Polaroid picture of Yuriy Kuzma and Anna Flannery
Yuriy Kuzma
Software Developer
Westcliffe, CO
yuriy@spacelite.com

Interests

Fun Stuff
  • Van Life - Instagram
  • Being Outdoors
  • Watching YouTube
  • Clean Energy
Boring Stuff
  • Reading the News
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • International & American Politics
  • Cryptocurrency

Specializations

Cloud Platforms
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
Software Development
  • Python
  • HTML5 / CSS / JS
  • Go
  • Dart + Flutter
  • Bash
Embedded Systems
  • Raspberry Pi
  • NVIDIA Jetson Nano

Languages

English, Ukrainian

Work Experience

Spacelite Inc | President
Jan 2017 - Present
  • Pioneering innovative control solutions in the audio-visual and automation industry through products like the TapTech Controller and The Hub Monitoring Website
  • Spearheaded the design and development of the TapTech Controller, an industry-first automation platform offering scalability through USB technology and supporting programming in Python and JavaScript for seamless integration
  • Introduced The Hub, a real-time, cloud-based monitoring system enabling proactive maintenance for organizations, reducing downtime and improving efficiency
  • Collaborated extensively with a market leader (~$50b in annual revenue) to develop innovative hardware products, technical processes, and software
  • Collaborated extensively with RoomReady to develop innovate hardware products, technical processes, and software to enable intelligent meeting rooms, primarily in corporate spaces. Responsibilities include:
    • designing cloud architecture and deployment
    • developing and maintaining back end source code
    • creating and maintaining unit tests and documentation; general security tasks, including formal post mortems; and Alexa development and integration
    • designing cloud architecture to achieve highly available, consistent, fault-resistant, scalable, and disaster-recoverable systems
ZDI Inc | Independent Contractor
May 2015 - Jan 2017
  • Created automated collaboration software for remote classrooms using Skype for Business APIs
  • Developed conference room availability displays integrated with Microsoft Exchange Server
University of Illinois | IT Technical Associate
Nov 2013 - Jul 2016
  • Co-led the creation of a $200 open-source classroom AV control system, adopted by multiple universities as a cost-effective alternative to $11K proprietary systems
  • Developed Universal System Manager (USM), an open-source server system managing 250 AV rooms, saving $25K annually
  • Enhanced network security by isolating AV controllers and transitioning from a third-party security firm, saving $21K annually

Education

M.C.S. Computer Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aug 2016 - May 2018
  • Concentration in Data Science
  • Specialization in Cloud Computing
  • Completed the Strategic Technology Management Program
B.S. Systems Engineering & Design | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aug 2009 - Dec 2012
  • Minor in Computer Science
  • James Scholar
  • Dean's List