Taras Kushnir

Taras Kushnir is an experienced software engineer with a strong technical background, currently serving as the Technical Lead for the Video Team at Clarifai since May 2022. Previously, Taras founded xpiksapp.com, transforming a personal open-source project into a widely used product, attracting around 1,000 daily users and over 10,000 monthly website visitors. Taras has held various roles at prominent companies, including software engineering positions at Starship Technologies, Microsoft, Sybenetix, and ELEKS Software, contributing to projects focused on autonomous driving, cloud storage, and trading systems. Taras holds a Master's degree in Programming from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and has a diverse skill set across multiple programming languages and technologies.