Iheanyi Ekechukwu

Senior Software Engineer at PlanetScale

Iheanyi Ekechukwu

Iheanyi Ekechukwu is a Houston-based Senior Software Engineer currently working at PlanetScale.1 2 4 He has over 10 years of experience in software engineering, having worked at companies like GitHub, DigitalOcean, IBM Watson, and more.1

Career Highlights

Senior Software Engineer at PlanetScale (November 2020 - Present)1 3
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub (August 2018 - November 2020)1 3 6
Software Engineer II and Software Engineer I at DigitalOcean (March 2016 - July 2018)1
Software Engineer at IBM Watson (February 2015 - February 2016)1

Education and Awards

Graduated from the University of Notre Dame1
Balfour-Hesburgh Scholar and Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame1
Second Place in the Schurz Innovation Challenge for his Android app Tubalr1
First Place at MakeWithMoto hackathon for his project OpenSight1

Other Roles and Interests

Scout at Kleiner Perkins (October 2020 - Present)1 3
Co-hosts the podcast "Two Black Nerds"2
Angel investor4

Iheanyi is known for his work on reliable, scalable software solutions.1 He has made significant contributions to PlanetScale's growth, helping take the company from first code push to general availability in under a year.5

Highlights

Today · twitter

Seen a guy at this beer garden wearing a hat like this and I knew he listened to that new Carti this morning

Mar 11 · twitter

If you don't believe me on how PlanetScale Metal is a gamechanger, then check out this blog post from Intercom on the amazing performance increase and cost savings they got after switching to Metal

Jan 26 · TechCrunch

Jam collaborative software launches Jam Genies to give small startups access to experts - TechCrunch

Sep 18 · Business Insider India

One of the world's most important programmers says he's taking time off so he can learn how to not be such a j - Business Insider India

Experience

Senior Software Engineer at PlanetScale (November 2020 - Present)

Scout at Kleiner Perkins (October 2020 - Present)

Education

Undergraduate Research Assistant at iCeNSA (January 2013 - December 2014), Teaching Assistant at University of Notre Dame (August 2011 - May 2012), Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Notre Dame Department of Electrical Engineering (June 2011 - August 2011)