Summary
John Leskas is a pragmatic software leader and founder with nearly a decade of formal engineering leadership and over two decades of hands-on development, currently heading AI engineering at Wynter while running boutique studio RSH. He combines human-centered design with practical AI integration, having led major architecture overhauls, built and scaled engineering teams, and driven product-focused AI initiatives in B2B messaging and bespoke digital platforms. Comfortable switching between strategic vision and hands-on implementation, he has a track record of shipping measurable business impact for clients like Patreon, Washington Post, Mozilla, and Spotify. Based in Limassol, Cyprus, he pairs formal training in AI (Harvard Online CS50AI) and networking (CCNA/CCNP) with a founder’s instinct for product-quality craftsmanship. Noteworthy is his consistent focus on marrying creative strategy with intelligent automation—turning design-driven concepts into robust, scalable systems.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Games and Programming Skills, Bachelor's degree, Computer Games and Programming Skills at Akmi Institute
PH125.8x, CS50AI, PH125.8x, CS50AI at Harvard Online
CCNP, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, CCNP, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Cisco Networking Academy
Associate's degree, Computer Programming, Specific Applications, Associate's degree, Computer Programming, Specific Applications at Pythagoras Institute
English, French, Greek