Alexander Podgorny
Visionary at DreamHost
Los Gatos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Podgorny is a visionary AI engineer and seasoned software architect with over two decades of industry experience in Silicon Valley, currently leading AI and product efforts at WordWield.ai and DreamHost. He blends deep front-end expertise—evident from contributions to the Enyo.js framework fixing tricky IE rendering and RTL support—with backend and ML practice, having served as CTO/AI specialist at ShipXData. A pragmatic leader and mentor, he has repeatedly architected framework-level solutions and shipping platforms for companies from LG and Mozilla to PayPal and Yahoo. Trained across computer science, AI, neural networks and even psychoanalysis, he brings a rare mix of technical rigor and human-centered insight to team building and product design. Fluent in “Computer,” he’s as comfortable optimizing component lifecycles as he is prototyping AI-driven systems that aim to heal real-world problems.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at CourseraComputer Science, Computer Science at Heald CollegeComputer Information Science, Computer Information Science at American River CollegeChemistry, Chemistry at Taurida 'V. I. Vernadskiy' National University, SimferopolArtificial Neural Networks, Artificial Neural Networks at freeCodeCampMathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Khan AcademyMaster's degree, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Master's degree, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at Emotional Surgery Institute
Russian, English, Ukrainian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Github Skills (7)
internet-explorer10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
html9
css9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
enyojs/enyo
May 2013 - Feb 2014
A JavaScript application framework emphasizing modularity and encapsulation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the Enyo.js framework. Their contributions included fixing UI rendering issues in Internet Explorer, specifically related to width, height, and style calculations. They implemented and refined component lifecycle methods and added functionality for managing and manipulating the component tree. Further work involved adding support for RTL and handling the event onDrawerAnimationStep.
javascript
apodgorny/puerjs
Sep 2023 - Apr 2024
Contributions:14 reviews, 29 PRs, 174 pushes in 6 months
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