Matias Lavista
CEO & Founder Space ALMA
Argentina
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Top SchoolMatias Lavista is a systems-focused software engineer and founder with over 10 years delivering low-level, high-impact systems for companies from startups to AWS. As CEO of Space ALMA he’s applying RF signal processing and satellite tech out of Argentina, building on hands-on kernel and network work done at AWS protecting global infrastructure from DDoS. He blends deep technical craft—Linux kernel modules, DPDK, C and Python—with product and operational leadership, having led large engineering, QA and product teams and driven multi-million dollar contracts. Academically grounded with an MIT physics BS and an MS in computer science from the University of Chicago, he also teaches computer architecture and OS courses, underscoring a passion for mentoring and research. Notably, his background spans from Monte Carlo nuclear simulations to global distributed firewalls, reflecting a rare combination of research rigor and production-grade systems engineering.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Andrews Scot's SchoolMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at University of ChicagoDepartment of Computer Science - Classes (10 Classes), Department of Computer Science - Classes (10 Classes) at Stanford University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (17)
sql-query10
java10
sql10
hadoop9
spark9
measurement9
big-data9
presto9
hive9
database9
transactional-memory9
query-engine8
trino8
cpp7
concurrency6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yamatias/presto
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Distributed SQL query engine for big data
Contributions:9 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
queryhivequery-enginenosqlmysql
yamatias/BasicFlixterApp
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 2 days
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