Tom Vaughan
Co-Founder And CTO at Nalca Biotech
Chile
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Top SchoolTom Vaughan is a seasoned technology leader and serial founder with 13+ years building fault-tolerant, cloud-native systems and niche engineering products—from on-demand movie rental platforms and two-factor auth to radar simulation and space-based comms. As Co-Founder and CTO of Nalca Biotech and JSTV Solutions he blends hands-on architecture and team leadership to deliver highly available, test-driven services and white-label SaaS like Sumar.io. He has led backend and protocol work in Python, Clojure, C++, and C, shipping low-latency APIs used by millions and designing robust DevOps/deployment workflows (including contributions to Middleman deployment tooling). An MBA-trained engineer, he pairs technical depth with financial acumen, advising on capital budgeting and GAAP reporting. Based in Chile, he’s passionate about developer productivity, automation, and mentorship, and brings a long view shaped by work with NASA/JPL and large-scale commercial products. Quietly curious, he also maintains practical open-source involvement and a history of turning complex, hardware-adjacent requirements into elegant software solutions.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Statistics at California State University, ChicoMBA, Entrepreneurship, Finance, MBA, Entrepreneurship, Finance at Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (16)
git10
configuration-management10
rsync10
configurations10
deploying10
configuration-file10
middleman10
debugging6
compojure6
gdb6
clojure6
command-line-arguments6
python6
deepcopy6
django6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
karlfreeman/middleman-deploy
Aug 2012 - Jan 2014
Deploy a middleman built site over rsync, ftp, stfp, or git (e.g. gh-pages on github).
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:29 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily contributed to the deployment configuration of the `middleman-deploy` project. Their commits focused on adding, modifying, and refining deployment methods using tools such as rsync, with options for git deployment as well. The changes involve adding deployment options, clarifying deployment instructions, and adjusting default settings, demonstrating an understanding of deployment processes and configuration within the context of Middleman.
ftpmiddlemanrsync
carrete/.emacs.d
May 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:60 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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