About
Greg Sadetsky is a senior Python and JavaScript developer with substantial experience in full-stack development, rapid prototyping, and project management. He approaches projects creatively and thrives on innovation.
After co-founding a web mapping startup that was sold to Apple, with customers that included Google, Microsoft, and MSNBC, Greg applied computer vision to multiple sclerosis research while earning his Master of Science at a neuroscience institute.
Greg has worked as a freelance software developer at Hautelook, McGraw-Hill, Verizon, and others. He has also taught Python and Django to IT professionals from Salesforce and Cisco.
Greg has been awarded the United States Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award for his custom mapping work during Hurricane Harvey (read more about it here). His mapping software was used again during Hurricanes Florence and Michael.
Greg recently created Chops, a music making app. He also co-founded and served as the CTO at Decibel Ads.
After co-founding a web mapping startup that was sold to Apple, with customers that included Google, Microsoft, and MSNBC, Greg applied computer vision to multiple sclerosis research while earning his Master of Science at a neuroscience institute.
Greg has worked as a freelance software developer at Hautelook, McGraw-Hill, Verizon, and others. He has also taught Python and Django to IT professionals from Salesforce and Cisco.
Greg has been awarded the United States Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award for his custom mapping work during Hurricane Harvey (read more about it here). His mapping software was used again during Hurricanes Florence and Michael.
Greg recently created Chops, a music making app. He also co-founded and served as the CTO at Decibel Ads.
Past Customers
U.S. Berklee College of Music | 2021
Improvements to Open Source software used by Berklee staff and students
Government of Quebec | 2020 - 2021
Development of the official Government of Quebec COVID-19 web map, viewed 24 million times in the span of a year
Cartier | 2021
Video and mobile software development for kiosks located across multiple retail locations in the US
Trademas | 2020 - 2021
Custom real-time tool facilitating options trading
McGraw-Hill | 2015 - 2016
Widget Developer
Abri.Co | 2011 - 2016
Co-founder
Baltrakon | 2010 - 2020
E-commerce Website Development and Management
Camelot Metrics | 2015
Python Developer
Quad | 2014
Front-end Backbone Developer
iNaturalist.org | 2014
Front-end Developer
Hautelook | 2014
Front-end Developer
PokerGym | 2013 - 2014
Co-founder and Django/Backbone Developer
The New Circle | 2013 - 2015
Python Fundamentals and Pro Django Teacher
NEXT | 2013
Mapping/Web Development
Network Awesome | 2011 - 2014
Co-founder and Django/Javascript Developer
Poly9 | 2005-2008 (company was sold to Apple in 2009)
Co-founder and CEO, Clients including Google, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, MSNBC, Warner Brothers
Improvements to Open Source software used by Berklee staff and students
Government of Quebec | 2020 - 2021
Development of the official Government of Quebec COVID-19 web map, viewed 24 million times in the span of a year
Cartier | 2021
Video and mobile software development for kiosks located across multiple retail locations in the US
Trademas | 2020 - 2021
Custom real-time tool facilitating options trading
McGraw-Hill | 2015 - 2016
Widget Developer
Abri.Co | 2011 - 2016
Co-founder
Baltrakon | 2010 - 2020
E-commerce Website Development and Management
Camelot Metrics | 2015
Python Developer
Quad | 2014
Front-end Backbone Developer
iNaturalist.org | 2014
Front-end Developer
Hautelook | 2014
Front-end Developer
PokerGym | 2013 - 2014
Co-founder and Django/Backbone Developer
The New Circle | 2013 - 2015
Python Fundamentals and Pro Django Teacher
NEXT | 2013
Mapping/Web Development
Network Awesome | 2011 - 2014
Co-founder and Django/Javascript Developer
Poly9 | 2005-2008 (company was sold to Apple in 2009)
Co-founder and CEO, Clients including Google, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, MSNBC, Warner Brothers
Projects & Accomplishments
Greg was awarded a Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Coast Guard for his custom mapping work during Hurricane Harvey (click here to read more about this award). You can also read this article and the commemorative letter he received from the U.S. Coast Guard for his life-saving work here. Greg was also awarded the Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada for this work.
In 2016, Greg won a Prize from the NIH as part of a competition to build a pill identifying image recognition program. Read about it here.
He co-founded and CTO’d an online media/tv channel (Network Awesome — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Awesome).
In 2016, Greg won a Prize from the NIH as part of a competition to build a pill identifying image recognition program. Read about it here.
He co-founded and CTO’d an online media/tv channel (Network Awesome — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Awesome).
Testimonials
"The New Circle team was beyond impressed with Greg on an awesome delivery of Pro Django for Splice. All of his scores were 9's and 10's and the feedback was really awesome! Mark Hamill personally reached out and mentioned what a great job Greg did!"
- The New Circle
"Greg was fundamental in being able to integrate our various video analytic toolsets. He was great at engaging with the various teams involved and was able to easily juggle between the many tasks that we threw at him. It was a pleasure working with him."
- Verizon
- The New Circle
"Greg was fundamental in being able to integrate our various video analytic toolsets. He was great at engaging with the various teams involved and was able to easily juggle between the many tasks that we threw at him. It was a pleasure working with him."
- Verizon
Education
School for Poetic Computation - Spring 2019
University Laval - 2014
M.S. Biophotonics
University Laval - 2014
M.S. Biophotonics
Hobbies
I play the alto saxophone and run two online crowdsourced French dictionaries.