Summary
Akiva Freund is a senior technology solutions consultant in New York with a nine-year track record delivering automation, embedded systems, and lightweight infrastructure. He has led wide-ranging, impact-driven initiatives, including deploying mesh networks that boosted reliability and mapping IP cameras to self-hosted NVRs using DIY IoT, cutting infrastructure costs by about 30%. Technically, he works with embedded systems like Thingino and wz_mini, PowerShell scripting, and lightweight infrastructure, including Tailscale in constrained environments using userspace tunneling and automated IT asset tracking via Google Sheets. Beyond code, he fosters community and accessibility, authoring a memoir about Bike4Chai whose passage was framed in a major resort's office after a manager was deeply moved, and he is developing tools like a zmanim tracker for shuls to strengthen connections around time and tefillah. His approach blends sincerity, structure, and service, drawing on diverse roles across IT, healthcare IT, entertainment, and hospitality to deliver practical, user-focused solutions.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
A+ Diploma, Information Technology, A+ Diploma, Information Technology at Technical Institute of America
High School Diploma, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, 12, High School Diploma, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, 12 at Virtual Schoolhouse
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Borough of Manhattan Community College
English, Hebrew