Nick Smit
Co-Founder And Chief Product Officer at Safety Cybersecurity
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolNick Smit is a product-focused technology leader and founder with seven years of experience building and scaling product and security-focused companies, currently serving as Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Safety Cybersecurity. He led product strategy and shipping at AWS as a Principal Product Manager, and previously built and ran product teams at Kickstarter and multiple startups he co-founded, combining hands-on technical development with business strategy. Nick has a track record of turning early-stage ideas into operational products—from sensor-driven retail analytics to creator monetization platforms—and often sits at the intersection of product, growth, and engineering. Based in Los Angeles, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset sharpened by postgraduate entrepreneurship training at the University of Cape Town and a background in PPE. Outside work he’s an avid programmer, Eagle Scout, and fan of gaming and heavy metal—traits that speak to his disciplined curiosity and unconventional planning style.
7 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Postgrad Entrepreneurship, Postgrad Entrepreneurship at University of Cape Town
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Github Skills (36)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AnonymousHacker1279/ImmersiveWeapons
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Immersive Weapons is more than just a weapons mod aiming to spice up your combat skills.
Contributions:103 releases, 4 reviews, 524 commits in 2 years 6 months
immersivecombatminecraftminecraft-forgemod
AnonymousHacker1279/IWCompatibilityBridge
Jun 2022 - Feb 2025
The Immersive Weapons Compatibility Bridge adds compatibility to several mods.
Contributions:21 releases, 35 PRs, 41 pushes in 2 years 8 months
minecraftmodbridgeimmersive-weaponsweapons
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