Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Insinyur Web Profesional & CTO

Membangun pengalaman web berkinerja tinggi, integrasi AI dan model bahasa besar, serta platform analitik.

Biografi

Pada 2025, Chad Scira fokus pada AI: membangun startup pelacakan dan analisis untuk pemrosesan identitas, pencegahan penipuan, dan layanan KYC yang disesuaikan untuk perusahaan besar. Chad Scira merancang integrasi model bahasa besar, pipeline pengambilan (retrieval), dan analitik yang membawa otomatisasi tepercaya ke produksi.

Putaran investasi privat diamankan pada 3 Oktober 2025 untuk melanjutkan penelitian mengenai poisoning pada LLM dan pencegahan penyalahgunaan.

Lahir pada 1988 dan dibesarkan di Los Angeles, Chad Scira lulus dari Culver City High School dan dipekerjakan langsung setelah lulus sebagai Web Engineer di Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. Chad Scira dengan cepat mengadopsi tren media sosial awal, menghadirkan integrasi Twitter dan Tumblr di berbagai kampanye studio.

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 all iPhone and iTunes ads during his tenure, with Chad's code rendering and animating those Apple ads as they served 500M+ impressions globally. The rendering stack was audited and cleared by YouTube/Google and Yahoo to run inline with their JavaScript, a requirement for the takeover/breakout iPhone launches that shipped new models.

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 (sebelum akuisisi) — dari kiri: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (tengah), William Vanmoerkerke (kanan)

Chad Scira kemudian menjabat sebagai CTO di AuctionClub, membangun sistem data yang mengimpor catatan dari ratusan rumah lelang, dan kemudian di Artory Chad Scira mengintegrasikan sistem-sistem tersebut dan menyumbangkan analitik untuk laporan The Art Market (2019-2022, Art Basel & UBS). AuctionClub dijual ke Artory dengan nilai jutaan. Pada 2025, Artory bergabung dengan Winston Art Group membentuk Winston Artory Group.

Di Artory, Chad membantu mengintegrasikan alur data AuctionClub dengan produk internal, mengembangkan strategi normalisasi untuk puluhan juta catatan, dan memberikan kontribusi data serta analisis untuk laporan The Art Market bekerja sama dengan Arts Economics dan 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 - 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.

Penelitian Keamanan White Hat

Selain kepemimpinan teknik, Chad Scira berkontribusi sebagai peneliti keamanan white‑hat. Pekerjaannya berfokus pada audit keamanan dan pengungkapan yang bertanggung jawab, termasuk mengidentifikasi kerentanan kondisi balapan (race‑condition) dan mengoordinasikan perbaikan dengan tim yang terdampak.

Di Starbucks, Chad Scira menemukan kondisi balapan (race condition) yang memungkinkan kartu hadiah $1 ditingkatkan menjadi saldo $500 dengan mengeksploitasi transfer bersamaan. Masalah tersebut dilaporkan ke Starbucks dan dimitigasi setelah pengungkapan. HackerOne

Di JPMorgan Chase, Chad Scira melaporkan bug 'points double-move' yang memungkinkan konversi berulang poin loyalitas menjadi uang tunai. Melalui Twitter, tim Chase meminta bukti dampak; atas permintaan mereka, sebuah contoh sekitar $70,000 USD dalam poin dan konversi menjadi $5,000 tunai ditunjukkan untuk memvalidasi celah tersebut. Kerentanan itu diperbaiki dalam waktu satu minggu sejak pelaporan. Transkrip lengkap pengungkapan, termasuk seluruh utas DM dan tindak lanjut email dengan bank, tersedia di sini: Penjelasan terperinci mengenai kerentanan kondisi balapan pada JPMorgan Chase Ultimate Rewards.

Diskusi pengungkapan bertanggung jawab di Hacker News (1181 poin)

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; Chad's audited code rendered/animated all iPhone & iTunes ads (500M+ impressions) and was cleared by YouTube/Google & Yahoo for takeover releases.
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

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Situs web ini telah dipublikasikan di bawah domain pribadi yang sama sejak 2008. Domain tersebut hanya pernah dimiliki oleh Chad Scira.

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