Kevin Biskar
Staff Software Engineer at Evisort
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Biskar is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience who brings a rare blend of biology and software expertise to building bioinformatics tools for practicing scientists. With an MS in Ecology and Systematic Biology and deep hands-on experience in Perl, Python, C/C++, R and modern web stacks, he has implemented workflows and tools across academia and industry—from improving Galaxy pipelines to shipping production systems at Evisort and now Workday. He’s proficient with bioinformatics staples like Qiime, BLAST, Bowtie and MEGAN, and pairs that domain knowledge with framework experience in Django, Qt and Tkinter to turn research needs into usable software. Known for mentoring and teaching earlier in his career, he combines pragmatic engineering leadership with an educator’s instinct for simplifying complex analyses.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Integrative Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Integrative Biology at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (MS), Ecology and Systematic Biology, Master of Science (MS), Ecology and Systematic Biology at San Francisco State University
Github Skills (2)
testing3
vim2
Github contributions (4)
biskark/vim-ultimate-test-utility
Sep 2013 - Oct 2014
Contributions:28 commits in 1 year 1 month
accessibletestingvim
biskark/vim-ultimate-colorscheme-utility
Jul 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:28 commits in 2 months
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