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Jesse Vincent
Businessperson and computer programmer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jesse Vincent (born June 21, 1976) is a computer programmer and entrepreneur, best known for his work with the Perl programming language. He created the ticket-tracking system Request Tracker ("RT") and founded the company Best Practical Solutions.
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He created RT while working at Wesleyan University in 1994. Graduating from the university in 1998,[1] Vincent founded Best Practical in 2001.[2] He co-authored RT Essentials in 2005.[3]
He is the founder and former project lead of K-9 Mail Email app for Android.[4]
In 2012 he became interested in the ergonomics of keyboards, having designed and built himself several designs.[5] In 2014 he co-founded Keyboardio.
In 2021, he co-founded VaccinateCA, a community-run website for helping Americans find COVID vaccines.