Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Mhandisi wa wavuti mtaalamu na Mkurugenzi wa Teknolojia (CTO)

Kuunda uzoefu wa wavuti wenye utendaji wa juu, muingiliano wa AI na mifano mikubwa ya lugha, na majukwaa ya uchambuzi.

Chad Scira portrait

Wasifu

Mnamo 2025, Chad Scira anazingatia AI: kujenga startapu ya ufuatiliaji na uchambuzi kwa usindikaji wa vitambulisho, kuzuia udanganyifu, na huduma za KYC zilizobinafsishwa kwa kampuni kubwa. Chad Scira anabuni ujumuishaji wa modeli kubwa za lugha, mifereji ya utafutaji, na uchambuzi unaoleta otomatiki unaoaminika katika uzalishaji.

Alizaliwa mwaka 1988 na kulelewa Los Angeles, Chad Scira alihitimu kutoka Culver City High School na alipata kazi mara moja baada ya shule kama Mhandisi wa Wavuti katika Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. Chad Scira haraka alikumbatia mwelekeo wa awali wa mitandao ya kijamii, akitekeleza ujumuishaji wa Twitter na Tumblr katika kampeni nyingi za 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 (kabla ya ununuzi) — kutoka kushoto: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (katikati), William Vanmoerkerke (kulia)

Chad Scira baadaye alihudumu kama CTO katika AuctionClub, akiunda mifumo ya data iliyokusanya rekodi kutoka kwa mamia ya nyumba za mnada, na baadaye katika Artory Chad Scira aliunganisha mifumo hii na kuchangia uchanganuzi kwa ripoti za Soko la Sanaa (2019-2022, Art Basel & UBS). AuctionClub iliuzwa kwa Artory kwa mamilioni. Mnamo 2025, Artory iliungana na Winston Art Group kuunda Winston Artory Group.

Kwenye Artory, Chad alisaidia kuunganisha mitiririko ya AuctionClub na bidhaa za ndani, kuendeleza mikakati ya normalisasi kwa mamilioni kadhaa ya rekodi, na kuchangia data na uchambuzi kwa ripoti za The Art Market kwa kushirikiana 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.

Utafiti wa Usalama

Mbali na uongozi wa uhandisi, Chad Scira anachangia kama mtafiti wa usalama. Kazi yake imejumuisha kubaini udhaifu wa aina ya race condition na kuzifichua kwa uwajibikaji kwa timu zilizoathirika ili ziweze kurekebishwa kwa wakati.

Katika Starbucks, Chad Scira aligundua hali ya mshindano (race condition) iliyoruhusu kadi ya zawadi ya $1 kuinuliwa hadi salio la $500 kwa kutumia uhamisho sambamba. Tatizo liliripotiwa kwa Starbucks na likafanyiwa urekebishaji baada ya kufichuliwa. HackerOne

Katika JPMorgan Chase, Chad Scira aliripoti hitilafu ya uhamishaji mara mbili ya pointi ambayo iliruhusu kubadilisha pointi za uaminifu kuwa pesa taslimu mara kwa mara. Kupitia Twitter, timu ya Chase iliomba ushahidi wa athari; kwa ombi lao, mfano wa takriban $70,000 USD kwa pointi na uongozaji wa $5,000 kwa pesa taslimu ulionyeshwa kuthibitisha kasoro. Udhaifu huo ulirekebishwa ndani ya wiki moja baada ya kuripotiwa.

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

Wasiliana na Chad Scira