George Haddad
Independent Engineering Consultant
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolGeorge Haddad is an independent engineering consultant and platform leader with 14+ years of experience building secure, cloud-native SaaS platforms and scaling teams at Director and interim CTO level. He combines deep Java and distributed-systems expertise with hands-on DevSecOps practice, having re-architected monoliths into Kubernetes-native, multi-tenant platforms and cut release cycles by up to 60%. He’s led ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance at platform level and has practical experience with cryptographic standards like PGP, PKI, and SAML 2.0. Comfortable both setting technical vision and writing production code, George has embedded AI tooling into engineering SDLCs and designed open-source, self-hosted platform stacks using Vert.x, PostgreSQL, SeaweedFS, Apache APISIX and ArgoCD. He has a track record of building teams from zero—including interim CTO work in fintech that took products from concept to MVP—and frequently advises senior leaders on security architecture and platform strategy. Based in Berlin, he pairs academic research collaborations and product delivery experience with a pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at International School of Basel (Switzerland)High School, Science & International Baccalaureate Certificates (Computer Science & Math), High School, Science & International Baccalaureate Certificates (Computer Science & Math) at American International School of EgyptHigh School, Standard American System, High School, Standard American System at American International School of CyprusBachelor of Science, Computer Science & History, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & History at Brock University
English, French, Arabic, German, Greek
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Github Skills (110)
api-platform10
parser10
sitespeed10
file-format10
editor10
desktop-application10
application10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
finder10
vscode10
mercury10
microsoft10
monitoring9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
george-haddad/lemmings-factory
Jul 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 reviews, 26 PRs, 34 pushes in 5 years 1 month
george-haddad/bouncycastle
Sep 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 1 year 7 months
cryptographysecuritycastletestingtesting-cryptography
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