Jonathan Lebensold spent his childhood playing with ribbon cables and Lego blocks. His first experience teaching others was when he was 12 years old—providing tech support to people over IRC. Later, Jonathan spent several years tapping away at a terminal, working on large information systems for Fortune 500s, nonprofits, and startups. His passion for programming blossomed when he first discovered software design patterns, test-driven development, and functional programming. Cofounding Paradem, a software consultancy, has enabled him to facilitate software and product design workshops around the world, most recently in Europe and East Africa. He spends his days taking ideas to production and helping teams architect scalable, maintainable solutions with Ruby, React, and React Native. You can find Jonathan on Twitter, or in his kitchen perfecting his apple pie crust.
