Currently shipping in Winter Springs, FL

Rush Frisby.

~/director/software/engineering_

I build software systems, raise two great kids, run for the long miles, fish the deep blue, and chase the kind of days you remember.

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01 / about
Rush Frisby
RUSH_FRISBY.JPG

Engineer at work.
Father always.
Adventurer when the calendar says yes.

I'm a Director of Software Engineering based in Central Florida — I lead teams that ship real software for real users, and I still love writing code myself. C# and .NET are home base, but the work has never really been about a stack; it's about systems that hold up, people who grow, and products that earn their keep.

Outside the screen, I'm raising two kids I'm wildly proud of, putting down miles on the road, and spending as much time on the water as Florida will let me — offshore fishing, paddle boarding the springs, kayaking, or just posting up at the beach. Saying yes to the kind of days that keep life interesting.

stack C# · .NET · Azure · SQL · TypeScript
leads distributed teams · platform & product eng
based Winter Springs, Florida
crew Lexi & Ryan · Cooper the doodle · siblings Vanessa & Beau
02 / build

I build software
that lasts.

Two decades in, the craft still surprises me. I care about clean architecture, well-formed teams, and code that the next engineer can actually read. I lead with clarity, write production code, and refuse to choose between speed and quality.

01

Engineering Leadership

Coaching senior engineers, setting technical direction, and building teams that ship without burning out.

02

System Architecture

Distributed services, event-driven systems, and the boring infrastructure decisions that quietly save quarters of pain.

03

.NET & Cloud

C# is my native tongue. Azure, SQL Server, and the broader .NET ecosystem are where I move fastest.

04

Hands-On Still

I review PRs, sketch designs, and step into the codebase. Directors who can't read the diff don't stay sharp.

~/rush — zsh
rush@home ➜ whoami
director of software engineering · 20+ yrs in the stack
rush@home ➜ stack --primary
C# · .NET · Azure · SQL · TypeScript · React
rush@home ➜ philosophy
ship value · grow people · keep it readable
rush@home ➜ _
03 / craft

Hands on,
outside the IDE.

The thing about people who like to build software is most of us also like to just… build. I take on real projects around the house — not "hang a shelf" projects, full bathroom remodels and woodworking from scratch. There's something about working in physical materials that makes me sharper at the digital ones.

01

DIY & Remodeling

Full bathroom remodels — demo to tile to plumbing to finish. The big projects, not the cosmetic ones. Done my way, on my schedule.

02

Woodworking

Building furniture and fixtures with my own hands. There's a clarity to working in wood — the wood doesn't care about your roadmap.

03

Reading

The lifelong input habit. Engineers who read a lot make better engineers; humans who read a lot make better humans.

" Code, cabinets, kids — same job, different materials.
04 / adventure

Saying yes
to the good days.

Life is short and the calendar is greedy. I run a lot of miles, fish offshore when the weather lets me, ski Colorado most winters, and hike the Blue Ridge when I can get there. New cities, new countries, new mountains — saying yes is how the good days happen.

CURRENT OBSESSION

The miles
add up.

Running is the part of the day that nothing else can buy. Early light, hard breath, an honest reset. I log most of it on Strava — the receipts are public.

follow on strava →
∞ early miles
before work
5:30 am alarm
most weekdays
FL humidity is
a feature
~ offshore
when it allows
72° spring water
year-round
SUP kayak ·
paddleboard
ON THE WATER

Salt, springs,
sunrise.

I'll get on any body of water that'll have me. Deep sea fishing is the obsession — there's nothing quite like the moment a serious fish decides to fight back. Closer to home, it's paddle boarding the springs, kayaking the river, or just toes-in-sand at the beach with the kids.

PASSPORT

Been there,
going there.

Some places get into your bones. The Cayman Islands top my list — the diving, the food, the pace of the day. Closer to home, Colorado in winter and the Blue Ridge any time of year never miss.

01 Loved & logged
  • Cayman Islands scuba, food, slow time
  • Colorado Rockies Beaver Creek · Keystone · Steamboat
  • Blue Ridge Mountains Asheville · Blue Ridge GA · Huntsville AL
  • Los Buzos, Panama a week of kayak fishing
  • Cabo San Lucas trip with Michael & friends
02 On the list
  • Japan Tokyo, Kyoto, the works
  • Iceland fjords, fire, ice
  • New Zealand both islands, slowly
  • Machu Picchu the long climb
Sailfish caught from the kayak
01 / sailfish
Spartan race obstacle course
02 / spartan
Skiing in Colorado
03 / colorado
Hiking a waterfall in the Blue Ridge
04 / blue ridge
Rooster fish in Panama
05 / panama
Paddleboarding
06 / paddleboard
05 / family

The job
before the job.

I'm a dad first. Lexi and Ryan are funny, sharp, and kinder than I deserved at their age. Ryan just started high school and is chasing football — we train together three days a week and I get to be in the room as he figures out who he's becoming.

Cooper — our mini goldendoodle — is the unofficial third kid. He's with me almost everywhere I go, and he's got opinions about all of it.

Nothing I'll ever ship matters more than this part.

" The best system I'll ever architect
is the one I'm raising at home.
roots

And of course it all started with my own crew — my sister Vanessa and brother Beau. Some things you don't outgrow.

With my sister Vanessa and brother Beau
Lexi and Ryan holding Cooper
Lexi and Ryan under Christmas lights
With Lexi
06 / connect

Let's talk.

Hiring, collaborating, comparing notes on Florida trails or .NET architecture — I'm easy to reach.

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