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Alexander Huras

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Co-founder, CTO @ Halcyon
Nevada City, California, United States

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  • Halcyon
    Chief Technology Officer
    Halcyon
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)
  • Halcyon
    Co-Founder
    Halcyon
    Jul 2023 - Current (3 years 2 months)
  • Twitter
    Software Engineer
    Twitter
    Aug 2014 - Feb 2023 (8 years 7 months)
    ads, ml, data, systems
  • Facebook
    Product Analyst Intern
    Facebook
    May 2013 - Aug 2013 (4 months)
    Analytics: Push Notifications. - I learned way too much about how push notifications work (and when they don't).
  • Magnetic
    Data Engineer
    Magnetic
    Sep 2012 - Dec 2012 (4 months)
    At Magnetic I built several data processing pipelines in Hadoop, leveraging tools such as Apache Pig, and various flavours of Python. My main responsibility involved the ground-up construction of a campaign performance reporting pipeline (tackling fun problems such as conversion attribution). That said, I was also active in data engineering for Magnetic's optimization engine, and writing analytics tooling surrounding advertiser data analysis.
  • Skygrid
    Systems Engineering Intern
    Skygrid
    Jan 2012 - Apr 2012 (4 months)
    Part of a small team, I contributed to the iOS codebase of Touchtv–a social video application. Additionally I was involved in projects that relied heavily on application-level javascript, and also pitched in on UX design.
  • TriAct Canada Marketplace LP
    Trading System Analyst (Intern)
    TriAct Canada Marketplace LP
    May 2011 - Aug 2011 (4 months)
    Enjoying the dual role of Compliance/Trading Sys Analyst, I overhauled the existing automated trade compliance system (ITG Canada), as well as performed maintenance and administrative functions with SQL for Triact.
  • ITG
    Compliance Analyst (Intern)
    ITG
    Sep 2010 - Dec 2010 (4 months)
    Leveraging SQL, VBA and excel, I ran trading compliance tests on ITG's market transactions, as well as conducted forensic investigations into past activity.
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    Pseudo-Plumber (Technician)
    Polar Bear Water Source Heat Pumps Mfg Inc
    Jan 2010 - Apr 2010 (4 months)
    I was involved in the complete product cycle for water-source heat exchangers. During this process I developed practical problem solving skills, and an uncanny affinity for fire.
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  • University of Waterloo
    Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc, Systems Design Engineering
    University of Waterloo
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2014 (5 years 1 month)
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