Stefan Olafsson
Product Advisor at SamCart
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Top SchoolStefan Olafsson is a product leader and founder with over 16 years building enterprise-scale search, analytics, and big data applications, currently advising SamCart after founding Typeset (acquired in 2023). He has repeatedly turned search from a commodity feature into a strategic business enabler—founding Twigkit (acquired by Lucidworks) and later reshaping Lucidworks’ product into a cloud-native, microservices platform that accelerated revenue growth and market recognition. Stefan blends deep technical roots (former Principal Engineer at FAST) with C-suite product strategy, delivering visual, data-driven development platforms and marketplace-led IP distribution. He has a consistent track record of founding and exiting companies, a Distinction-level MSc from LSE, and a knack for turning complex machine-scale search problems into elegant, user-centric experiences.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Business & Economics, B.Sc., Business & Economics at Háskóli ÍslandsLondon School of Economics and Political Science
English, Icelandic
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Github Skills (69)
rendering9
cdc9
elixir9
phoenix-framework9
javascript8
rendering-engine8
tempo8
realtime8
postgresql8
broadcast8
pubsub8
websocket7
client-library7
distributed-systems7
vagrant-plugin7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Smartlogic-Semaphore-Limited/cachalot
Jan 2010 - Oct 2011
Contributions:26 commits in 1 year 9 months
java-applicationguicexml-configurationboilerplateboilerplate-code
mrolafsson/cachalot
May 2012 - Aug 2013
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 3 months
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