Jacob Rideout
Chief Technology Officer at HiddenLayer
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Rideout is a technology leader and CTO with over 12 years of experience delivering scalable software across AI security, cloud infrastructure, and data tooling. As CTO of HiddenLayer since 2023, he helps shape a turnkey AI security platform that protects models without exposing raw data or algorithms. Previously at Salesforce as Architect on the Hyperforce initiative, he advanced developer experience and productivity for a cloud-native infrastructure designed for rapid, compliant global deployments. An active open-source contributor, he maintains and enhances the dc.js project’s frontend tooling—fixing CSS, updating build scripts, and adapting tests for newer environments—demonstrating hands-on engineering leadership. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, he blends strategic product leadership with hands-on development across startups and enterprise roles at companies including Return Path and Agari.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Masters at Colorado State UniversityUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
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Github Skills (9)
javascript9
javascripts9
css9
g8
gruntjs8
testing7
ios6
swift6
viewcontroller6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dc-js/dc.js
Jul 2013 - Dec 2013
Multi-Dimensional charting built to work natively with crossfilter rendered with d3.js
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:325 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jacob's contributions primarily involve fixing typing errors in the project's CSS file, implementing changes in the Gruntfile.js for build processes, and updating the test environment for newer jsdom versions. These commits indicate a focus on maintaining and improving the existing code base, correcting minor errors, and adapting the project to changes in its dependencies and build tools, suggesting a role in maintaining the existing functionality.
visualizationchartsmulti-dimensionalchartcharting
agaridata/tnefparse
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
a TNEF decoding library written in python, without external dependencies
Contributions:28 pushes, 28 branches in 17 days
dependenciespythondecodingdecoding-librarydecoder
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