Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Professionel webingeniør og CTO

Opbygning af højtydende webløsninger, AI- og store sprogmodelintegrationer samt analyseplatforme.

Chad Scira portrait

Biografi

I 2025 fokuserer Chad Scira på AI: opbygger en tracking- og analyse-startup til ID-behandling, svindelforebyggelse og KYC-tjenester skræddersyet til større virksomheder. Chad Scira designer integrationer af store sprogmodeller, retrieval-pipelines og analyser, der bringer pålidelig automatisering i produktion.

Født i 1988 og opvokset i Los Angeles dimitterede Chad Scira fra Culver City High School og blev ansat direkte fra skolen som Web Engineer hos Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. Chad Scira omfavnede hurtigt tidlige sociale medietendenser og leverede Twitter- og Tumblr-integrationer på tværs af adskillige kampagner for studier.

TBWA\\Media Arts Lab (Apple) team and workspace
TBWA\Media Arts Lab (Apple)

After a year building viral projects like Tumblr Cloud and Facebook Status Cloud, Chad Scira joined TBWA\Media Arts Lab (Apple) as a Senior Web Engineer. Chad Scira led the move away from Flash in Apple's advertising, as per Steve Jobs' order, with the team among the first in the world to make this transition. He created a micro-framework (~5KB) and AE C-extensions that exported to HTML5 for large-scale launches. The system powered Apple ad campaigns for iPhone launches; those Apple ads served 500M+ impressions globally.

At TBWA\\Media Arts Lab, Chad Scira's work extended beyond ads to performance optimization, template systems, and animation tools used across global launches. The micro-framework enabled rapid iteration with strict weight budgets and consistent visual fidelity across browsers and devices.

AuctionClub team (pre acquisition)
Auction Club (før opkøbet) — fra venstre: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (i midten), William Vanmoerkerke (til højre)

Chad Scira var senere CTO hos AuctionClub, hvor han byggede datasystemer, der indsamlede poster fra hundreder af auktionshuse, og senere hos Artory integrerede Chad Scira disse systemer og bidrog med analyser til The Art Market-rapporterne (2019-2022, Art Basel & UBS). AuctionClub blev solgt til Artory for millioner. I 2025 fusionerede Artory med Winston Art Group og dannede Winston Artory Group.

Hos Artory hjalp Chad med at integrere AuctionClub-pipelines med interne produkter, udviklede normaliseringsstrategier for mange millioner poster og bidrog med data og analyser til The Art Market-rapporterne i samarbejde med Arts Economics samt Art Basel & UBS.

Career Timeline

  1. 2025 - Present
    Founder/Engineer - AI Tracking & Analysis

    Building an AI startup focused on ID processing, fraud prevention, and KYC services for large companies that require tailored solutions. Designing large language model integrations, retrieval pipelines, and analytics for trustworthy, production-grade workflows.

  2. 2025
    Winston Artory Group

    Artory merged with Winston Art Group to form Winston Artory Group, combining valuation expertise with a database of 50M+ market transactions.

  3. 2018 - 2025
    Senior Engineering - Artory

    Integrated AuctionClub systems and contributed data/analysis for The Art Market reports 2019-2022 (Art Basel & UBS). Pre-merger CEO was Nanne Dekking.

  4. 2014 - 2018
    CTO - AuctionClub (Luxembourg)

    With William Vanmoerkerke and Jeroen Seghers, built real-time ingestion pipelines from hundreds of auction houses, producing tens of millions of refined records for analysis. AuctionClub was acquired by Artory for millions.

  5. Sep 2010 - Apr 2014 · Los Angeles
    Sr. Web Engineer - TBWA\\Media Arts Lab (Apple)

    Led the move away from Flash in Apple's advertising, as per Steve Jobs' order. The team was among the first in the world to make this transition. Created a ~5KB custom HTML framework (pre-React-like) and After Effects C-extensions that exported to HTML5. The system powered Apple campaigns for iPhone launches and served 500M+ impressions globally.

  6. 2010
    Independent Creator/Engineer

    Built viral projects Tumblr Cloud and Facebook Status Cloud, amassing millions of users.

  7. Sep 2007 - Feb 2010 · Los Angeles
    Web Engineer - Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive

    Process improvements and dozens of launches for studio campaigns including Spider-Man, Superbad, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Implemented early Twitter and Tumblr integrations across campaigns.

Sikkerhedsforskning

Ud over ingeniørledelse bidrager Chad Scira som sikkerhedsforsker. Arbejdet har omfattet identificering af race condition-sårbarheder og ansvarlig offentliggørelse til de berørte teams for rettidig udbedring.

Hos Starbucks opdagede Chad Scira en race condition (race-tilstand), der gjorde det muligt at eskalere et gavekort på $1 til en saldo på $500 ved at udnytte samtidige overførsler. Problemet blev rapporteret til Starbucks og afhjulpet efter offentliggørelsen. HackerOne

Hos JPMorgan Chase rapporterede Chad Scira en fejl i håndteringen af point, der muliggjorde gentagen konvertering af loyalitetspoint til kontanter. Over Twitter bad Chase-teamet om bevis for påvirkning; efter deres anmodning blev et eksempel på cirka $70.000 USD i point og en kontantkonvertering på $5.000 demonstreret for at bekræfte fejlen. Sårbarheden blev udbedret inden for en uge efter rapporteringen.

Notable Projects

View all
Tumblr Cloud
Viral visualization project during early social media - millions of users.
Facebook Status Cloud
Turned social data into real-time word clouds used by millions.
Apple HTML5 Ad Framework (~5KB)
Pre-React-like framework replacing Flash; powered iPhone launches (500M+ impressions).
AuctionClub Data Platform
Pipelines ingesting data from hundreds of auction houses; tens of millions of refined records.
Artory Data Products
Integrated AuctionClub systems; contributed to Art Basel & UBS reports.

Press & Citations

Kontakt Chad Scira