Jean-christophe Petkovich
Engineering Manager, Systematic Macro Engineering Team
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJean-christophe Petkovich is an engineering manager at Two Sigma and a founder/CTO with 14 years of experience building production AI and embedded systems across automotive and finance. He led and scaled a Microsoft-backed startup, delivering ML-driven manufacturing and vehicle health products used by OEMs like Nissan, GM and Volvo, while managing teams of software, ML and DevOps engineers. A PhD-trained statistician and former academic researcher, he designs novel multivariate time-series models and has miniaturized ML for resource-constrained automotive ECUs. He pairs deep low-level engineering experience (from optimized libc and microcontroller firmware to CAN decoding) with cloud-native AI deployment and security practice (ISO-aligned policies). An active contributor to the Spacemacs community, he improves developer workflows through thoughtful editor integrations and tooling. Colleagues describe him as a mentor-builder who turns statistical creativity into robust, shipped systems.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at Carleton UniversityBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering at Queen's UniversityPhD, Computer Engineering, PhD, Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
English
Github Skills (12)
vim10
emacs10
python9
git9
scs8
configurations8
configuration-management8
html8
co8
sc8
configuration-file8
javascript7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
syl20bnr/spacemacs
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 25 PRs, 32 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Jean-christophe primarily contributed to the Spacemacs configuration, enhancing its functionality and user experience. Their work included adding custom keybindings and integrations for various modes like ESS (R and related languages), Anaconda-nav-mode, and git-rebase-mode, indicating a focus on improving Emacs's capabilities for different development workflows. They also addressed bug fixes and made updates to ensure proper loading and configuration of various packages within the Spacemacs environment. Furthermore, they improved the configuration for logging and other minor enhancements to streamline Spacemacs's performance.
configurationvimspacemacsemacsemacs-lsp
jcpetkovich/.emacs.d
Aug 2011 - May 2019
Contributions:943 commits, 156 pushes, 4 branches in 7 years 10 months
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