Randy Shepherd
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRandy Shepherd is a seasoned engineering leader and polyglot generalist with over a decade of hands-on experience building and operating internet-scale systems, most recently serving as CTO of GIPHY through complex acquisitions and regulatory challenges. He blends strategic direction-setting with deep technical craftsmanship—driving infrastructure transformations, scalable architectures, and product innovation while mentoring engineers and students. Passionate about functional programming and emergent AI/LLM tech, Randy pairs academic rigor from an NYU CS master’s and teaching at the Courant Institute with startup-hardened operational discipline. He has a proven track record of navigating uncertainty, aligning cross-functional teams with business goals, and translating research-minded curiosity into production-ready systems.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at New York University
Github Skills (19)
predis8
redis7
php7
redis-sentinel7
api6
giphy5
social-media5
nodejs5
redis-cluster5
twitter5
archived5
hiredis4
redis-client4
deep-learning3
pytorch3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rshepherd/ninety-nine
Jun 2013 - Oct 2014
Contributions:12 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 4 months
rshepherd/intro-fp-scala
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:31 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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