Chris Silivestru
Managing Partner, Technology at Gambit Co
Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolChris Silivestru is a technology leader with 11 years of hands-on full‑stack engineering and management experience, now leading people-first AI solutions as Managing Partner, Technology at Gambit Co. He built and scaled cross-functional teams at Shopify, driving product rewrites (notably a major admin navigation revamp) and helping define the Custom Data platform that unlocked hundreds of thousands of custom attributes for merchants. Equally comfortable shipping code and shaping strategy, Chris has deep experience across RoR, React/TypeScript, microservices, and performance engineering from roles at Vidyard and early-stage startups. He pairs iterative delivery with long-term architectural thinking and a strong mentorship focus that advances both product impact and individual careers. A practical applied generative AI specialist, he helped create askellyn.ai — the world’s first conversational companion for the breast cancer journey — underscoring his interest in socially beneficial tech. Based in Wellington North, Ontario, he blends startup agility with enterprise-scale shipping discipline.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BBA and BSc (Computer Science), BBA and BSc (Computer Science) at Forest Heights Collegiate InstituteHonours Business Administration and Honours Computer Science Double Degree Program; Coop Option, Honours Business Administration and Honours Computer Science Double Degree Program; Coop Option at Wilfrid Laurier University
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Github Skills (42)
mss10
drm10
design-tokens10
shopify10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
smooth-streaming10
figma-plugin10
mse10
component-library10
playback10
html5-video10
eme10
mpeg-dash10
react10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CSilivestru/git-vim-stuff
Mar 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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