William Wolf
Co-founder CEO at Gestalt
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Wolf is a Senior Simulation Engineer in New York with 14 years of experience turning ML research into production-ready systems across fintech, crypto, and AI-driven customer experience. He has led end-to-end projects at Gauntlet, ASAPP, and BlockScience, blending simulation, machine learning, and practical engineering to influence product and protocol design. Will is also a hands-on front-end contributor to the widely used Vega-Lite visualization grammar, improving cross-browser rendering and documentation responsiveness to make data exploration more accessible. He focuses on making data visual, playful, and human, building tools and visualizations that foreground empathy as much as accuracy. Trained in industrial engineering and mathematics with a self-directed "open source ML masters," he combines formal engineering rigor with self-taught ML depth. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic researcher-engineer who moves quickly from insight to robust implementation.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of WashingtonS19, S19 at Y Combinator
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
declarative-programming10
javascript10
visualization10
visualizations10
front-end-development10
declarative10
charts10
css9
html7
easing6
safari-extension6
php6
google-chrome6
iphone6
firefox-addon6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
vega/vega-lite
Jan 2016 - Mar 2022
A concise grammar of interactive graphics, built on Vega.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 65 commits, 80 PRs in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:William primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Vega-Lite project, focusing on improving the user interface and visual presentation. They fixed flexbox issues to ensure proper rendering in Safari and Chrome. The user also implemented features related to field definitions, including adding suffixes and implementing them within marks. Additionally, they made several improvements to the documentation's presentation and responsiveness, including adjustments for smaller screen sizes and the introduction of a sidebar for better navigation.
chartsinteractive-graphicsvisual-analysisplotgrammar
willium/.dotfiles
Jan 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:79 commits, 56 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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