Ahmad Abdo
Founder & Electronic Engineer at San Francisco Synthworks
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmad Abdo is a self-taught multidisciplinary engineer and founder based in San Francisco with over 12 years of experience building intelligent systems, developer tools, and scalable web infrastructure. He has led small, high-output engineering teams across media and fact-checking organizations, translating prototype AI ideas into shipped products as Director of Engineering at TV Tropes, Salon Media Group, and Snopes. As founder and electronic engineer at San Francisco Synthworks, he blends hardware and software expertise to explore creative, trustworthy technology that amplifies human creativity and truth. Ahmad’s background spans hands-on systems engineering and IT support, giving him a practical knack for designing reliable, auditable infrastructure from the ground up. He’s known for pairing rapid prototyping with long-term operational thinking—able to move fast without leaving technical debt behind. Based in the Bay Area, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a rare cross-domain fluency between embedded electronics and large-scale web systems.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity of North Texas
Github Skills (26)
aws-automation10
aws-vpc10
amazon-web-services10
cli10
golang9
automation9
reverse-engineering6
sitemap4
go4
xml4
php3
bing3
seo3
mysql3
linux3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
murdinc/ELMFlash
Dec 2014 - Jan 2018
Contributions:42 commits, 6 pushes in 3 years 2 months
reverse-engineeringengineeringcarecu
murdinc/awsm
Jan 2016 - Jul 2018
AWS Automation Tools
Contributions:9 releases, 147 commits, 105 pushes in 2 years 6 months
aws-automationamazon-web-servicesawsmautomationgolang
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