Pejman Makhfi
Chief Technology Officer at Credit Sesame
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolPejman Makhfi is a Silicon Valley technology veteran and CTO with over two decades of experience architecting scalable software and data science solutions for fintech, BPM, and startup ecosystems. Currently leading engineering at Credit Sesame, he has a track record of turning early-stage ideas into production-grade, award-winning products across roles as CTO, VP of Solutions, and incubator director. He combines deep expertise in knowledge modeling, process automation, and financial systems with formal credentials (PMP, CSM, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt) and several patents and technical publications. Known for advising both investors and founders, he blends hands-on engineering leadership with strategic venture development—helping companies meet enterprise-grade scalability, fault-tolerance, and compliance requirements. A less obvious strength is his interdisciplinary reach: collaborations with Stanford/Berkeley experts and work at research institutes show he moves comfortably between academic rigor and pragmatic product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
CSM Certified Scrum Master, CSM Certified Scrum Master at Certified Scrum Master - CSMPMP Project Management Institute (PMI.org), PMP Project Management Institute (PMI.org) at Prof. Project Manager - PMPSSBB Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, SSBB Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - SSBBBS/MS Computer Science, BS/MS Computer Science at Computer Science - University Dortmund, Germany
English, German
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Github Skills (2)
coercion8
metaprogramming7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
PejLab/ANEVA
Apr 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 16 pushes in 1 year 1 month
cbg-ethz/SynNet
Jun 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 8 pushes in 9 months
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