Stefán Baxter
Founder & CEO at Smart Data inc.
Iceland
Summary
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SeniorStefán Baxter is a veteran founder and CEO with over three decades of hands-on experience building software, data products, and early-stage companies, currently leading Smart Data and its Quick Lookup data-fusion platform. He combines deep technical chops—having coded backend features for multi-tenant Django projects—with strategic leadership across several successful exits and one high-profile failure that shaped his pragmatic approach to risk. Adept at bridging engineering, product and sales, Stefán has repeatedly launched and scaled ventures from the ground up, plus he still enjoys diving into code. Based in Iceland, he runs a small private equity vehicle (Tæknikollur) and leverages real-world data engineering expertise to democratize access to global data for data scientists and enterprises.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
English, Icelandic, Danish
Stackoverflow
131reputation
3kreached
2answers
3questions
Github Skills (20)
postgresql10
python10
django10
multitenancy10
database-design10
db-schema10
database-schema10
database-management10
schema10
multi-tenant10
command-line-interface9
command-line9
cli9
compression6
database6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bernardopires/django-tenant-schemas
Feb 2013 - Feb 2013
Tenant support for Django using PostgreSQL schemas.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Stefán primarily focused on modifying the `tenant_syncdb.py` file, which is likely involved in database schema management for a multi-tenant Django application. They introduced and refined features for synchronizing database schemas for tenants, including options for specifying shared and tenant applications. The commits indicate a focus on improving the efficiency and functionality of the syncdb command within the context of a multi-tenant Django setup. The user also made changes related to tenant schema URL handling.
tenantpythondjangoschemaspostgresql
smartdataHQ/cxs
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 450 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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