John Melonakos
AI Libraries Architect at ArrayFire
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Melonakos is an AI libraries architect with 11 years of engineering and entrepreneurial experience, currently designing high-performance AI software at Intel while maintaining and owning the ArrayFire numerical computing library. He founded and led ArrayFire as CEO for 15 years, translating deep academic training (PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech) into practical, GPU-accelerated libraries used by researchers and engineers. John blends low-level performance optimization with ecosystem stewardship, focusing on making compute-heavy workflows accessible and portable across hardware. Based in Atlanta, he pairs product-minded leadership with hands-on open-source maintenance, ensuring long-lived projects evolve with changing hardware trends. An understated strength is his sustained commitment to infrastructure longevity—keeping a niche but critical scientific library healthy through multiple industry shifts.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Brigham Young University
Spanish
Github Skills (23)
opencl10
gpgpu10
hpc10
gpu10
arrayfire10
cuda10
cpp10
scientific-computing10
python-bindings8
xapi7
oneapi7
specification7
video-processing6
spec6
linear-algebra5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
melonakos/arrayfire
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
ArrayFire: a general purpose GPU library.
Contributions:17 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
cudaarrayfiregpu-programminggpu-accelerationgpu
melonakos/oneAPI-tab
Apr 2023 - Sep 2023
oneAPI Technical Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting Notes
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 8 branches in 4 months
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