Dave Hirschfeld
Senior Quantitative Developer
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolDavid Hirschfeld is a founder and CEO with 12+ years in software and a track record of guiding startups from concept to cash flow using his Launch 1st methodology through Tekyz, a company he founded in 2007. He blends hands-on engineering (Full-Stack Analytics/DevOps) with executive leadership across diverse domains—from healthcare and finance to IoT, real estate, and even Broadway production tech. A pragmatic recovery-project specialist, he routinely rescues troubled builds and refactors teams and architectures to deliver scalable, user-focused systems and high-fidelity prototypes. His open-source contributions to widely used projects like conda, JupyterHub, and conda-forge demonstrate deep experience in cross-platform packaging, Docker/Jupyter container spawning, and Windows compatibility fixes. He also runs offshore development operations in India and co-founded multiple startups, showing both product and global delivery chops. Based in Vista, CA, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a rare mix of DevOps, back-end, and startup scaling expertise.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Research thesis into electrical impedance tomography, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Research thesis into electrical impedance tomography at University of Auckland
Github Skills (35)
conda-build10
conda-forge10
docker10
character-encoding10
jupyterhub10
python10
package-management10
windows10
configuration-management10
conda10
windows-xp10
dockers10
automation10
go10
docker-container10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
conda-forge/staged-recipes
Apr 2018 - Aug 2022
A place to submit conda recipes before they become fully fledged conda-forge feedstocks
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:207 reviews, 131 commits, 93 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Dave primarily focused on automating the build and packaging process for various Go-based command-line tools within the conda-forge ecosystem. They added recipes for new tools like `kubernetes-kind` and `argocd-cli`, modifying build scripts to incorporate go-licenses and manage dependencies. The contributions included adjusting build commands, utilizing `go-nocgo` and addressing caching issues. Additionally, the user introduced a pwsh.cmd file, indicating efforts to support Windows environments.
placeconda-forgerecipescondasubmit
conda/conda
Sep 2014 - Jun 2019
A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all major operating systems and platforms.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 12 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dave made contributions related to improving the conda package manager's functionality on Windows, including fixes for access denied errors. They addressed issues with environment initialization and PowerShell integration, adding features like the `-Stack` switch and system initialization for PowerShell. Furthermore, the user enhanced the system's behavior with local version identifiers, and updated test suites to ensure consistent results across different OS versions.
os-agnosticcondaagnosticpackage-managerlinux
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