Scott Wheeler
Founder at Directed Edge
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Wheeler is a veteran software engineer and founder with 24 years of experience building systems-level software, music tools, and recommendation services from Berlin. He co-founded Directed Edge (Y Combinator S09) to deliver recommendations-as-a-service and runs Decomposer, the company behind the popular Sitala drum sampler. His open-source contributions include deep systems work such as improvements to the icecream distributed compiler and long-standing involvement in KDE multimedia (JuK and TagLib), meaning his code likely ships on a double-digit percentage of devices worldwide. Scott combines low-level systems programming (kernel ports and platform abstraction work at SAP) with product-focused audio software experience from Native Instruments, making him equally fluent in performance, compatibility, and UX. He is a seasoned public speaker and published researcher who blends academic rigor with hands-on engineering and entrepreneurial leadership.
24 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Calvin University
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
gcc10
compiler-design9
build-system8
software-distribution8
system-administration7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
icecc/icecream
Feb 2004 - Nov 2004
Distributed compiler with a central scheduler to share build load
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on modifying and improving the Icecream distributed compiler's core functionality. Their commits show work related to building Icecream on older systems, including adapting code for specific compiler versions and incorporating conditional compilation based on GCC versions. They also addressed build-related issues, added support for environment variables, and included platform compatibility improvements.
compilerschedulersharedistributed
decomposer/SitalaConverter
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
Tool to convert Ableton Live drum kits to Sitala kits
Contributions:3 releases, 104 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 1 month
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