Ilya Kaminsky

Ilya Kaminsky is the Director of Engineering, Ads at Automattic. Ilya has over seven years of experience in the software industry and has held various positions at Gimbal, a mobile engagement platform company, where they most recently served as the Director of Research and Development.

Kaminsky has a wealth of experience in software development and has been instrumental in developing several products and features that have had a positive impact on Gimbal's customers. Ilya is skilled in architecting, designing, and implementing software solutions, and is also experienced in leading and managing teams of developers.

Kaminsky is passionate about consumer privacy and has spearheaded the development of a product that allows users to opt-out of location-based advertising. Ilya is also an advocate for using best practices in software development, such as TypeScript and React, and is committed to continuously improving the quality of the software products they work on.

Ilya Kaminsky has an MBA in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge and a B.S. in Business Administration from DeVry University.