Bruce Krysiak
Principal at The Superfood Company
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBruce Krysiak is a principal-level technology and product leader with 16 years of experience building teams, systems, and AI-driven products that bridge human-centered design and strategic foresight. He founded and scaled multiple ventures and labs—most recently Socialpl.us+—where he helps visionary organizations translate cultural insight into operational advantage and aligned AI systems that augment human capability. His background blends deep technical fluency (MIT EE/CS), hands-on engineering contributions to established open-source projects like chef/chef and neo4jrb/activegraph, and executive roles from CTO to Director of Engineering. Bruce repeatedly turns frontier ideas into traction by designing organizational architectures, decision frameworks, and prototypes that scale collective intelligence. Notably, he pairs product-market pragmatism with systems thinking—anticipating cultural and technical shifts to operationalize long-term strategy today. Based in California, he advises boards and startups while continuing to ship scalable prototypes and governance models that prioritize human flourishing.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Saguaro High SchoolBS / MEng, Electrical Engineering / Computer Science, BS / MEng, Electrical Engineering / Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyOlentangy High SchoolPhoenix Country Day SchoolThe Ohio State University
Github Skills (13)
neo4j10
chef-client10
rspec10
automation10
macos10
chef-solo10
automations10
configuration-management10
orm10
graph-database10
ruby10
devops9
testing8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
neo4jrb/activegraph
Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
An active model wrapper for the Neo4j Graph Database for Ruby.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 9 PRs, 11 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Bruce primarily focused on enhancing the `neo4jrb/activegraph` repository, specifically addressing issues related to the `find_or_create` functionality within the persistence layer. They made changes to the core Ruby files, documentation, and end-to-end tests. The user also corrected RuboCop issues, integrated changes from cherry-picked commits, and generally improved the existing codebase.
neo4j-graphrubyneo4j-graph-databasedatabaserailtie
chef/chef
Apr 2010 - Dec 2010
Chef Infra, a powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code automating how infrastructure is configured, deployed and managed across any environment, at any scale
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:8 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Bruce primarily focused on improving the `chef/chef` project's functionality related to system configuration, particularly for OSX environments. Their work involved debugging and fixing issues within the dscl group provider, as well as addressing file access control problems. Additionally, the user improved the macports package provider, adding functionality to handle options, ensuring correct operation. The user's contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of the platform's internal workings, and how to deliver improvements to end-users.
devopsdeploymentansibleinfrastructureinfra
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