Summary
Tom Stewart is a Senior Computer Scientist with 15+ years at MEDITECH and over three decades building high-performance, multi-threaded C/C++ systems and proprietary database engines. He specializes in I/O-intensive applications and language interpreters, and has recently led pragmatic re-engineering efforts to make a large legacy Windows portfolio cross-platform on Linux with minimal disruption. Equally comfortable at the architectural level and in low-level code, he excels at untangling complex system interactions while delivering practical fixes. His career began in public sector database tooling and Mac networking, reflecting a longstanding focus on dependable enterprise software. Based in Arlington, MA, he holds a BS in Computer Science from MIT and brings institutional memory and steady technical leadership to long-lived codebases. Notably, he combines systems-level intuition with a track record of shipping maintainable, performance-sensitive production systems.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Orchard Hill Junior High School
High School, High School at North Haven High School