Alejandro Erickson
Principal Software Architect, Gen AI IFS Copperleaf
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAlejandro Erickson is a Principal Software Architect driving Copperleaf’s shift to a multi-tenant cloud GenAI platform, where he founded and leads the company’s AI team to embed generative capabilities into asset-intensive solutions. With a PhD in Computer Science and an MMath in Combinatorics and Optimization, he pairs deep theoretical expertise with 18+ years of hands-on experience in heuristic optimization, graph algorithms, ML, and high-performance systems. He has a track record of translating research into production: 17 refereed publications, multiple patents (two US grants), and R&D that produced mission-critical features and contract wins. Alejandro has repeatedly delivered large performance gains—engineering calculation engines up to 1000x faster—and built micro-embedded, multi-tenant applications in production. He combines product discovery and team leadership with practical engineering, mentoring interns and steering AI strategy at the executive level. Based in Greater Vancouver, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic product instincts to commercialize advanced AI for industrial-scale problems.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of VictoriaB.Sc. (Hons), Mathematics, B.Sc. (Hons), Mathematics at Simon Fraser UniversityMaster’s Degree, Combinatorics and Optimization, Master’s Degree, Combinatorics and Optimization at University of Waterloo
Spanish, French, English
Github Skills (41)
vim10
emacs10
emacs-lsp9
melpa9
spacemacs9
jekyll6
tfs6
git-svn5
jekyll-theme5
inbox5
svn5
javascript4
tray4
ruby4
emacs-lisp4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
alejandroerickson/spacemacs
Jun 2016 - Oct 2016
A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!
Contributions:73 commits, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
vimspacemacsemacsemacs-lspcommunity-driven
alejandroerickson/bibdesk-bibtex-markdown
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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