Eric Nitschke
Founder & CEO at Wakoma Incorporated
Prague, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Nitschke is a founder and CEO with eight years of experience building open hardware, software, and EdTech solutions that empower underconnected communities to self-provision connectivity. Based in Prague, he leads Wakoma to design open-source connectivity stacks and educational resources that prioritize community-led deployment “at the first centimeter.” His background blends geosciences and political science with hands-on instructional design and advisory roles in urban upgrading and international development, giving him a rare mix of technical, pedagogical, and policy perspectives. Active in global innovation networks and advisory roles, he translates field-driven challenges into practical hardware and software artifacts that scale across low-resource contexts.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Geosciences, Master of Science (MSc), Geosciences at The University of EdinburghBA, Political Science, Business Administration, BA, Political Science, Business Administration at University of New Hampshire
Github Skills (23)
wireless10
connectivity10
open-hardware10
hotspot10
mesh9
network-monitoring9
raspberry9
nimble9
medical9
network8
internet8
mesh-network8
networking8
edtech7
privacy7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Wakoma/cnresearch
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:33 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Wakoma/docs
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
Documentation for Lokal, nimble and services.
Contributions:31 commits, 38 PRs, 61 pushes in 5 months
nimble
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