Alec Koumjian
Head Of Software Engineering at B612
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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Top SchoolAlec Koumjian is a seasoned software leader with 14 years of hands-on engineering and executive experience, currently serving as Head of Software Engineering at B612 where he helps protect Earth from asteroid impacts. He has founded multiple startups and held roles from CTO to VP Engineering, building full SaaS stacks—APIs, ETL/MLOps, CI/CD, mobile apps, and complex billing/marketplace systems—across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Alec blends strategic product leadership with deep technical craftsmanship, having implemented SOC2/GDPR compliance, idempotent Lambda ETL, GPU-accelerated video transcoding, and robust client-side S3 uploads for multi-GB files. A prolific builder and mentor, he’s improved developer experience and hiring pipelines while rolling out Agile processes and 360 reviews. His open-source work spans practical tooling—from enhancing salt-bootstrap cross-platform support to creating a resilient Python date-extraction library—reflecting an emphasis on portability and correctness. Based in Vermont with a Physics & Computer Science background, he brings an unusual mix of aerospace-minded mission focus and broad full-stack engineering expertise.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Physics & Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Physics & Computer Science at Marlboro College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
python10
scripting10
debian10
freebsd10
configuration-management10
regex10
ubuntu10
automation10
script10
python-dateutil10
saltstack10
archlinux10
sh10
automations10
shell10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
akoumjian/datefinder
Jan 2016 - Jan 2023
Find dates inside text using Python and get back datetime objects
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 2 reviews, 82 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alec primarily focused on establishing the core functionality of the datefinder API. They added initial code and tests. The user also refactored the code to include more robust date parsing and handling of various date and time formats and timezones. These changes reflect an effort to improve the accuracy and completeness of date extraction.
datetimepythonparsernlp
saltstack/salt-bootstrap
Oct 2012 - Jan 2013
Generic Salt Bootstrap Script
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:12 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alec's primary contributions involved enhancing the salt-bootstrap script to support different operating systems and package managers, specifically Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and FreeBSD. They added dependencies, configuration options, and installation routines for these systems, including integration with package managers like `apt-get`, `yum`, and `pacman`. Furthermore, the user modified the script to use configuration directory options and added repository configurations for specific Debian versions.
bootstrap
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