Erez Zukerman
Co-Founder - CEO at GoDaddy
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarErez Zukerman is a founder-engineer with 11 years of experience building products at the intersection of hardware, firmware and web software. As Co-Founder and CEO of ErgoDox EZ he led a successful six-figure crowdfunding campaign and bootstrapped a profitable business producing one of the world’s most respected ergonomic mechanical keyboards. He’s a hands-on Ruby on Rails and React developer who previously helped internationalize GoDaddy’s email marketing platform into 20+ languages. Erez contributes to major open-source keyboard firmware (QMK), adding advanced features like leader key, chording and music mode that improve programmability and user experience. A former tech writer and editor, he brings clear prose sensibilities to code and product documentation and has created developer-focused learning tools like CodeCode Ninja. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he combines product instincts, embedded-systems chops, and a deep commitment to education and usability.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (31)
keyboard-input10
c-language10
atmel10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
c1110
keyboard10
c1710
avr10
keyboard-layout10
sys10
atmel-studio10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
remap9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Dec 2015 - May 2019
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 release, 200 commits, 174 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Erez implemented and refined key functionalities for the QMK firmware, specifically focusing on the leader key, chording, and music mode features. Their contributions involved modifying the core quantum.c and the keyboard-specific keymap.c files to introduce new key combinations, timeouts, and integration with audio capabilities. This work directly enhances the keyboard's programmability and user experience.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
zsa/docs
Dec 2015 - Aug 2018
Misc ErgoDox EZ Files
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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