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LUKA KACIL

 * About me




ABOUT ME

> 5+ years of running a SaaS b2b company with Fortune 100 customers.
> 6+ years of leading fully remote and globally distributed teams.
> 10+ years of designing and building highly distributed and data-intensive
> systems.

AN ENGINEER BY HEART, I ENJOY WORKING ON TOUGH PROBLEMS. I MANAGED A
REMOTE-FIRST SAAS COMPANY UNTIL ITS ACQUISITION IN 2020. I SPENT SOME TIME
TRAVELING AND LIVING AROUND THE WORLD WITH OTHER ENTREPRENEURS. WE WERE FEATURED
IN THE GUARDIAN AND THE WASHINGTON POST.

I’m addicted to a variety of sports. I’m currently working on improving my
Olympic weightlifting technique. Adding the right amount of top-spin to my
forehand. And there’s only one proper skiing technique – carving.

CO-FOUNDER & CTO @ SHOVELS

Information asymmetry exists in the labor market for the trades, and this leads
to transactions that make both sides worse off.

Shovels aggregates and analyzes building permit, inspection, and contractor data
so the people who hire and underwrite contractors get better results. 

Our climate opportunity is to find the best green contractors (solar, heat pump,
insulation) and track the proliferation of electric building renovations across
the country.

PAST

 

HEAD OF DATA ACQUISITION @ AIRNOW

 * Led the integration project to consolidate data acquisition efforts across
   different data teams.
 * Rearchitected parts of the core data acquisition back-end.
 * Redesigned technical interview process and conducted interviews. 
 * Ran weekly 1:1s.
 * Participated in tech audits and helped develop tech strategy. Delivered
   different analyses (e.g. tech-oriented SWOT analysis) of internal technology
   and systems.
 * Engaged with existing customers on important issues and requests.

HEAD OF ENGINEERING @ MIGHTYSIGNAL

App data acquisition and API team. 
 * Led the effort to integrate our existing product into Mightysignal’s
   ecosystem.
 * Delivered new data features utilizing different techniques from reverse
   engineering to machine learning.
 * Continued to nurture existing client relationships via frequent meetings and
   calls.

COO/CTO @ APPMONSTA

I managed the company until its successful acquisition at the beginning of
2020. 

We sold our API solutions to Fortune 100 companies, VCs, and startups from
different industries. I directly managed business development, including sales,
negotiations, and customer relationships.

I acted as the head of engineering, overseeing engineers and their work. We were
a globally distributed (fully remote) team. Our emphasis was on high code
quality, code reviews, high test coverage (2,000+ unit and integration tests),
automation, and shared ownership of code. I conducted 100+ technical interviews
and mentored engineers we hired. This ranged from software development best
practices to interview coaching.

We were developing and managing highly distributed systems: crawling clusters
(up to 1,500 nodes), data processing pipelines, DB clusters, and API clusters.

Software Engineer @ AppMonsta

Built distributed and data-intensive systems to collect huge amounts of data
about mobile apps and their usage and turn them into valuable metrics. Conducted
technical interviews and actively participated in the hiring process.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AND BUSINESS ADVISOR  @ 0XCERT

Advising and solving technical and business challenges. Worked on the first
open-source protocol for certified non-fungible tokens (NFTs) utilizing
blockchain technology (Ethereum).

Other projects

CO-FOUNDER @ FUNCTIONAL NINJA | 2020 | NON-PROFIT

Bringing together functional training enthusiasts who want to compete on an
amateur level but don’t have access to nearby competitions. 

CO-FOUNDER @ BLOCKSCRIBED | 2018

Exploring the viability of making a product that would bridge the gap between
recurring subscription payments and blockchain technology.

MEMBER OF 1337 ALLIANCE | 2018

Part of the working group that was designing drafts for the Ethereum
subscription standard.

Education

EXECUTIVE MBA @ QUANTIC SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY | 2023 

 

COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE @ UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA | 2012


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