Summary
Alec Waichunas is a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with 11 years of experience specializing in automation, QA, and building scalable, cost-saving solutions. Based in Chicago, he has advanced through roles at Shure where he focuses on test engineering and platform reliability while blending hands-on coding with test strategy. His background includes full-stack and tooling work—Python, .NET, Node.js, Bash—and practical automation that replaced vendor dashboards and cut costs. He has a research-oriented start, having analyzed code review impacts via Gerrit and presented academic work, and is completing an MBA to pair technical depth with business acumen. Alec’s pragmatic tinkering shows in hardware and ops wins too, such as replacing sensors with low-cost Linux devices to deliver actionable quality data.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale