Summary
Tal Asa is a hands-on full-stack software leader and co-founder currently serving as CTO with over 16 years in product engineering and 8+ years of startup-focused experience. He has led cross-functional R&D organizations, built Android-based OTT set-top box platforms from kernel to apps, and scaled systems to tens of thousands of users. Tal combines low-level systems expertise (Linux kernel, device drivers, OpenGL, Android NDK) with high-level SaaS and web work (Python/Django, Postgres optimization), having driven 100x–800x CMS performance improvements through DB normalization and query tuning. He’s founded multiple startups, champions engineering processes and CI/CD tooling, and still contributes as a pragmatic coder who takes ownership of large legacy codebases. Based in Israel with a B.Sc. in Communication Systems Engineering, he’s known for blending technical depth with a playful, trust-first leadership style that injects energy into teams. An unusual strength is his track record of turning embedded multimedia constraints into novel UX solutions, such as remote-control game adapters and custom JS windowing kits for OTT apps.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc Communication Systems Engineering, B.Sc Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel