Steven Klass
Chief Technology Officer Co-Founder at Pivotal Energy Solutions
Gilbert, Arizona, United States
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SeniorSteven Klass is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder with over two decades of experience building engineering teams and delivering production software, currently serving as CTO of Pivotal Energy Solutions from Gilbert, Arizona. He blends deep hardware and EDA roots with modern web and big-data architecture—authoring backend improvements to Django tooling and shaping server-side data strategies. As founder of 7Stalks Consulting and a veteran manager at National Semiconductor and SMSC, he repeatedly translates complex physical-design and automation challenges into reliable, scalable systems. Known for hands-on contributions that keep legacy systems current (e.g., updating Django datatable handling for newer Python/Django versions), he combines strategic product vision with practical implementation. His background in electronic warfare and physical design gives him a rare systems-level perspective that informs robust, data-driven software decisions.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
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Github Skills (16)
datatables10
datatable10
python10
django10
logging9
pycharm9
database-management8
django-urls6
rabbitmq6
django-models6
python-logging6
template-tags6
celery6
django-celery6
django-settings6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
pivotal-energy-solutions/django-datatable-view
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Server-side datatable representations for Django querysets for automatic rendering in templates
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 1 review, 73 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Steven primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Django-based datatable view project. Their work involved modifying the `datatableview` library to improve the handling of initial data counts and the search, sort, and display of the data. The user also addressed bug fixes related to URL resolution and data handling within the datatable. The user also made updates to ensure the project's compatibility with newer Django and Python versions.
datatablespythonrepresentationsdjangorendering
pivotal-energy-solutions/django-bootstrap-templatetags
Jul 2020 - Nov 2024
Utility templatetag library for minimizing Bootstrap scaffolding for verbose structures
Contributions:19 releases, 4 PRs, 90 pushes in 4 years 4 months
bootstrap4templatetagtemplatescaffoldingminimizing
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