Gil Akos
Co-Founder, CEO at Astra Inc
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolGil Akos is a founder and technical CEO with 11 years of experience building real-time payments and embedded fintech platforms from Menlo Park. A self-taught engineer with formal training in architecture and complex systems from Columbia and KU, he designed Astra’s API risk engine and settlement orchestration, blending systems thinking with production-grade engineering. He champions software that compounds value for users and treats design as forged discipline, not accidental invention. Gil’s background spans academia, design, and startup leadership—an unusual mix that informs pragmatic, data-driven product architecture.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasNanodegree, Machine Learning Engineer, Nanodegree, Machine Learning Engineer at UdacitySt Louis University High SchoolM.S.AAD, Architecture, M.S.AAD, Architecture at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
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Github Skills (6)
rhino10
crossword10
grasshopper10
fundamental10
revit-api10
rhino3d10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
modelab/grasshopper-primer
May 2015 - Jul 2016
This primer introduces you to the fundamental concepts and essential skill-building workflows to effectively use Grasshopper for Rhino3D.
Contributions:93 commits, 48 PRs, 68 pushes in 1 year 2 months
primercrosswordgrasshopperrevit-apiessential
DynamoDS/DynamoPrimer
Apr 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:556 commits in 4 months
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