Leadership
The people who run Polymath are the people who built the practice, and they remain active in architecture reviews, hiring decisions, and the customer calls that matter. That's how the engineering standards hold.
The people accountable for the work
Leadership at Polymath is a working role, not an oversight layer. Technical direction, hiring decisions, and delivery standards all sit with the founders — and stay there as the team grows.
Visar Gashi
Founder & CEO
Nearly three decades in technology and consulting across startups and enterprise. Visar founded Polymath to bring enterprise-scale engineering discipline to growing companies — making the experience and rigor of large-firm delivery available to teams in the 10-to-500-person bracket.
His standard is simple: every engagement ends with a production system in the customer's account, owned and operated by their team. He reviews architectures, sits in on key customer calls, and holds the team accountable to the standards that earned Polymath its AWS Advanced Tier partnership.
Muharrem Shefkiu
Co-founder & COO
15+ years in cloud, telecom infrastructure, and enterprise systems. Previously Director of Engineering at Kosovo Telecom, responsible for mission-critical mobile and broadcast systems. At Polymath, Muharrem runs day-to-day engineering operations from our Kosovo hub — hiring, training, and delivery oversight across migrations, DevOps, and managed services.
Certified across AWS, Red Hat, Nokia, and Ericsson. He's the reason our engineering culture is built around automation, discipline, and continuous certification — the things that keep quality consistent as the team grows.
The people who keep us honest
Our advisors bring finance, regulatory experience, exits, and scaling experience from services firms. They push our thinking on where to invest and when to slow down.
Steve Joachim
CEO, SHGB LLC
40+ years at the intersection of technology, finance, and regulation — with board and C-suite roles at GLEIF, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Merrill Lynch, and FINRA. Steve's perspective comes from scaling technology organizations inside regulated environments.
Rob Daly
Founder & CEO, Catalyst Technology
25+ years building engineering services firms from scratch. Founded and grew three — including Stelligent (acquired by HOSTING.com) and Number Six Software (exited for $32M). Rob's been where we're going, and he tells us plainly when we're about to step on a rake.
Want to work with us?
We're always looking for engineers who care about the craft — and for companies looking for an engineering partner that grows with them across multiple engagements.