Summary
Alec Rooney is a seasoned software engineer and technology leader with 11 years of experience building teams and scalable, maintainable systems across startups and large enterprises. He has a strong track record as a founder and CTO—most recently co-founding AI-driven companies Casie AI and MirrorIM—while also contributing as an engineer at Glide. Alec blends deep engineering chops (from embedded and C++ work to cloud, Scala, and modern web stacks) with hands-on product execution and agile team culture. He has led engineering organizations at companies like Minim, Cisco, and Elbrys Networks, shipping networked, IoT, and consumer-facing products at scale. Based in Eliot, Maine, he pairs a Stanford ME/CS master’s background with practical experience turning complex requirements into production systems. Colleagues describe him as an operator who accelerates teams by emphasizing culture, delivery discipline, and pragmatic architecture.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Mechanical Engineering and Economics, Bachelors Mechanical Engineering and Economics at Case Western Reserve University
Masters ME / CS, Masters ME / CS at Stanford University
Polish