Nic Borensztein Email & Phone Number

I am a software engineer, leader, and serial entrepreneur. I love being connected to impactful problems that require novel technology, I feel most engaged when building technology that's never been done before and I share that excitement with my team.As an engineer, I've always been a generalist. I build full-stack web applications that make complicated things simple-- at CrowdAI I built the first version of our no-code computer vision platform in React.js, Ruby on Rails and Python. I love an environment where I'm surrounded by people who are smarter than me. I get joy out of a well-maintained software ecosystem: monitoring, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.As a leader, my job is to hire and retain incredibly talented, low-ego people, giving them clear goals and a flexible environment. I look for opportunities to provide mentorship and I frequently solicit feedback-- I'm never done growing and neither should anyone else be. Every role should be designed around goals rather than prescribed process.As an entrepreneur, I'm used to taking a lot of ownership. When things start to click for the business, a thousand tiny problems emerge-- dealing with these as quickly as you notice them keeps the team focused. Find repeatability everywhere that problems recur, but design every process to grow from stakeholder feedback. In a startup, it's critical to know when to build things right vs when to build them fast. Rapid prototypes, 80/20 solutions and "fail fast" where appropriate. Always know the difference between that and "high-SLA" situations: security and reliability come first when business impact is on the line.

Listed skills include Technology, Programming, Project Management, and Agile Project Management.

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  Columbia University

  Computer Science