Alexander Scammon
Head Of Open Source Development at Insight Softmax Consulting, LLC
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Scammon is a seasoned technology leader guiding open-source development at G-Research, where he spearheads upstream data science and ML tooling, MLOps, and HPC infrastructure at scale. He also serves as CTO of Insight Softmax Consulting, LLC, blending strategic leadership with hands-on engineering across client engagements. Previously, he led software development at Rackspace and held senior engineering roles at Yahoo!, Current TV, and other organizations, building scalable systems and robust release processes. Based in Emeryville, California, he holds a BA in History from Harvard University, a mix that reflects his breadth and adaptability. An active open-source contributor and chair of the CNCF Batch Working Group, he champions Kubernetes batch scheduling and invites diverse voices to contribute. His work blends philanthropic OSS contributions with enterprise-scale infrastructure, turning ambitious data-science visions into reliable, production-grade systems.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, History, Bachelor's degree, History at Harvard University
Github Skills (200)
apache-spark10
slurm10
k8s10
syncthing10
client-library10
big-data10
api10
net-library10
apache10
multi-cluster10
batch-processing10
python10
cloudnative10
protocol-buffers10
r10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
stackedsax/superlumic
Jul 2019 - Jan 2022
Superlumic is a light utility wrapper around Ansible to ease the automated install of OSX 10.10 and higher.
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 6 months
macosansibleosxlight
stackedsax/mac-dev-playbook
Jul 2019 - Dec 2024
Mac setup and configuration via Ansible.
Contributions:3 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 years 6 months
ansiblemacdotfilesmacosmac-setup
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