Sara Itani
Founder And CEO at Quixotic Labs
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSara Itani is a founder and technical CEO with 13 years of cross-disciplinary experience building AI/ML products, developer tooling, and robotics systems. As CEO of Quixotic Labs she leads development of real-time AI tools for hedge funds, translating large, messy data into actionable insights via patented technologies. Her background spans MIT robotics and HCI research, shipping developer-focused products at Microsoft (including Node.js and PHP tooling used by major editors), and bringing a 360° camera product to market across multiple geographies. Comfortable in both hardware and software stacks, she’s repeatedly moved projects from prototype to production while setting engineering processes and developer workflows. An active open-source contributor, she’s improved backend tooling and developer UX in well-used projects like Node.js Tools and Vulcan.js. Based in Seattle, she combines academic rigor with operator instincts and a knack for solving highly multifaceted problems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Boston University AcademyMaster of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
npm10
python10
email-server10
apollo-server10
e-mail10
mailer10
visual-studio10
visual-studio-extension10
dotnet-core10
nodejs10
csharp10
emailjs10
msbuild9
git9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/nodejstools
Jun 2014 - Oct 2016
Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 releases, 522 commits, 310 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Sara's commits focus on enhancing the Node.js Tools for Visual Studio project, specifically around the integration and management of Node Package Manager (npm). Their work includes implementing features for the .npm command within the REPL, improving the user interface for package installations, and resolving issues related to the database used for caching npm packages. The commits also involve refactoring of existing code and addressing a variety of bug fixes.
node-jsnodejsjs-toolsvisual-studio
microsoft/PTVS
May 2015 - May 2015
Python Tools for Visual Studio
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 19 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Sara contributed to the Python Tools for Visual Studio repository by fixing merge issues, refactoring code, and improving project build tasks. Their work included modifications to linked file handling and refactoring the build process with changes to extract lambdas from XAML files. They also updated various files in response to changes in shared project files.
python-toolspythonptvsvisual-studio
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