I'm Joe Ridenour, a full-stack engineer and technology leader who's spent over fifteen years turning ideas into polished products — across mobile, web, TV, desktop, backend, and even the circuit board. From native apps and streaming platforms to cloud infrastructure and micro-electronics, I build the whole thing.
“Bringing the average Joe's apps to life.”
Over the last decade and a half I've worked across the full spectrum of software — the phone in your pocket, the browser on your desk, the television in your living room, the services in the cloud, and even the hardware on the bench. That breadth has taught me how to move fluidly between platforms while keeping one thing constant: a relentless focus on the experience.
The idea behind Joe's Apps has always been simple — bringing the average Joe's apps to life. Whatever the idea and whatever the platform, my job is to take it from a sketch to something real, shipped, and worth using.
I care about the parts users never see — clean architecture, thoughtful data models, performance — because those are exactly what make the parts they do see feel effortless. Whether it's a smooth 60fps animation on mobile, a snappy 10-foot interface navigated by remote, or a resilient backend humming under load, the goal is the same: software that just works.
I lead engineering teams while staying hands-on across the full stack. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and based near Nashville, I enjoy the whole journey — from a rough concept to a shipped product — and I'm just as comfortable prototyping something new as I am hardening and scaling something mature.
Fifteen years spanning the whole stack, from the circuit board to the data center.
Native and cross-platform apps for phones, tablets, and the Mac — built for performance and the small interactions that make software feel alive.
Responsive, accessible web applications — from marketing sites to complex single-page apps — built on modern, maintainable foundations.
Connected-TV and streaming experiences designed for the 10-foot view and remote-driven navigation across every major platform.
APIs, real-time systems, and data models that power the front end — designed to stay fast, correct, and maintainable as they grow.
Cloud services, delivery pipelines, and platform architecture — built to scale, deploy reliably, and get software into users' hands.
Physical computing and embedded builds — from single-board computers and relays to on-device SDKs bridging software and the real world.
The work spans streaming, media, commerce, real-time platforms, enterprise tooling, and hardware. Names are under wraps, but here's the shape of it.
Architected an entire streaming platform end to end — cloud services, infrastructure, and client SDKs spanning mobile, connected TV, game consoles, and web.
Video and interface experiences across iOS and tvOS for entertainment networks with global streaming audiences.
Adapted an existing streaming platform into a white-label build for a new broadcaster on iOS and tvOS.
Core experiences for high-traffic national news apps on iPhone and iPad — signature news tickers, content carousels, and the performance work that keeps them smooth.
Interactive second-screen features for popular TV series — trivia games, photo booths, and other companion-app experiences.
A shared checkout framework used across a family of retail shopping apps, unifying the purchase flow across multiple brands.
An on-demand professional consultation platform with instant video, live chat, and payments — built with Angular, React Native, OpenTok (WebRTC), Socket.IO, and Stripe.
A web platform for tracking and managing inventory of regulated medical supplies.
An internal OTA platform for delivering beta builds to clients over the web — built before the app stores offered anything like it.
A Python web app for modeling complex pricing against service agreements — an internal sales tool for an enterprise supplier.
An AirPlay SDK running on in-flight entertainment Android tablets, bridging passenger devices and seat-back screens.
A minimal, low-latency macOS DAW built for a professional touring drummer — focused and stage-ready.
Raspberry Pi devices wired to 8-channel relays controlling 120V outlets, housed in custom laser-cut enclosures.
The initial iOS app for a regional utility and broadband provider.
Initial iPhone and iPad releases bringing publishers' and cultural institutions' content to mobile.
Names are intentionally left out — happy to talk through any of these in a conversation.
Have an idea that needs to come to life — on mobile, web, TV, the desktop, or even a circuit board? I'd love to hear about it.