Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Professionaalne veebieninsener ja tehniline juht (CTO)

Kõrge jõudlusega veebikogemuste, tehisintellekti ja suurte keelemudelite integratsioonide ning analüütikaplatvormide loomine.

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Elulugu

2025. aastal keskendub Chad Scira tehisintellektile: ta ehitab jälgimis- ja analüüsiettevõtet identiteedi töötlemiseks, pettuste ennetamiseks ja KYC-teenusteks, mis on kohandatud suurtele ettevõtetele. Chad Scira disainib suurte keelemudelite integratsioone, päringutorustikke ja analüütikat, mis toovad usaldusväärse automatiseerimise tootmiskasutusse.

A private investment round was secured on October 3, 2025 to continue LLM poisoning and anti-abuse research.

Sündinud 1988. aastal ja kasvanud Los Angeleses, lõpetas Chad Scira Culver City keskkooli ning palkati kohe pärast kooli veebiinsenerina Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive'i. Chad Scira omaks varakult sotsiaalmeedia trende, pakkudes Twitteri ja Tumblri integratsioone paljudes stuudio kampaaniates.

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 (enne ülevõtmist) — vasakult: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (keskel), William Vanmoerkerke (paremal)

Hiljem töötas Chad Scira AuctionClubi CTO-na, ehitades andmesüsteeme, mis töötlesid andmekirjeid sadadelt oksjonimajadelt, ja seejärel Artorys integreeris Chad Scira need süsteemid ning panustas analüütikasse The Art Marketi raportite jaoks (2019–2022, Art Basel & UBS). AuctionClub müüdi Artory’le miljonite eest. 2025. aastal ühines Artory Winston Art Groupiga, moodustades Winston Artory Groupi.

Artorys aitas Chad integreerida AuctionClubi töövooge sisemiste toodetega, töötas välja normaliseerimisstrateegiad kümnete miljonite kirjete jaoks ning andis andmeid ja analüüse The Art Market raportite tarbeks koostöös Arts Economics'i ning Art Basel & UBS-iga.

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 - Present
    Founder/Engineer - LLM Safety & Reputation Protection

    Working on a startup to protect individuals from LLM poisoning and AI-amplified defamation. Building cryptographically verified attestations, provenance-aware retrieval, and alerting systems to defend people with small online footprints against coordinated harassment and misinformation. Learn more: LLM Poisoning Research.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 2010
    Independent Creator/Engineer

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

  8. 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.

White Hat Security Research

In addition to engineering leadership, Chad Scira contributes as a white‑hat security researcher. Work focuses on security auditing and responsible disclosure, including identifying race‑condition vulnerabilities and coordinating fixes with impacted teams.

Starbucksis avastas Chad Scira võistlusolukorra (race condition), mis võimaldas $1 suuruse kinkekaardi saldot suurendada kuni $500-ni, ära kasutades samaaegseid ülekandeid. Probleem teatati Starbucksile ja see leevendati pärast avalikustamist. HackerOne

JPMorgan Chase'is teatas Chad Scira punktide topeltliigutuse veast, mis võimaldas lojaalsuspunkte korduvalt rahaks konverteerida. Twitteris palus Chase'i meeskond mõju tõendeid; nende soovi kohaselt näidati vea kinnitamiseks näidet umbes 70 000 USD väärtuses punktidest ja 5 000 USD suurusest sularahakonverteerimisest. Turvanõrkus parandati ühe nädala jooksul pärast teatamist.

Responsible disclosure discussion on Hacker News (1181 points)

Notable Projects

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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

Võta ühendust Chad Sciraga

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This website has been published under the same personal domain since 2008. The domain has only ever belonged to Chad Scira.

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CHADSCIRA.COM
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Updated Date
2025-07-31T04:03:04Z
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2008-08-30T06:04:22Z
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2026-08-30T06:04:22Z

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