Emin Sirer
Founder And CEO at Ava Labs
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
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Top SchoolEmin Sirer is a serial founder and academic turned CEO with 19 years of experience building high-performance distributed systems and blockchain infrastructure. As Founder and CEO of Ava Labs, he leads development of Avalanche, a protocol focused on speed and scalability, and continues to recruit top-tier talent across functions. Previously a long-tenured professor at Cornell, he translated research into industry through bloXroute and other ventures, demonstrating a pattern of spinning academic innovation into production-grade systems. His hands-on background spans systems research, protocol design, and clear technical communication—evidenced by technical writing contributions to projects like the scalable key-value store HyperDex. Based in Ithaca, NY, he combines deep theoretical training (PhD, University of Washington) with pragmatic startup execution. Less obvious: he routinely bridges academic rigor and productization, licensing university code into companies that tackle real-world network and blockchain scaling challenges.
19 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at University of WashingtonRobert CollegeB.S.E. Computer Science, B.S.E. Computer Science at Princeton University
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Github Skills (7)
rs10
restructuredtext10
sphinx10
documentation10
basics9
learn-ruby-on-rails9
user-manual9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rescrv/HyperDex
Mar 2012 - Nov 2014
HyperDex is a scalable, searchable key-value store
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:24 commits, 3 comments, 1 issue in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Emin's primary contribution involves creating and updating documentation for the HyperDex project. This includes adding a chapter on installation, revising existing documentation, and refining the reference manual. The user focused on improving the clarity, structure, and content of the documentation, ensuring it accurately reflects the project's features and functionalities. The commits demonstrate a focus on concepts, tutorials, and advanced usage, aiming to enhance user understanding.
scalabledatabasekey-value-storekey-valuehyperdex
rescrv/concoord
Feb 2011 - Apr 2012
Contributions:93 commits in 1 year 2 months
replicatedpaxospythonstate-machine
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