Gissur Thorhallsson
Founder CTO at Skývafnir
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Top SchoolGissur Thorhallsson is a founder-CTO and cloud automation specialist based in Reykjavík with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable, production-grade systems. He has led cloud architecture and delivery at Skývafnir after driving Kubernetes, GitOps and CI/CD adoption across biotech and gaming teams at Genuity Science and Mainframe Industries. Comfortable switching between Python, Go and infrastructure-as-code, he pairs technical rigor with a strong emphasis on team growth and operational security—skills honed as a co-founder responsible for regulatory compliance in a high-scale gambling startup. Known locally as an X-Road enthusiast, he brings a practical blend of DevOps craftsmanship and people-first leadership that shortens lead times while keeping systems resilient.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
ÖlduselsskóliB.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science at Reykjavik UniversityStúdentspróf Fjölmiðlafræði, Stúdentspróf Fjölmiðlafræði at Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti
Icelandic, English, Danish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (155)
end-to-end-encryption10
pgp10
terraform10
chat10
fluentd10
k8s10
client-library10
charts10
continuous-delivery10
helm10
pipeline10
python-socket10
continuous-deployment10
kubernetes10
deploying10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gzur/gmt-target-finder
Jun 2014 - Oct 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
gzur/devenv
Aug 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:41 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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