Summary
Brian Wawok is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building concurrent, JVM-based systems and leading product teams. As CEO and Co-Founder of Listing Mirror since 2017 he combines hands-on Java/Scala expertise with operational leadership, having previously contributed to Datastax Enterprise and held senior engineering roles at Sonatype and CME Group. His background spans high-throughput trading systems, enterprise tooling, and startup CTO responsibilities, reflecting a strong focus on concurrency and scalable architecture. Educated in computer science at Indiana University South Bend, DePaul University, and with studies at UIUC, he pairs academic rigor with practical delivery. An engineer at heart, he brings the perspective of a long-time developer-turned-CEO who still dives into technical design and performance tuning.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at DePaul University
Bachelors Computer Science, Bachelors Computer Science at Indiana University South Bend
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign