Jon Vlachogiannis
Founder at Awesome Group
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Vlachogiannis is a serial founder, engineer and early-stage investor with 17 years of experience building and scaling distributed real-time systems and startups. He founded BugSense (acquired by Splunk) and later led Mobile and Cloud Data Collection at Splunk for clients like Apple and Microsoft, and now runs Awesome Group, which backs 80+ startups including Anthropic and TradingView. Jon combines hands-on engineering (from algorithmic trading and Jira integrations to NFT marketplaces and smart contracts) with product-level execution—shipping platforms with hundreds of millions of users and patents in real-time systems. He has run high-stakes, real-world AI and operational systems (EVA) used for pandemic response and large-scale resource management, and teaches entrepreneurship at top institutions. Also a film producer and a former wealth-tech founder, he uniquely blends deep technical chops, investing instincts, and creative ventures.
17 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Technological Education Institute of Piraeus
Greek, English
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Github Skills (24)
apim10
jira10
python10
scikit10
pandas10
machine-learning10
api10
scikit-learn10
data-analysis10
rest-api8
json8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
highcharts7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jonromero/forex_algotrading
Nov 2015 - Nov 2020
My Forex algotrading platform in Python - based on my posts at http://jon.io
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Data Scientist
Back-end Developer & Data ScientistContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Jon contributed significantly to the development of an algorithmic trading platform. Their work involved integrating with the OANDA API for price data and order execution, demonstrated in the initial commit with OANDA API integration. Furthermore, the user implemented data analysis and machine learning components by creating scripts for processing and grouping financial data, and also for finding support/resistance levels. This shows a focus on both the backend infrastructure for trading and the application of data science techniques to enhance trading strategies.
algotradingpython
pycontribs/jira
Sep 2013 - Oct 2013
Python Jira library. Development chat available on https://matrix.to/#/#pycontribs:matrix.org
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 10 days
Contributions summary:Jon primarily focused on modifying the `jira/client.py` file, likely to address compatibility issues with the Jira API. Their commits involved handling changes to API endpoints related to sprints and addressing compatibility issues with older API versions. The work involved refactoring code to accommodate different API behaviors. These changes improved the functionality of the Python Jira library.
jirapythonpython3-only
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