Austin Riddle

Austin Riddle has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Austin is currently working as the Vice President of Product Development at Zonda, where they previously held positions as the Director of Product Management and Senior Technical Product Manager. In addition to their work at Zonda, Austin is also a Co-Owner of Manage My Rental, an Owner of Aggieland Home Staging, and an Owner of Riddle Property Buyers and Riddle Property Holdings, LLC.

Prior to these ventures, Austin worked at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) for 18 years, where they served as a Technical Product/Software Engineering Manager and Software Engineer. Austin was involved in the development of interactive emergency response technologies, prehospital intervention and telemedicine technologies, training simulations, and mobile apps and dashboard systems. Austin also owned a software engineering consulting business called Edgetek Enterprises, LLC, specializing in custom application development and system integration.

Furthermore, Austin worked part-time as a Software Engineering Manager at Enelytics, LLC, managing remote teams and developing energy information systems for energy production companies. Austin also worked part-time as a Senior Software Engineer at Welland Company, contributing to the modernization of insurance software suites.

Austin's vast experience in product development, software engineering, and entrepreneurship highlights their abilities to drive innovation, collaborate with customers, and deliver valuable solutions.

Austin Riddle holds a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, which they obtained from 2001 to 2008. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science from the same university, completing it from 1998 to 2001. Austin also participated in a Spanish Language Immersion program, Youth for Understanding Exchange Program, at Colegio Americano de Quito in Ecuador from 1997 to 1998. In their earlier years, they pursued Choral Music studies at the Corpus Christi Cathedral Music Program from 1986 to 1997. Recently, they obtained a certification as a Pragmatic Certified Product Manager from Pragmatic Institute in 2022.