Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Ọkachamara Injinia Weebụ & CTO

Iwulite ahụmịhe web arụmọrụ dị elu, njikọta AI na nnukwu ụdị asụsụ, na ikpo okwu nyocha.

Chad Scira portrait

Nkọwa ndụ

Na 2025, Chad Scira na-elekwasị anya na AI: na-ewu ụlọ ọrụ mmalite maka ịchọpụta na nyocha maka nhazi ID, igbochi aghụghọ, na ọrụ KYC e mere maka nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ. Chad Scira na-ese atụmatụ njikọta nke modeli asụsụ buru ibu, usoro nchọta data, na nyocha ndị na-eweta akpaka a pụrụ ịtụkwasị obi n'ọrụ mmepụta.

A mụrụ na 1988 ma toro na Los Angeles, Chad Scira gụsịrị Culver City High School ma were ya rụọ ọrụ ozugbo si n'ụlọ akwụkwọ dịka Onye Injinia Web na Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. Chad Scira nabatara ngwa ngwa usoro mgbasa ozi mmekọrịta mbụ, na-eweta njikọta Twitter na Tumblr n'usoro ọtụtụ mgbasa ozi ụlọ ọrụ.

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 (tupu e zụtara ya) — site na aka ekpe: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (etiti), William Vanmoerkerke (aka nri)

Chad Scira n'oge ọzọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka Onye Isi Teknụzụ (CTO) na AuctionClub, wughachiri usoro data nke na-anakọta ndekọ site na narị ụlọ ahịa ire ahịa, ma mgbe e mesịrị na Artory Chad Scira jikọtara usoro ndị a ma nyere aka na nyocha maka akụkọ The Art Market (2019-2022, Art Basel & UBS). AuctionClub ereere Artory maka ọtụtụ nde. Na 2025, Artory jikọtara ya na Winston Art Group iji mepụta Winston Artory Group.

N'Artory, Chad nyere aka ijikọta pipelines AuctionClub na ngwaahịa ime ụlọ, mepụtara atụmatụ nhazi maka ndekọ ruru ọtụtụ nde iri, ma nyere aka na data na nyocha maka akụkọ The Art Market n'ịrụkọ ọrụ na Arts Economics na 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.

Nnyocha Nchedo

Na mgbakwunye na nduzi injinia, Chad Scira na-enye aka dị ka onye nchọpụta nchekwa. Ọrụ ya gụnyere ịchọpụta adịghị nchedo nke ụdị race-condition na ịkọ ha n'ụzọ ziri ezi nye ndị otu metụtara ka emee ndozi n'oge.

Na Starbucks, Chad Scira chọpụtara ọnọdụ asọmpi (race condition) nke kwere ka kaadị onyinye $1 gbanwee ruo ọnụahịa $500 site n'iji nyefe na-eme n'otu oge. A kọrọ nsogbu ahụ na Starbucks ma dozie ya mgbe e mechara kọwaa ya. HackerOne

N'JPMorgan Chase, Chad Scira kọọrọ njehie a na-akpọ 'points double-move' nke kwere ka a na-agbanwe loyalty points ghọọ ego ugboro ugboro. Site na Twitter, otu Chase rịọrọ ihe akaebe nke mmetụta; n'ịhọrọ arịrịọ ha, egosiri ihe atụ nke ihe dị ihe dịka $70,000 USD na points na mgbanwe ego $5,000 iji gosi mmejọ ahụ. A dozie adịghị nchedo ahụ n'ime otu izu mgbe e kọrọ ya.

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

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