Nick Takacs
Vice President Of Engineering at DeSales University
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Takacs is a veteran engineering leader and VP of Engineering with two decades of experience modernizing high-reliability systems across SaaS, fintech, public sector, and blockchain domains. He specializes in scaling infrastructure, DevSecOps, and protocol engineering teams to boost security posture, operational resilience, and delivery velocity while managing multi-million-dollar budgets. Nick has driven measurable cost reductions and performance gains through large-scale modernization programs and is adept at aligning engineering execution with business strategy. He brings hands-on experience from frontline roles in blockchain sequencing/MEV and privacy-focused crypto engineering, as well as leadership in traditional enterprise IT and security. A longtime adjunct professor, he pairs practical industry leadership with teaching experience across networking, security, and systems courses—helping translate complex technical topics for practitioners and students alike. Based in Pennsylvania, he blends disciplined execution in regulated environments with a pragmatic, platform-first approach to organizational design.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA, Executive MBA at Quantic School of Business and TechnologyMaster of Science, Information Assurance, Master of Science, Information Assurance at Norwich UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Science and TV/Film, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and TV/Film at DeSales University
Github Skills (162)
mapbox-gl10
react-native-module10
abi10
react-mapbox-gl10
mapview10
google-maps10
native-module10
polly10
javascript10
amazon-polly10
mapbox-navigation10
maps10
logic10
cross-platform10
carplay10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nitaliano/react-native-mapbox-gl
Aug 2017 - Mar 2019
A Mapbox GL react native module for creating custom maps
Contributions:5 releases, 127 commits, 209 PRs in 1 year 6 months
reactreact-mapbox-glreact-native-modulemapboxreact-native
airware-legacy/react-native-maps-draw
Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
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