Smári Mccarthy
Co-Founder And CTO at Stratis
Reykjavik, Iceland
Summary
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RockstarSmári Mccarthy is a founder and technical leader with 15 years of experience building resilient systems at the intersection of technology, society, and public policy. Currently Co-Founder and CTO at Stratis, he previously led technology at investigative journalism nonprofit OCCRP and co-founded climate-focused Ecosophy, blending large-scale data engineering, security, and product strategy. His career spans Parliament service in Iceland—where he chaired future-facing committees—and hands-on roles delivering secure, high-availability infrastructure under adversarial conditions. Known for turning complex societal problems into auditable technical systems, he combines civic insight with practical expertise in fraud detection, regulatory compliance, and global information-security operations.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English, Icelandic, Danish, Bosnian
Github Skills (171)
pgp10
democracy10
vote10
security10
e-mail10
email-client10
imap-client10
encryption10
bounce10
smtp-client10
search-engine10
voting10
ancestry10
simulation10
email-parsing10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
smari/Cavy
May 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
smari/jai-postgres
Jan 2021 - Jan 2025
Mimimal Postgresql client for Jai
Contributions:6 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years
postgresqlpostgres
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