Brian Suda
Founder CEO at Material Conference
Iceland
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Top SchoolBrian Suda is a founder and CEO with 20 years of experience building data-driven products, research services, and interactive experiences across tech, media, and education. With an MSc in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh and roots in St. Louis, he now leads Reykjavik-based ventures that blend analytics, UX and emerging interfaces—from Apple Arcade game analytics to VR/AR experiments and urban mobility pilots. He founded optional.is to help organizations find value in their data, runs a longitudinal school-research company, and stewards a cross-disciplinary Material Conference that connects design, tech and policy. His background includes early work on microformats, analytics for TestFlight/App Store Connect, and successful product exits, reflecting a mix of technical depth and practical product impact. Known for translating complex data into actionable decisions, he quietly bridges academic rigor and entrepreneurial execution in public- and private-sector collaborations.
20 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Informatics Computer Science, MSc Informatics Computer Science at The University of EdinburghBSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Saint Louis University
English, Icelandic
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Github Skills (24)
font-face9
face8
pdf-generation7
tricks6
xero6
pdf6
xero-api6
speaker6
sdk5
opentype4
e-mail4
css4
api4
python4
protocols4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
briansuda/Deterministic-Design
Aug 2011 - Aug 2017
Contributions:33 commits, 2 pushes in 6 years
optional-is/Red-Days
Jul 2012 - Jan 2013
Contributions:10 commits in 5 months
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