Summary
Jeffrey Nakasone is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer with 11 years in software engineering and over two decades of hands-on technical experience across enterprise and startup environments. He specializes in building and delivering web applications with Java/Spring and modern front-end frameworks like Angular and React, and has led architecture and delivery for event-sourced, containerized systems using stacks that include Axon, Hibernate, Postgres, MongoDB and TypeScript. Jeffrey has driven cross-functional initiatives at companies from Expeditors to Blue Nile, designing scanner and inventory event-streaming systems as well as internal data management platforms that bridged desktop and mobile consumers. Based in the Greater Seattle area, he applies agile and SAFE practices to scale teams and products, and now leverages that background to match community organizations with volunteer technical talent as CTO of Digital Aid Seattle. His academic foundation in mechanical engineering gives him a systems-oriented perspective that surfaces practical solutions to complex integration problems. Known for assuming diverse roles—from architect to developer to IT director—he brings both strategic leadership and continued hands-on craftsmanship to technical challenges.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering at University of Washington
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa