User:Isamuelson
Ido Samuelson
Executive | Engineering Leadership | Architecture | Rusty Programmer
Background
About
Software Engineering Executive with a diverse background in various industries, including consulting, border protection, eCommerce, fintech, and open-source projects. A versatile and experienced technical leader with a strong background in problem-solving and architecture. Demonstrated a track record of leading and scaling teams from very few engineers to over 100
Work Experience
Head Software Engineering | Management Team | Volunteer | Open Source, Sky360
May, 2022 - Present
Realtime open-source robotic system to record UAP data
leadership for over 20 engineers
architecture
open source project
rust/nixOS/ros2/openMCT
world-wide community with over 2500 members
Principal Cloud Architect | Executive | Automotive, Aptiv PLC ($APTV)
Mar, 2022 - Mar, 20231 year
CTO Office - Advanced Engineering & Innovation Executive
executive
architecture
Azure/AWS/GCP/On-Premise
realtime cloud - from edge to cloud and back
public company with over 200,000 employees and 120+ factories world-wide
Director Technology Solutions | Consulting Firm, EPAM Systems ($EPAM)
Feb, 2020 - Feb, 20222 years
SRE leadership for Walmart. Supported Walmart's Health & Wellness Architecture
leadership for over 100 engineeers
technology strategy
coaching/mentoring
innovation & prototyping, modernization, transformantion
architecture
Azure/On-Premise
SRE
public company with over 60,000 employees world-wide
Head Of Engineering | FinTech, The Reserve Trust Company
Aug, 2019 - Mar, 20208 months
Technology strategy in a Trust Financial Institute
executive
leadership
technology strategy
regulatory technology review
AWS/On-Premise
IT security
engineering
hiring
startup
Advisor / Consultant | Coaching | Startup Consulting, Self Employed
Mar, 2017 - Jul, 20192 years 5 months
Insight to companies needing technology, strategy, architecture and growth guidance
coaching
strategy
ideation
Azure/AWS/On-Premise
VP Engineering | Architect/Programmer | First Employee | eCommerce, Jet.com
Aug, 2013 - Sep, 20163 years 2 months
Core Architecture Team; Initiated many early projects; Worked on Hiring OKR; Lead Internal Tooling and Productivy Team. For the geeks... Jet Insider Game, Core Retailer Website, eCommerce Crawler. microservice platform (v1 and v2) that provided the runtime for all jet microservices and the entire ci/cd; geo redundancy in the platform
leadership
lead internal tooling team and productivity team
coaching/mentoring
architecture
Azure
.net/F#
startup sold to walmart for $3.3B
Principal Software Engineer | Lead | Architect/Programmer | Supply Chain, icix
Dec, 2012 - Dec, 20131 year
platform architecture for web-based e-form generator and template workflow engine
leadership
architecture
AWS
programming
node.js
startup
Princiapl Software Engineer | Lead | Gaming Social Network, Hi5
Dec, 2011 - Dec, 20121 year
Payment system and api platform for game integration for developers
leadership
architecture
On-Premise
programming
Web based Gaming Platform for Game Developers
Virtual Goods Payment System
.net/C#/js
startup
Principal Software Engineer | Architect/Programmer | Payroll/HR, BDB Payroll Service
Dec, 2010 - Dec, 20111 year
Custom reporting engine module (via expression tree & visual editor) for customers. Internal product to accurately import data
architecture
programming
Custom reporting enginge for customers
data import engine
.net/C#/WPF
private company
Chief Software Architect | Lead | Architect/Programmer | Defnese, 4D Security Solutions, Inc.
Dec, 2007 - Dec, 20092 years
architecture, design and develop of many sensors to a border protection and perimeter intrusion detection system. Productionized the system. System in use by many countries
leadership for over 20 engineers
coaching/mentoring
architecture
productionzing
C++/.net/C#
classified - projects estimated over $8B
Project Manager | Manager/Lead | Architect/Programmer | Defense, mPrest
Dec, 2006 - Dec, 20071 year
architecture, design and develop of many sensors to a border protection and perimeter intrusion detection system. Productionized the system. System in use by many countries
leadership
architecture
coaching/mentoring
C++/.net
classified - projects estimated over $8B
Senior Consultant | Architect/Programmer | Consulting Firm, Magen MTC/Advantech
Dec, 2004 - Dec, 20062 years
Among many projects: Battlefield Simulation - classified, Web Pension System - modernization, oil refinary fuel pipeline - modernization, Israeli Goverment Court System - transformation
leadership
coaching/mentoring
architecture
prototyping, modernization and transformantion
.net/C++
private company
Senior Principal Engineer | Architect/Programmer | Consulting Firm, IBM Global Services ($IBM)
Dec, 2003 - Dec, 20041 year
sms alerting on police speed cameras
leadership
coaching/mentoring
architecture
prototyping, modernization and transformantion
SMS Integration
.net
public company
Software Engineer | Architect/Programmer | Defense, Galdor Systems
Dec, 2002 - Dec, 20031 year
command and control system with many sensors such as electronic fences, cameras, detectors, access control, etc. system worked for the athens olympics security
Perimeter Intrusion Detection System
Sensor Integration & Protocol
.net/C++
startup
Skills
- Personal projects are in Rust/Nix/NixOS/OpenMCT
- Ideation/Architecture/Productinization
- Open Source
- mspaint
Education
Business/Computers, B.Sc., Champlain College
Dec, 1998 - Dec, 2001
Certificates
Ameteur Radio Operator, Federal Communications Commission
Issued on: Dec 01, 2022
Awards
O-1 Visa: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement , USCIS
Awarded on: Dec 01, 2007
Israeli National Cycling Team competitive cyclist , Israeli National Cycling Association
Awarded on: Dec 01, 1991
Volunteer Work
AI: Dean - Denver, School of AI
Dec, 2018 - Dec, 2019
Head Software Engineering | Open Source, Sky360 non profit
May, 2022 - Present
Open Source
Rust,nixOS
ROS2/openMCT
Contributor | Open Source, NixOS
Jan, 2023 - Present
Support for 16IRX8H Lenovo Legion 7i Pro (2023)
Contributor | Open Source, NixPkgs
Jan, 2023 - Present
libusb1
fxload3
qhyccd-sdk (PR Review)
References
- Louie Bacaj
I worked with Ido for close to three years at jet.com, he was in fact one of the earliest employees of Jet. In that time Ido worked across many areas of the jet.com tech stack and wore many hats. He built and, in many ways, introduced Micro Services in F# to Jet, he built parts of the core eCommerce platform, he worked on developer productivity tooling among many other areas. At the time, when Jet started, many things did not exist to support a large-scale cloud deployment and Ido was not afraid to jump in and build large scale systems such as our Micro Service orchestration tool, Torch, from the ground up. These early tools and libraries would prove incredibly valuable as Jet continued to grow and scale. It is not a stretch for me to say that I have not worked with anyone like Ido in the past that possess this level of expertise with such a wide breadth of technologies. Ido also made some incredibly valuable contributions to my career early on by sitting down with me and teaching me F# and helping me get acquainted with the state-of-the-art platform Jet was building for eCommerce. This all speaks volumes to Ido’s leadership abilities to mentor and help others grow.
- Mike Hanrahan
Ido is someone who has an incredible mind for engineering. He drove the architecture of the very successful ecommerce platform that we built at Jet.com, especially in the event driven nature of how it was architected. Ido's deep technical understanding of distributed systems, CAP theorem and related topics meant that he was ideal in thinking through how we implemented comprehensive geo redundancy in the platform. Additionally, Ido always brought a unique perspective to problem solving and was seen as a thought leader within the group. He manages to combine theory with practical execution to quickly bring technically sound solutions to life.
- Steven Cipolla
I worked with Ido in two capacities at hi5: First, I was responsible for testing the commerce system which Ido developed with a few other engineers. It was clear that Ido took the lead on that project and the team produced a high quality product. Later I worked side-by-side with Ido on the development team. In that time he was a mentor: I learned more about software architecture in my two months working with Ido than at any other time in my schooling or career. We constantly challenged each other to write better software. As a team member, Ido makes everyone around him a better developer.
- Svetlozar Petrov
Ido is easily one of the best software engineers I have had the chance to work with. His broad knowledge and experience are impressive and his passion for software development catching. Ido is a great team player, an inspiring leader and without doubt he will be a perfect addition to any team.
- Ismail Kacimi
It was a total pleasure working with Ido, he is one of the smartest engineer I have ever worked with and on top of that he is very dedicated to what he does and he really enjoys it. I would not think twice to work with him again. If I had to start a company some day, he will be one of the first people Ill ask to join, he knows how to get stuff done and find solutions to the most complicated problems. He is a brilliant engineer and a .net expert.
- Saurabh Shah
Ido is definitely one of the smartest person I have met so far. He is a great software engineer with tremendous experience which is demonstrated through his ideas regarding everything ranging from high level architecture and design to writing and debugging code. He also is a great team player, willing to help out with any task necessary to achieve and maintain team velocity. There must have been a number of occasions where he has been pivotal in achieving sprint goals and hitting product deadlines. His thinking style and his passion for technology has been very influential on me and he would be a great asset to any organization.
- Gadi Lenz
Ido is one of the brightest people I have had the pleasure to work with. He is an extraordinary software person – spanning all levels from high level architectures and concepts, to debugging the lowest level code – and also someone who grasps concepts and ideas that are far outside his field of expertise. As such, I found him to be someone who I could discuss many technical issues with and the dialog would produce great results. Ido also keeps up with all the latest technical developments and can therefore bring the freshest and latest developments in the software world – he continuously learns and evolves. I had a great time working with him.
- Ariel Raunstien
I've known Ido for a long time and since our professional ways parted - I have noticed I miss his insights and technical contribution. Ido is a master programmer, and he leverages all of those skills to be a great system architect. If you work on a large scale project, and can get in touch with Ido for feedback - do so now. :)
- Roy Osherove
Ido is a hard working and technically curious person. He can take a complex subject and master it fast. He'd be an asset as a technical specialist if you can satisfy his need for interesting things to do. Lastly, he loves technology. It's hard to find someone who really loves doing this and is good at it at the same time. Ido is one of those people.