Vikas Mishra
Chief Technology Officer at Pixis
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolVikas Mishra is a technology leader and Ph.D. researcher currently serving as CTO at Pixis, bringing 12 years of experience building scalable AI-driven marketing and privacy-preserving systems. He blends academic rigor from Inria and research roles at Max Planck with hands-on product delivery—driving major performance wins at Pixis such as reducing sync times from hours to minutes and launching generative-AI modules for gaming and mobile. His background in web security, browser fingerprinting and real-time database anonymization (Aircloak) informs a practical approach to privacy-by-design across analytics platforms. A prolific open-source contributor and former Mozilla core contributor, he has improved UI/UX in prominent projects like GeoNode and Treeherder and earned a Distinguished Artefact Award for his fingerprinting research. Based in Bengaluru, he uniquely bridges deep research, frontend polish and production engineering to turn complex privacy and AI ideas into deployable products.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Lille 1 Sciences and TechnologyThe Modern SchoolMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Economics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Economics at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
python10
django10
css10
templater10
template-engine10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
html10
react10
integrate9
integrations9
social-media9
gis7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/treeherder
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
A system for managing CI data for Mozilla projects
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Vikas primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the project, focusing on improving the user interface and user experience within the perfherder application. They implemented features such as highlighting revisions, adding an overview plot with zoom functionality, and enabling manual entry for revision highlighting. Furthermore, the user addressed various bugs related to the UI, including the correct handling of tooltips and series visibility, ensuring better usability and data presentation. These changes involved modifying JavaScript, CSS, and HTML files to enhance the application's visual features.
reactpythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangodocker
GeoNode/geonode
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Vikas primarily contributed to the front-end and UI elements of the GeoNode project. They implemented a Twitter sharing button and integrated it into the layer, map, and document detail pages. They also created a reusable template for social sharing links. Additionally, the user addressed a bug related to avatar uploads and improved the error handling in the document upload functionality. They also fixed a download link in the document list.
pythondjangosharingfacilitatesgis
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