Kjell Wooding
Principal Technical Advisor, AI & ML at Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKjell Wooding is a Principal Technical Advisor in AI & ML with over a decade of experience blending hardware, software, cryptography, scientific computing, and machine learning into practical solutions. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and Computer Engineering and has led research and data science teams at the Tutte Institute before moving to Canada’s Communications Security Establishment. As a co-founder of a kids-tech startup and a former VP and entrepreneur, he combines product-minded leadership with deep technical rigor. An active engineer and automation-focused open-source contributor, he has improved build tooling for projects like kivy-ios, demonstrating attention to reproducibility and robust deployment. Based in Ottawa, he’s particularly passionate about reproducible data science and solving hard, auditable problems at the intersection of math and systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering at University of VictoriaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics and Computer Engineering at University of Calgary
Github Skills (9)
management10
packaging10
ios10
python10
build-automation10
toolchain10
bash9
xcode9
git8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kivy/kivy-ios
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
Toolchain for compiling Python / Kivy / other libraries for iOS
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:23 commits, 14 PRs, 67 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Kjell primarily focused on improving the build process and dependencies within the Kivy-iOS project. Their contributions involved patching and modifying build scripts, particularly related to the libffi library, suggesting a focus on resolving build issues and ensuring compatibility for iOS builds. They also worked on removing hardcoded version numbers and restoring filenames to improve the build automation and streamline the project's build process, making the project more robust. This work demonstrates a commitment to improving the build tooling and overall maintainability of the iOS toolchain.
pythonpackagingkivytoolchainios
hackalog/reproallthethings
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 90 pushes, 21 branches in 1 year 9 months
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