Gordon Hempton
Gordon Hempton is CEO at Specset and co-founder at Spot and Specbook AI. He previously co-founded GroupTalent, Outreach, and Team Apart, and has held roles including Lead Web Developer at BlueTux Internet Services and Software Development Engineer at Microsoft. His expertise includes automating construction workflows and AI-driven compliance solutions for the construction industry.
Gordon Hempton (Co-Founder & CEO at Spot.xyz) founder lessons from Outreach to Spot, establishing culture, and remote work
Gordon co-founded Outreach in 2013. Now a multi-billion, 1000+ employee company, he's reached rare air. But he's starting again with Spot.xyz... all the way back to the ground flood. That means writing code, recruiting, and establishing a culture from the ground-up. Why would he do it again? Hear his founder lessons on this episode of The Built in Seattle Podcast.
Organizations
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Specset CEO 2025–present · current
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Spot Co-Founder 2020–present · current
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Specbook AI Co-founder · current
Education
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University of Washington B.S., Computer Science, Mathematics · 2003–2007
