Sydney Cohen
About Sydney Cohen
Sydney Cohen is the Co-Founder and CTO of Axolo, where he has contributed significantly to enhancing team communication and productivity through innovative features. He has a diverse educational background in business and technology, along with extensive experience in organizing hackathons and fostering developer engagement.
Work at Axolo
Sydney Cohen serves as the Co-Founder and CTO at Axolo, a position he has held since 2021. He has played a significant role in developing Axolo's unique feature that integrates Slack channels for each pull request, which aims to enhance team communication and productivity. Cohen has contributed to the vision of Axolo by focusing on reducing stale pull requests and minimizing distractions for developers. He has also been instrumental in fostering a more engaging coding environment through innovative code review processes. Additionally, he proactively engages with users to address issues and implement feature requests efficiently.
Education and Expertise
Sydney Cohen has a diverse educational background. He studied at Le Wagon, where he achieved a FullStack Developer certification in web development in 2016. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Global Financial Management from Regents Business School in London, studying from 2007 to 2011. Cohen also holds an Engineer’s Degree from 42, obtained through the 42Born2code program from 2016 to 2018. He furthered his education in Entrepreneurship at Y Combinator, completing the Startup School S2019 in 2019. Additionally, he studied Digital Business at IE Business School, where he earned a Master in International Management in 2013.
Background
Sydney Cohen has extensive experience in the tech and startup sectors. He co-founded Dyna Model, where he worked from 2015 to 2017, and ELEARNHERO, which he co-founded and later sold in 2015. He has also held various roles at 42 Entrepreneurs, including co-organizing multiple hackathons from 2020 to 2023. Prior to his current role at Axolo, he worked as a Growth Security Engineer at Sqreen in 2018 and was a member of the PA2 Cohort at Entrepreneur First in 2019. Cohen's involvement in the tech community includes hosting events featuring industry leaders and organizing meetups for engineering leaders.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Sydney Cohen has developed several tools and initiatives aimed at improving developer experiences. He created a Developer Experience Survey Template to enhance engineering processes and a Code Review Emoji Guide to facilitate better feedback during code reviews. Cohen has also hosted events featuring notable industry figures, such as Andy Fang, CTO of DoorDash, and Chris Slowe, CTO of Reddit. His efforts in organizing hackathons and meetups reflect his commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation within the tech community.