Alejo Lifschitz
Materals Science Manager
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlejo Lifschitz is a materials science manager and technical leader with over a decade of experience translating deep‑tech research into scalable hardware and commercial products. He combines a PhD and postdoctoral training in inorganic chemistry with hands‑on roles across industry leaders (Dow, DuPont, Meta/Facebook) to deliver advances in semiconductors, optics, and advanced materials. Alejo is adept at embedding AI/ML and automation into R&D and manufacturing workflows to accelerate discovery, improve reliability, and enable volume production. He has a track record of building cross‑functional programs—establishing supply chains, partner ecosystems, and IP strategy—to move technologies from lab to factory. Based in Redmond, WA, he pairs full‑stack development sensibilities from hobby work on GitHub with deep domain expertise, making him fluent at bridging software, hardware, and materials teams. Colleagues describe him as a leader who blends rigorous science with pragmatic engineering to de‑risk novel hardware at scale.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Inorganic Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Inorganic Chemistry at Northwestern UniversityBachelor's degree, Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Chemistry at Dickinson College
Github Skills (99)
file-api9
js9
docker-container8
react8
image-slider7
react-component7
wordpress7
webpack-plugin7
drupal7
fault-tolerant7
php7
docker-compose6
react-carousel6
moodle6
pantheon6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
alejodaraio/cloudflare-php
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 46 commits, 42 pushes in 12 days
Artear/ReactResumableJS
Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
Creates an uploader component in React, to use with Resumable JS
Contributions:5 releases, 90 commits, 33 PRs in 9 months
jsreact
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