Irv Shapiro
CEO CTO Founder at MakeWithTech
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolIrv Shapiro is a seasoned founder and technology executive with a multi-decade track record of building and scaling companies, including Metamor Technologies, Edventions, and DialogTech, where he helped pioneer voice-based marketing automation. Now focused on education and maker culture, he runs MakeWithTech—a YouTube channel approaching 80,000 subscribers and over 6 million views—translating complex maker and cloud topics for non-technical audiences. Known as a builder and coach, Irv combines hands-on technical experience (from device drivers and VAX/VMS work to modern cloud tutorials) with strategic leadership as Executive Chairman at DialogTech. He champions “edutainment” for retirees and career-changers, turning practical maker projects into accessible learning paths, and brings a rare blend of operational scale-up experience and grassroots teaching.
7 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (80)
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backtesting-trading-strategies10
forex-trading10
crypto9
forex9
trading9
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trading-bot9
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bots9
automated-trading9
cryptocurrency9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ishapiro/lumibot_backtesting_machine
Dec 2023 - May 2024
Contributions:105 pushes in 4 months
MakeWithTech/3d-printing-tools
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:36 commits, 12 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
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