Kip Warner
Founder at OpenPOWER Foundation
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKip Warner is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building high-performance systems, from real-time audio and simulation software to machine vision and space-mission data recovery. He leads Cartesian Theatre Corp. and co-chairs the OpenPOWER Foundation’s AI Special Interest Group, blending entrepreneurial drive with standards-level technical stewardship. His hands-on contributions include low-level C++ fixes to high-performance REST tooling (pistache) and work on UHD surround sound used in major film franchises. A UBC AI graduate and former infantry officer, he pairs rigorous technical problem-solving with disciplined leadership and field-proven teamwork. An unexpected thread through his career is recovering and modernizing historic NASA Viking data, reflecting a knack for rescuing valuable legacy systems into contemporary use.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Canada School of Public ServiceNATO SCHOOL OBERAMMERGAUBachelor of Science - BS, Artificial Intelligence, Bachelor of Science - BS, Artificial Intelligence at The University of British ColumbiaInter-American Defense College - Colegio Interamericano de DefensaCanadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School
Github Skills (16)
asynchronous10
version-control10
gtk10
c-language10
file-management10
cprogramming-language10
python10
async10
p2p10
messaging9
configuration-management9
http9
rest-api8
debian8
server8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
pistacheio/pistache
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
A high-performance REST toolkit written in C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:152 reviews, 236 commits, 250 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kip primarily focused on fixing compiler warnings and addressing potential issues. They addressed problems in the asynchronous operation handling and HTTP library. The user also fixed a segment fault within the dynamic stream buffer and improved the code by resolving compiler warnings.
cpprestserverapi-rest
cartesiantheatre/handbook
Apr 2011 - Jan 2018
Contributions:386 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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