Summary

Top expert inModern C++ Development and Cross-Platform Computing
Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++ and a professor at Columbia University, combining decades of foundational programming-language research with practical systems engineering. He is a Draper Prize recipient, member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of ACM, IEEE and the Computer History Museum, reflecting deep influence across academia and industry. His career spans leadership roles at AT&T Labs and Morgan Stanley, advisory positions in modern cloud- and C++-focused startups, and honorary posts at institutions including Cambridge and Aarhus. Stroustrup’s work uniquely bridges language design, software architecture and high-performance distributed systems, continuing to shape how modern applications are built. Despite a storied academic profile, he remains hands-on, advising companies that translate formal specifications into production cloud systems using modern C++. Based in New York, he blends historical perspective with current technical involvement, mentoring the next generation of language and systems engineers.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Cand. Scient. Mathematics with Computer Science, Cand. Scient. Mathematics with Computer Science at Aarhus University
Ph D Computer Science, Ph D Computer Science at University of Cambridge
English, Danish