David Cauthron
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I did the thing you probably would never set out to do is I picked technologies that I had no idea how to implement at the time. So my background was in Java development. I did architecture development for a number of years at TI. But when we come to this, we really looked at what is the customer problem we need to solve and how do we scale it?
I did the thing you probably would never set out to do is I picked technologies that I had no idea how to implement at the time. So my background was in Java development. I did architecture development for a number of years at TI. But when we come to this, we really looked at what is the customer problem we need to solve and how do we scale it?
I did the thing you probably would never set out to do is I picked technologies that I had no idea how to implement at the time. So my background was in Java development. I did architecture development for a number of years at TI. But when we come to this, we really looked at what is the customer problem we need to solve and how do we scale it?
And we needed to pick technologies that would do both. Java will scale, but it's generally very single node scaling, depending on how you architect it. And we really are looking at something that was a newer platform, easier to develop on, and we could easily hire into. My name is David Cothran. I am CTO and co-founder at OutPave.
And we needed to pick technologies that would do both. Java will scale, but it's generally very single node scaling, depending on how you architect it. And we really are looking at something that was a newer platform, easier to develop on, and we could easily hire into. My name is David Cothran. I am CTO and co-founder at OutPave.
And we needed to pick technologies that would do both. Java will scale, but it's generally very single node scaling, depending on how you architect it. And we really are looking at something that was a newer platform, easier to develop on, and we could easily hire into. My name is David Cothran. I am CTO and co-founder at OutPave.
Keeping scalability top of mind.
Keeping scalability top of mind.
Keeping scalability top of mind.
You need to really want it.
You need to really want it.
You need to really want it.
We are a construction residential services, financial and spend management company. We focus on expense management today, but adding more services around finances throughout this year. What we're trying to do is really help small, medium businesses manage their finances. And the construction and residential services sector is a market that really hasn't had disruption in this case.
We are a construction residential services, financial and spend management company. We focus on expense management today, but adding more services around finances throughout this year. What we're trying to do is really help small, medium businesses manage their finances. And the construction and residential services sector is a market that really hasn't had disruption in this case.
We are a construction residential services, financial and spend management company. We focus on expense management today, but adding more services around finances throughout this year. What we're trying to do is really help small, medium businesses manage their finances. And the construction and residential services sector is a market that really hasn't had disruption in this case.
A lot of them are still doing very manual accounting, if not doing receipts and shoe boxes. is very focused on trying to help those customers automate. And we really started our company from a point of trying to help our customers solve a problem. The challenges that they have every day with even just technology to begin with and looking for that kind of help.
A lot of them are still doing very manual accounting, if not doing receipts and shoe boxes. is very focused on trying to help those customers automate. And we really started our company from a point of trying to help our customers solve a problem. The challenges that they have every day with even just technology to begin with and looking for that kind of help.
A lot of them are still doing very manual accounting, if not doing receipts and shoe boxes. is very focused on trying to help those customers automate. And we really started our company from a point of trying to help our customers solve a problem. The challenges that they have every day with even just technology to begin with and looking for that kind of help.
One of my best friends from childhood called me and he was in an entrepreneurship program at SAP Concur. And he was in a program trying to lead this company as an SAP product to create it for small and medium businesses there. Now the product has changed quite a bit since that point. We redesigned everything, but he started it there from a factor of just a company within SAP.
One of my best friends from childhood called me and he was in an entrepreneurship program at SAP Concur. And he was in a program trying to lead this company as an SAP product to create it for small and medium businesses there. Now the product has changed quite a bit since that point. We redesigned everything, but he started it there from a factor of just a company within SAP.