Nigel Gutzmann
CTO & Co-Founder at Lumen5
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolNigel Gutzmann is a serial founder and seasoned technology leader with a decade of experience building and scaling SaaS products from Vancouver. As CTO and Co-Founder of Lumen5 he drives the technical roadmap, security, performance, and stability of a market-leading AI-powered video creation platform that transforms text into engaging video at scale. Prior ventures include Sniply, a high-growth conversion-focused link shortener acquired in 2019, and several product-first startups across publishing, talent acquisition, and employee engagement. He combines hands-on engineering and strategic leadership—comfortable rolling up his sleeves on NLP and computer vision integrations while shaping product and operational priorities. A University of Calgary electrical and computer engineering alumnus, Nigel’s background blends applied systems thinking with an entrepreneur’s knack for turning content workflows into automated, growth-ready products.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Calgary
Github Skills (37)
accessibility10
bootstrap10
bootstrap-components10
text-editor9
react-components9
javascript9
typescript9
react9
facebook-sdk8
visual-studio-code-extension8
relational-databases7
lottie7
mongodb6
pymongo6
mongodb-database6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Lumen5/video-preview
Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year
es6hiringjavascript
nigelgutzmann/lexical
Jan 2025 - Nov 2025
Lexical is an extensible text editor framework that provides excellent reliability, accessibility and performance.
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
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