Nicolás Levy
Co-founder & VP Of Technology at Qualabs
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolás Levy is a co-founder and VP of Technology with over a decade of deep expertise in video software, leading Qualabs' research, engineering and product-facing technical efforts. He helped drive a 20x growth as Head of Engineering by aligning technical solutions with client needs and partnering closely with sales for high-profile customers like AMD, Sky, Dolby and Mux. Equally comfortable in hands-on R&D and strategic leadership, he organizes the MonteVIDEO Tech community to advance industry conversations around streaming protocols, codecs and CDN engineering. His background as an engineering professor and R&D engineer underpins a disciplined, research-informed approach to product development. Recently completing an MBA and executive programs at MIT, he blends technical rigor with business strategy to scale innovation and market positioning. A pragmatic entrepreneur, he frequently shifts roles to tackle the company’s most critical technical and commercial challenges.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Universidad ORT UruguayDigital Plus Programs, Liderazgo en la Innovación, Digital Plus Programs, Liderazgo en la Innovación at MIT Professional Education
Github Skills (44)
mss10
javascript10
drm10
id310
smooth-streaming10
html5-audio10
mse10
video-player10
playback10
player10
html5-video10
eme10
vast10
mpeg-dash10
xml-parser9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
WowzaMediaSystems/wowza-rts-docs
Dec 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:292 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
montevideo-tech/vast-2-sgai
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
VAST 2 SGAI Summer Project 2025!
Contributions:3 reviews, 18 PRs, 64 pushes in 4 months
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