Evin Grano
Chief Of Staff at Incisive Ventures
Leesburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEvin Grano is a strategic technology leader with 15+ years building and scaling software systems across startups, venture-backed firms, and enterprise products, currently serving as Chief of Staff to a multi-generational private family office. He combines deep hands-on engineering—especially in JavaScript, Ruby, and Go and notable contributions to the SproutCore framework—with executive experience in platform architecture, AI/ML initiatives, and operational turnarounds. Evin has driven substantial cost and performance improvements (including a $600k annual saving on observability tooling) while standardizing KPIs and developer practices across large engineering organizations. As a founder and head of engineering he has shipped blockchain/DLT-enabled fintech platforms and led early-stage investing as an LP, bringing a product-minded lens to due diligence and portfolio strategy. He is also an active open-source core contributor and mentor who intentionally builds governance, education, and scalable processes to prepare next-generation leaders.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science Quantitative Management: Business Analytics, Masters of Science Quantitative Management: Business Analytics at Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business1 Year of MSE Software Engineering, 1 Year of MSE Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS Physics and Computer Science, BS Physics and Computer Science at William & Mary
Github Skills (8)
data-modeling10
javascript10
front-end-development10
sproutcore10
netframework9
php-framework9
web-framework9
testing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sproutcore/sproutcore
Dec 2010 - Apr 2013
JavaScript Application Framework - JS library only
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:36 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Evin primarily focused on refactoring and improving the SproutCore framework's record management system, specifically concerning nested records. They implemented features for creating and managing nested records, ensuring proper store integration and memory management. The changes involved modifying the core record functionalities, including CRUD operations, and integrating them with the existing data store. Several commits also addressed bug fixes and performance improvements, indicating a focus on improving the stability and efficiency of the framework's data handling capabilities.
js-libraryjs-frameworkjavascript-frameworkjavascriptframework
etgryphon/stativus
Aug 2011 - Jun 2021
Statecharts for the rest of us...in javascript
Contributions:1 release, 149 commits, 1 PR in 9 years 11 months
jsjavascriptstatechartsrest
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