Alan Mcnicholas
Executive Board Member at o1Labs
Ireland
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Top SchoolAlan Mcnicholas is an engineering leader with 7 years of focused experience in quality engineering and test automation, now serving on the executive board at o1Labs while also heading engineering. He built and scaled CI/CD-driven test frameworks and automation tooling across C#, .NET, Python and C++ during roles at Ivanti, IOHK, Cisco and Microsoft, consistently turning complex integration challenges into reliable release pipelines. As Head of Quality at IOHK he combined hands-on automation with cross-team QA strategy for blockchain-grade software, and earlier work included device and endpoint security automation that used virtualized hardware to simulate real-world scenarios. He is pragmatic about complexity—believing there is no “simple layer”—and applies that mindset to create repeatable, platform-agnostic test infrastructures. Based in Ireland with a B.Sc. in Computer Science & Software Engineering from Maynooth University, he blends leadership, deep engineering craft, and a tendency to invent tooling that removes brittle processes.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate at Kiltimagh Community School, Kiltimagh, Co MayoB.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science & Software Engineering, Computer Science & Software Engineering, B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science & Software Engineering, Computer Science & Software Engineering at Maynooth University
Github Skills (17)
cryptocurrency10
ada10
pos9
point-of-sale9
currency9
plutus9
cardano9
haskell9
crypto8
cryptography8
bitcoin8
blockchain6
command-line4
http-server3
e2e3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
input-output-hk/cardano-entropy
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:6 reviews, 3 commits, 2 PRs in 1 day
input-output-hk/daedalus
Nov 2018 - Apr 2021
The open source cryptocurrency wallet for ada, built to grow with the community
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
cryptocurrency
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