Alexander Riccio
Secret at Chickadee Labs
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorAlexander Riccio is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience based in New York, known for squeezing performance out of native codebases and pragmatic system-level optimizations. He contributes to open-source tooling such as the UIforETW project—improving ETW trace UIs, adding Python 3 support, and hardening Windows-specific behaviors—reflecting a blend of full-stack and low-level expertise. As a lead developer of a crowdsourced CO2 tracking app, he applies engineering skills to citizen science and pandemic-response efforts, coordinating volunteer data collection and analysis. Currently at Chickadee Labs, he pairs hands-on coding with a keen interest in measurable efficiency gains that can reduce real-world costs like electricity usage.
12 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
python10
wp-api10
winapi10
ws-api10
c-language9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
cprogramming-language9
mfc8
mfcc8
debugging7
debug7
conditional-statements6
console-application6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
google/UIforETW
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
User interface for recording and managing ETW traces
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:52 commits, 29 PRs, 232 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily worked on improving the UI for the ETW tracing tool. Their commits include adding Python 3 support to existing scripts, refactoring the about box to use ATL, and addressing issues related to Python 3's behavior when launched from a GUI. They also made code style improvements and added Windows-8-specific mitigations to enhance security.
tracesuser-interfaceethereumetwrecording
ariccio/SetBrightSleepTight
Mar 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:23 commits in 1 year 1 month
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