Adam Finlayson
Founder at Finlayson Studio
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Finlayson is a founder and seasoned software leader based in Evanston, Illinois, with over a decade managing cloud-native product and engineering teams across startups and higher education. He led CardX’s technology organization through rapid growth and an acquisition into Stax Payments, overseeing cross-functional teams in development, infrastructure, security, and customer success while mentoring multiple first-time managers. Deeply hands-on with AWS, Node.js, Vue/React, and SQL-backed systems, he pairs technical breadth with operational rigor to deliver compliant payments solutions. Known for an inclusive, service-oriented leadership style, he excels at translating complex regulatory and integration challenges into reliable, scalable systems. Outside work he applies a “simple things done well” philosophy—evident in community projects like building and gifting a neighborhood park—to both product design and team culture.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics and Computer Science at Cornell CollegeAmundsen High School
Github Skills (21)
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datadog8
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apm7
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
finlaysonstudio/jaypie
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:283 pushes, 51 branches, 57 tags in 1 year
nullfame/knowdev-splinterlib
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:188 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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