Steven Ickman
Co-Founder Chief Architect at Awarity.ai
Renton, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarSteven Ickman is a seasoned software architect and entrepreneur based in Renton, WA, who co-founded Awarity.ai and serves as Chief Architect while also co‑owning an Elements Massage franchise. At Microsoft he shaped developer experiences for Teams and Live Share—designing SDKs, implementing media synchronization algorithms, and later acting as a Prompt Architect driving AI SDKs and publishing advanced prompt-engineering techniques on OpenAI forums. He is an active open-source contributor to the Microsoft Bot Framework (botbuilder-dotnet, botbuilder-js, and samples), improving OAuth flows, cross-language parity, dialog features, and Cortana integration. Steven combines deep backend systems expertise with product and business instincts, translating complex real-time and conversational problems into developer-friendly SDKs.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (35)
javascript10
typescript310
node-js10
net10
typescript10
dotnet10
typescript210
dialog10
javascripts10
sdk10
code-organization10
typescript-types10
aspnet10
dotnet-core10
dialogflow10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/botbuilder-js
Jan 2018 - Jan 2023
Welcome to the Bot Framework SDK for JavaScript repository, which is the home for the libraries and packages that enable developers to build sophisticated bot applications using JavaScript.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 5 reviews, 260 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Steven refactored several components within the botbuilder-js library. They focused on renaming core modules, updating internal code to incorporate the botbuilder-core library, and modifying code to support better performance and stability. They also updated the code base to include changes for Azure services. These changes demonstrate a focus on maintaining and optimizing the core functionality of the bot framework, likely affecting overall stability and maintainability.
sdk-frameworkbotjavascriptsdkbots
microsoft/botframework-sdk
Mar 2016 - May 2020
Bot Framework provides the most comprehensive experience for building conversation applications.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:44 releases, 745 commits, 95 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Steven's contributions appear to center around migrating and restructuring the "BBNode" project, as the commit messages indicate a focus on code organization and porting efforts. The code changes, while limited in scope, include modifications to TypeScript definition files, which suggest work on the project's type definitions and overall architecture. These modifications are consistent with backend work, primarily focused on code organization and maintaining the project's codebase.
azure-bot-servicepythonbotmicrosoft-cognitive-servicesdotnetcore
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