Bio

I am a data focused leader and polymath engineer capable of working with/on many parts of the stack. My interests have spanned: design, implementation, integration, and peer education of data related systems. E.g. event tracking, experimentation (aka A/B testing), data analysis, backend app architecture. Most recently I have focused on featurization & model serving systems/platforms. I personally enjoy being on, and building, a cutting edge engineering team working on interesting and challenging problems. I also like to philosophize on company management and culture creation; the importance of good leadership and striving to be a great leader with humility is also not lost on me. Main Technical Competencies: Python Comfortable with: Java, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Scala, Go, Slack Emojis, Kafka, Spark Used when needed: Scala, C, C++, CSS, Perl, Prolog, Scheme, Shell Scripting, XPath, XQuery, XUpdate, PHP, Pig, Hadoop, Lucene, Matlab, R Open Source Contributions: Apache Flume, Hamilton Concepts: OO paradigm, Design Patterns, UML, FVT Artificial Intelligence Interests: Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition, Spoken Dialog Systems, Machine Learning Interests: Mashups, Startups, Social Networking, Making life better through technology Likes: PyCharm, Eclipse, Linux, Open Source, Producing efficient, readable and maintainable code Languages: • fluent in Polish • was at level three Japanese Language Proficiency in 2002 • beginner Spanish Specialties: Building non-trivial software systems.