A cross-functional technology leader, Erik brings experience and a practical perspective gained over 20 years balancing business needs with the realities of technology. As an architect and individual contributor Erik has built teams and maintained applications across industries including aerospace, healthcare, legal services, media, marketing.Erik’s areas of interest include complex data, distributed systems, stream processing, functional programming, performance engineering, information security and ways to bring them together to create systems that achieve what was previously impossible.At Synaptiq, Erik oversees data engineering and technology strategy, ensuring that data flows into the AI and back smoothly. Erik also serves as CTO at Seventh Sense, a marketing AI company he co-founded in 2014. In the past, Erik has held leadership positions at several SaaS providers in media and healthcare.Erik holds a bachelor of science degree in Physics and Anthropology from Andrews University and lives in Virginia with his wife, two sons and two dogs. In his spare time, Erik plays ice hockey and aspires to be a trail runner.
Listed skills include Linux, Software Development, Python, Perl, and 40 others.