Adam Turkelson
Software Engineering Manager at Qlik
Greater Philadelphia United States
Summary
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RockstarAdam Turkelson is a software engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading product-focused engineering teams and scaling machine-vision and retail-facing platforms. He currently manages engineering at Qlik after serving as CTO at Slyce, where he led development of visual search technology used by major retailers like Neiman Marcus and Home Depot. His background blends hands-on architecture and technical leadership—from lead architect roles at Entech to founding CTO responsibilities—demonstrating an ability to turn computer vision research into production-grade commerce experiences. Adam has also consulted on AI projects and built analytics-driven products at Angus Analytics, showing fluency across data, AI, and product delivery. Known for shipping customer-facing systems and enabling retailer integrations, he pairs strategic product thinking with pragmatic engineering execution. Based in Greater Philadelphia, he brings startup grit and enterprise delivery experience to cross-functional teams.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (90)
datasets10
data-cleaning10
object-detection10
computer-vision10
developer-tools10
active-learning10
artificial-intelligence10
unstructured-data10
visualization10
data-quality10
image-classification10
vector-search9
python9
deep-learning9
pytorch9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
neuralsyn/MCDiscordChat
Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
MCDiscordChat (MCDC), a practical and powerful Fabric Minecraft <> Discord chat bridge that complements and enhances BRForgers/DisFabric
Contributions:2 pushes in 3 months
forgequiltdiscorddiscord-botpractical
neuralsyn/polly
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
cppcmakeclangtestingios-android
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