Taras Novak
Founder Principal Engineer at Random Fractals, Inc.
Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolTaras Novak is a founder and principal engineer with over two decades of experience designing high-performance, data-driven web and visualization applications for startups and enterprises. He is polyglot across front-end (TypeScript, Vue/Angular, d3, WebGL/SVG) and back-end stacks (C#/ASP.NET, Java/Spring, Python, Node.js) and has delivered patented and FDA-adjacent products—from 24 hr ECG visualizations to geo-spatial drone-strike maps and synchronized GPS video players. Taras blends hands-on engineering with solution architecture and UX design, often leading distributed Agile teams to ship complex single-page apps, 3D modeling, and BI dashboards. He founded Random Fractals to productize niche visualization and analytics solutions and previously drove real-time trading dashboards and RIA platforms at major financial and marketing firms. Notably, his work spans both creative consumer projects (Barbie Dreams career maps) and mission-critical analytics (Holter device visualizations), reflecting a rare mix of technical rigor and playful curiosity. Based in Lake Zurich, IL, he brings entrepreneurial leadership plus deep expertise in geo-data, big data modeling, and responsive web performance tuning.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Mathematics, Applied Mathematics at Chernivtsi University, UkraineBachelor of Science Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago
English, Russian, Ukrainian
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Github Skills (200)
gist10
apache-arrow10
tabular10
vscode-plugin10
spreadsheet10
data-analytics10
sqltools10
html10
json10
oracle-database10
oracle-db10
whiteboard10
visualization10
viewer10
grid-system10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
RandomFractals/ChicagoCrimes
Jun 2017 - Jun 2019
Exploring public Chicago crimes data set in Python
Contributions:280 commits, 246 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
pythonchicago-crimecrime-data
RandomFractals/pro-data-tools
Jun 2023 - Sep 2024
Pro Data Tools 🛠️ for VS Code IDE 🧙♂️: DuckDB Pro Tools, PRQL Code Lens, new Markdown SQL Pro Tools, upcoming Data Notebooks 📚 Pro Tools docs and demos, etc.
Contributions:1 release, 81 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year 2 months
duckdbidemarkdownprqlsql
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