years.

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Ryan J. Peterson

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since November 25, 2013

Ryan is a top architect, entrepreneur, and developer. He boasts a proven competency in building cloud-scalable, extensible software and systems. He writes code that can be maintained and expanded over time as business systems and requirements adapt to market demands or pivots in core business direction.

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Antoine Pham

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since October 18, 2018

Antoine is a seasoned professional with a unique blend of skill and passion for software development, making him an invaluable asset in any environment. His expertise spans all stages of the development cycle, from building engineering teams in startups to managing budgets, architecture, and processes at Fortune 500 companies. His unwavering passion for software development fosters inventive thinking and collaboration, inspiring teams to reach new heights.

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Michael Walker

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since November 16, 2021

Michael is a builder who has owned the entire front-end services at AWS. He loves working with go-to-market teams and UX teams collaborating on creative products. Michael is passionate about solving problems for clients and providing robust solutions to delight customers. He specializes in full-stack applications as well as ML and IoT development.

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Will Beddow

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since May 19, 2021

Will is an experienced and passionate full-stack developer. He's been freelancing since 2014 and prides himself on communication, flexibility, and a range of skills. His past projects include everything from satellite data analysis and ride-sharing apps to AI-driven industrial automation. Professionally, he's worked in startups and small businesses as small as three people and for organizations as large as the federal government.

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John McLaughlin

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since September 12, 2022

John has professional experience developing Ethereum decentralized apps (dApps), including an NFT factory and marketplace deployed on Mainnet and L2 chains such as Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and zkSync. He has created two video/audio storage apps using IPFS/Filecoin and designed and deployed a Hyperledger Fabric permissioned blockchain to organize McKurz Capital's financials. John has also designed container orchestrations using Docker and Kubernetes for various web2 and web3 apps.

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Matty Hogan

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since October 31, 2022

Matty is a serial entrepreneur, C-level officer of startups, and engineer who specializes in full-stack product development, particularly in Swift iOS. He's worked with numerous clients and startups to build their MVPs and accompanying back ends. Matty enjoys being part of a team and sharing a passion for challenging projects.

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Michael Truog

Freelance CTO
United StatesToptal Member Since April 4, 2016

Michael is a top architect, engineer, developer, and entrepreneur with a proven ability to develop efficient, scalable, and fault-tolerant server solutions for complex problems. He has extensive experience and skills with all levels of software and architecture.

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I am more than pleased with our experience with Toptal. The professional I got to work with was on the phone with me within a couple of hours. I knew after discussing my project with him that he was the candidate I wanted. I hired him immediately and he wasted no time in getting to my project, even going the extra mile by adding some great design elements that enhanced our overall look.

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Toptal understood our project needs immediately. We were matched with an exceptional freelancer from Argentina who, from Day 1, immersed himself in our industry, blended seamlessly with our team, understood our vision, and produced top-notch results. Toptal makes connecting with superior developers and programmers very easy.

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As a small company with limited resources we can't afford to make expensive mistakes. Toptal provided us with an experienced programmer who was able to hit the ground running and begin contributing immediately. It has been a great experience and one we'd repeat again in a heartbeat.

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