Ilya Finkelshteyn
Chief Technology Officer at Abrams Capital
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIlya Finkelshteyn is a pragmatic technology executive and CTO based in Seattle with nearly three decades of hands-on software and IT leadership experience and nine years in senior executive roles. He has led engineering, market data, trading analytics and BI teams across hedge funds, investment banks and asset managers, delivering large-scale modernization, ETL and reporting programs that bridge business and technical needs. Known for turning around teams and projects, he combines strategic IT roadmapping with a focus on quality, performance optimization and SaaS/web architectures. Ilya’s background spans both deep engineering (early career as a Java engineer and software lead) and senior strategy work—he’s run resiliency assessments, global process reviews and automation programs that improved investor reporting and back-office efficiency. A confident communicator and coach, he emphasizes staff development and an innovation culture while making practical, risk-aware decisions. He recently augmented his leadership toolkit with executive education from Harvard Business School, reinforcing his ability to align technology with enterprise goals.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MSIS MBA / Computer Science, MSIS MBA / Computer Science at New York UniversityLeadership for Senior Executives, Leadership for Senior Executives at Harvard Business School Executive EducationBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Cornell University
Github Skills (200)
testing10
serverless10
cpp10
xunit10
class-library10
xbox10
appveyor10
tdd10
bdd10
stripe10
azure-functions10
test-framework10
azure-webjobs-sdk10
azure10
portable-class-library10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
IlyaFinkelshteyn/WebApplication3
Dec 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:151 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
IlyaFinkelshteyn/WebApplication2
Sep 2016 - Mar 2019
Basic web app to test build and deploy on Appveyor
Contributions:3 PRs, 216 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
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