Björn Smedman
Founder at Extreme Rationalism
Malmo, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolBjörn Smedman is a founder and seasoned deep-tech software leader with 11+ years of hands-on experience building and commercializing complex networking and data systems across startups and large enterprises. He led the architecture and licensing of an IEEE 802.11 RAN software platform adopted by Ericsson, TELUS, Telefónica and Deutsche Telekom, and has a track record of translating research-level ideas into production products, patents and industry-cited white papers. Comfortable at board and executive levels as well as in the codebase, he combines system architecture, product management and fundraising (helped raise >100 MSEK) with pragmatic team leadership and a people-first approach. His background in engineering physics gives him the ability to read and synthesize advanced research in computation, ML and information theory, enabling rapid thought leadership in new domains. Currently running an R&D launchpad (Extreme Rationalism) and frequently serving as fractional CTO/advisor in digital health and data platforms, he favors requirements-up-front engineering while understanding cloud-native concepts. An impact-driven operator, he treats money and influence as tools for creating lasting technical and business value.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Engineering Physics, Master of Science, Engineering Physics at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University
Github Skills (44)
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
neural-network10
probabilistic-programming9
statistical-inference9
probabilistic9
deep-neural-networks9
bayesian9
mcmc9
bayesian-inference9
modeling9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openias/openias.github.io
Oct 2016 - Apr 2020
Blog for the Open Institute for Advanced Study
Contributions:33 commits, 21 PRs in 3 years 6 months
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bjornsing/openias.github.io
Oct 2016 - Oct 2020
Blog for the Open Institute for Advanced Study
Contributions:21 pushes in 4 years
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