Joshua Kwan
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorJoshua Kwan is a seasoned software leader and founder, currently Co-Founder and CTO of Ternary Inc., where he guides engineering to build cloud-native solutions that scale cost-effectively. With about 25 years rooted in the Linux open-source world, he blends hands-on software craftsmanship with strategic infrastructure leadership, delivering clean, high-performance production systems. He previously led LiveRamp's DevOps organization, migrating the entire on-prem environment to Google Cloud with zero downtime and implementing security, governance, and cost controls across teams. His engineering tenure spans VMware, Schrödinger, Arbor, and other heavy hitters, where he built scalable data platforms, distributed job management, and robust CI/CD pipelines. An active contributor to open source (notably the quodlibet music player project), he brings a practical bias for cross-team collaboration and measurable impact, from offlining queues to reliable data processing and deployment. Based in New York, he holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley and combines entrepreneurial grit with deep technical depth.
25 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
python10
media-library10
media-player10
player10
audio-player10
sound-player10
music10
debug9
api-doc9
debugging9
api9
optimization9
gtk8
pyvmomi6
iso6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
quodlibet/quodlibet
Aug 2005 - Feb 2006
Music player and music library manager for Linux, Windows, and macOS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Joshua primarily contributed to the `QLScrobbler` plugin, a component of the music player. Their commits demonstrate work on features like offline queue handling, MusicBrainz integration for album tagging, and authentication. They implemented changes to file formats, included debugging output, and enhanced the exclude filter functionality. The user also addressed bugs and improved plugin behavior.
playerpythonlinux-windowselectronwindows
TernaryInc/ternary-onb-permissions
Dec 2022 - Mar 2025
This repository enumerates the permissions required to onboard to the Ternary platform.
Contributions:11 reviews, 6 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 years 4 months
onboardsecuritypermissionsternary
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