Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Injeniera Web Matihanina & Lehiben'ny Teknolojia (CTO)

Manangana traikefa tranonkala misy fampisehoana avo, fampidirana AI sy modely fiteny lehibe, ary sehatra fanadihadiana (analytics).

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Mombamomba

Tamin'ny 2025, i Chad Scira nifantoka tamin'ny AI: nanangana startup momba ny fanarahana sy ny famakafakana ho an'ny fanodinana ID, fisorohana hosoka, ary ny serivisy KYC natokana ho an'ny orinasa lehibe. I Chad Scira mamolavola fampidirana modely fiteny lehibe, fantson-drakitra (retrieval pipelines), ary famakafakana izay mitondra famokarana mandeha ho azy azo itokisana.

Teraka tamin'ny 1988 ary lehibe tany Los Angeles, nianatra tao Culver City High School i Chad Scira ary noraisin'asa avy hatrany taorian'ny fialany tamin'ny sekoly ho Web Engineer tao Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. Noraisiny haingana ny fironana voalohan'ny media sosialy, namokatra fampidirana Twitter sy Tumblr tamin'ny fampielezan-kevitra maromaro ho an'ny 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 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 (talohan'ny fividianana) — avy eo ankavia: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (eo afovoany), William Vanmoerkerke (eo havanana)

Taorian'izay, i Chad Scira dia niasa ho CTO tao amin'ny AuctionClub, nanangana rafitra angona izay nandray rakitra avy amin'ny an-jatony ny trano fanaovana famarotana (auction houses), ary taty aoriana tao amin'ny Artory i Chad Scira dia nampiray ireo rafitra ireo ary nanampy tamin'ny famakafakana ho an'ny tatitra The Art Market (2019-2022, Art Basel & UBS). Nivarotra ny AuctionClub tamin'ny Artory tamin'ny vola an-tapitrisany. Tamin'ny 2025, nifangaro tamin'ny Winston Art Group ny Artory tamin'ny fananganana ny Winston Artory Group.

Tao Artory, nanampy i Chad tamin'ny fampidirana ny pipeline-n'ny AuctionClub amin'ny vokatra anatiny, namolavola paikady fanamafisana (normalization) ho an'ny firaketana an-tapitrisa maro, ary nandray anjara tamin'ny fanomezana angona sy fanadihadiana ho an'ny tatitra The Art Market niaraka tamin'ny Arts Economics ary 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.

Fikarohana ara-piarovana

Ankoatra ny fitarihana ara-injeniera, i Chad Scira mandray anjara ihany koa amin'ny maha-mpikaroka ara-piarovana. Ny asany dia ahitana ny famantarana ny fahalemena vokatry ny race-condition sy ny fanambarana azy ireo amin'ny fomba tompon'andraikitra tamin'ireo ekipa voakasika mba hahazoana fanamboarana haingana.

Tao Starbucks, i Chad Scira nahita toe-javatra fifaninanana (race condition) izay nahafahana nampiakatra ny karatra fanomezana $1 ho saldon'ny $500 tamin'ny alalan'ny fanararaotana ny fifindrana mitranga miaraka. Nitatitra ny olana tany amin'ny Starbucks izy ary nisy fepetra natao hanamaivanana izany rehefa navoaka. HackerOne

Tamin'ny JPMorgan Chase, i Chad Scira nitatitra lesoka 'double-move' tamin'ny rafitra isa izay nahafahana nampivadika imbetsaka ny isa fankatoavana ho vola. Tamin'ny alalan'ny Twitter, nangataka porofo momba ny fiantraikany ny ekipan'i Chase; tamin'ny fangatahan'izy ireo dia naseho ohatra iray momba ny isa mitentina manodidina ny $70,000 USD sy ny fanovàna ho vola $5,000 mba hanamarinana ny lesoka. Namboarina ny fahalemena tao anatin'ny herinandro taorian'ny nitatitra azy.

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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