Eric Gieseke
Founder And CEO at Pago Capital, Inc.
Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolEric Gieseke is a seasoned software architect and founder with nine years of focused experience building mobile, distributed, and blockchain systems, currently leading Pago Capital to deliver low-cost, cross-border USDC payment solutions. He combines hands-on engineering—contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Algorand’s JavaScript SDK and Go node—with product leadership across startups (DIYVA) and enterprise roles at Nokia and ACI Worldwide. Eric’s career reflects a pattern of designing scalable, resilient architectures (microservices, stream processing, SOA) and operationalizing them through CI/CD and devops improvements. A practiced educator at Harvard Extension School, he translates complex patterns and models into practical software design lessons. Beyond tech, he serves on the board of a Ugandan children’s organization, signaling a sustained commitment to social impact alongside entrepreneurial drive.
9 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
BSME Mechanical Engineering, BSME Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and TechnologyCertificate in Applied Science Software Engineering, Certificate in Applied Science Software Engineering at Harvard Extension School
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Github Skills (16)
javascript10
nodejs10
go10
algorand10
sdk10
devops10
cicd10
networking9
blockchain9
telemetry9
typescripts8
bash8
typescript8
linux8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
algorand/js-algorand-sdk
Mar 2019 - Oct 2022
The official JavaScript SDK for Algorand.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 11 reviews, 15 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the Algorand JavaScript SDK's back-end functionality. Their work involved modifying several methods in the `algod.js` file, specifically related to handling transactions and blocks. These changes included updating methods to return binary data and iterating over arrays of transactions. The user also implemented checks for response statuses and updated code to convert base64 notes.
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algorand/go-algorand
Jun 2019 - Nov 2022
Algorand's official implementation in Go.
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:251 reviews, 143 commits, 100 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Eric contributed to the infrastructure setup by including the necessary dependencies for building libsodium. They also implemented support for configurable telemetry credentials, including username and password, as well as changes to integrate algod logs into the algoh. The user also made changes to improve build support including adding support for multiple SRV records, and updates to the CI/CD setup. Their work included code changes in Go language and involvement in networking.
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