Nikko Schaff
Director Of Innovation
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikko Schaff is a Director of Innovation who turns science fiction into science fact, bringing 13 years of experience building secure, accessible Generative AI and geospatial products for Federal, Defense, Higher Education, and Energy clients. He leads cross-functional teams to deliver real-time data ingestion, forecasting, and sentiment analysis pipelines, and translates prototypes into revenue-driving product roadmaps and successful SBIR/STTR outcomes. With an MEng in Artificial Intelligence from Cornell and hands-on roots as a software engineer and startup founder, he combines academic rigor with practical delivery—shipping Mapbox visualizations, messaging integrations, and robust IP strategies. Known for shrinking development cycles by modernizing legacy stacks, he excels at rapid prototyping for high-stakes incident management while maintaining regulatory and accessibility compliance.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Multidisciplinary Studies, Bachelor's Degree Multidisciplinary Studies at Rochester Institute of TechnologyMaster of Engineering - MEng Artificial Intelligence, Master of Engineering - MEng Artificial Intelligence at Cornell University
Chinese
Stackoverflow
306reputation
19kreached
7answers
14questions
Github Skills (11)
csrf6
html6
ajax6
jquery6
visual-studio6
coldfusion6
security6
ruby-on-rails6
sdk2
swift2
ios2
Github contributions (5)
nikkoschaff/Gradesnap
Jul 2012 - Dec 2013
Contributions:134 commits in 1 year 5 months
rr1000/aurorandragons.com
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:3 PRs, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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