Nick Faulkner
Founding Engineer at Kaizen
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Faulkner is a founding engineer with nine years of software experience based in San Francisco, currently building a YC-backed startup after roles spanning product and engineering. He has strong cloud and networking chops from his time on Azure's software-defined networking team at Microsoft and practical product experience leading engineering at TruckSmarter. Comfortable switching hats, he moved from individual contributor to product manager work, showing an ability to translate customer needs into shipped features. His internship background across security and developer tooling (Black Duck, Synopsys) informs a pragmatic approach to integrating complex systems. Nick brings startup grit and enterprise-grade engineering discipline to early-stage product development.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Brown UniversityPhillips Academy
Github Skills (6)
cryptocurrency8
blockchain8
p2p6
accessibility5
privacy4
open-source1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nmfaulkner/BDWLaserCuttingQueue
Apr 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:49 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
nmfaulkner/nmfaulkner.github.io
Nov 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:27 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
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