Nik Cimino
Founder Operator
Frederick, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNik Cimino is a founder-operator and seasoned software engineer with 12+ years building large-scale systems across AI, blockchain, and embedded toolchains. He has a strong track record shipping production infrastructure—from modularizing Xilinx’s complex build and testing systems to pioneering an EVM testnet, multisig wallet, and a Ricardian proofing system at PyxelChain. As CEO of eContriver and founder of Perpetuator, he’s translating research-grade ideas into consumer-facing SaaS and AI-as-a-Service platforms while actively fundraising to scale them. He combines deep systems and QA experience (contributions to well-known Xilinx projects like XRT and Tcl Store) with product instincts that produce features such as podcast generation and pushbutton enterprise deployments. Based in Colorado, he thrives on mentoring engineering teams and building products that aim to make everyday life and legal workflows more secure and productive.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Red Rocks Community CollegeBachelor’s Degree Engineering with an Electrical Specialty, Bachelor’s Degree Engineering with an Electrical Specialty at Colorado School of MinesHigh School, High School at Arvada West High School
English
Github Skills (11)
testing10
c-language10
gt10
cprogramming-language10
tcl10
windowsrt10
winrt10
software-quality9
cmake9
documentation8
fpga7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Xilinx/XilinxTclStore
Feb 2014 - Jun 2021
Xilinx Tcl Store
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:114 commits, 51 PRs, 4 pushes in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nik made several changes to the `tk_tunnel` code, including cleaning up the code, updating the readme, and improving the server start script. The changes involved modifying the `communication.tcl` file, indicating work on the core functionality of the application. Additionally, the user added a JUnit package and implemented a parser for it, demonstrating a focus on testing and code quality within the project.
tclxilinx
Xilinx/XRT
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Run Time for AIE and FPGA based platforms
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:24 commits, 5 PRs, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nik's commits primarily focused on adding and documenting unit tests for the `xrt` runtime environment. They added a simple example using GTest, a popular C++ testing framework, demonstrating their ability to implement and integrate testing into the project. Further contributions include the addition of documentation for the usage of GTest, specifically how to configure and link it within the project's CMake build system. The user also contributes to the testing documentation.
vitisxilinxlinux-kernelxrtfpga
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