Ian Smith
CTO Co-founder at LYOS
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Smith is a seasoned technology leader and CTO/co-founder of Lyos, where he designs and delivers the full technology stack—from mobile clients to backend services, DevOps, and internal tooling—to empower digital nomads. Based in Atlanta, he brings a multi-decade track record spanning startups and established engineering organizations, with leadership roles at FullStory (Director of Engineering), Infor (VP Software Development), Yik Yak, Tapjoy, Igneous Systems, and Parigot. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, grounding his work in rigorous research and systems thinking. His career also includes early research roles at PARC and Intel Research, blending exploration with practical product delivery. He is a hands-on leader who ships reliable software at scale and focuses on user-centric, auditable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
French
Github Skills (61)
intel10
automatic-speech-recognition10
language-processing10
sensors10
speech10
mqtt9
grove9
iot9
computer-vision9
speech-recognition8
deep-learning8
natural-language-processing8
machine-learning8
openvino8
reference-implementation7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
intel-iot-devkit/how-to-code-samples
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:385 commits, 43 PRs in 1 year 2 months
sensorsdeveloper-kitplatformsmqttintel
IanXSmith/how-to-code-samples
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:43 pushes in 1 day
edisonsensorsintel-edisondeveloper-kitplatforms
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