Alexander Hripak
Principal Architect at Pearson
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Hripak is a Principal Architect with 11+ years of experience building scalable credentialing and workforce-skills platforms, currently shaping Pearson’s Workforce Skills division. He led Credly through product and customer consolidations, drove migrations from Backbone to React, and co-chaired the Open Badges workgroup contributing to the 2.0/2.1 specifications. Comfortable across the stack, Alex combines infrastructure, security (ISO 27001 practice), and product-focused engineering to deliver enterprise-grade SaaS. He has a track record of growing teams, mentoring engineers, and guiding M&A technical transitions. Based in Washington, DC, he balances a pragmatic engineering mindset with a curiosity for real-world detail—whether improving deployment automation or indulging in car spotting and travel.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Information Systems, BS Computer Information Systems at Westfield State UniversityAS Computer Engineering, AS Computer Engineering at Springfield Technical Community CollegeBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Central Connecticut State University
English, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (24)
txt9
npm9
backpack9
npm-package9
expansion9
editing9
numeric9
move8
javascript8
moodle7
html6
mozilla6
uglifyjs6
hybrid-mobile-app6
angularjs6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ahripak/openbadges-specification
Mar 2018 - Mar 2021
Specs related to Open Badges
Contributions:1 push, 5 branches in 2 years 11 months
open-badgesperl5specsshieldsmanual
alexh58/trending-now-api
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 4 days
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