Alec Leckey
Deep Learning Software Engineer at Intel Movidius
Ireland
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Top SchoolAlec Leckey is a deep learning software engineer with over two decades of industrial experience, recently applying his research expertise to optimize neural networks for Intel Movidius VPUs. Previously a Research Scientist at Intel Labs, he led EU-funded projects on SDN, Fog and Edge Computing and served as Project Tech Lead for OpenDaylight’s NetIDE interoperability work. Alec combines strong systems and software-architecture skills with hands-on programming across C#/Java/C++/Python and mobile and cloud stacks, and holds 15 patents and multiple publications. He uniquely blends a psychology/maths undergraduate background with an MSc in Software Engineering, which informs his pragmatic approach to turning theoretical ideas into production prototypes. Known for bridging research and product teams across time zones, he also teaches IP protection and runs IP-harvesting sessions, signalling both technical breadth and institutional leadership.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Software Engineering, MSc, Software Engineering at National University of Ireland, MaynoothBA, Psychology, Maths, BA, Psychology, Maths at University College Dublin
French
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Github Skills (47)
transformers10
recommendation-system10
diffusion-models10
stable-diffusion10
inference10
openvino10
llm-inference10
deep-learning10
ai10
natural-language-processing10
generative-ai10
computer-vision10
speech-recognition10
nlp10
cnn-model9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aleckey/openvino
Jan 2021 - Oct 2025
OpenVINO™ Toolkit repository
Contributions:8 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 9 months
pytorchdeep-learninggpuopenvino-toolkitcomputer-vision
mF2C/landscaper
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
The landscaper constructs a graph describing a computing infrastructure.
Contributions:10 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
constructsinfrastructuregraphcomputing
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