Summary
Jimmy Ruska is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 15+ years building cloud-native data platforms, EDWs, and identity systems across AWS and GCP for large enterprises. He combines deep functional-programming chops (Erlang/Elixir) and graph/semantic technologies (RDF, SPARQL, Neo4j) with hands-on experience in big data pipelines, Snowflake/BigQuery, and first-party tracking used at scale on major media sites. As a former Google Strategic Cloud Data Engineer and lead architect for Meredith/Time Inc., he has led global teams, delivered GDPR/PCI-compliant architectures, and driven cost-saving cloud migrations and automation. Pragmatic and product-minded, he has turned grassroots prototypes—like a widely deployed first-party JavaScript tracker—into production IP that improved privacy and revenue negotiating leverage. Based in North Richland Hills, TX, he blends consulting, entrepreneurship, and engineering to solve complex data, security, and transformation challenges.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree BBA Information Systems, Bachelor’s Degree BBA Information Systems at The University of Texas at Arlington
English, French, Spanish