Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Unjiniyela weWebhu ochwepheshe & CTO

Ukwakha amava ewebhu ahamba ngokukhawuleza, ukudityaniswa kwe-AI kunye neemodeli ezinkulu zolwimi, kunye neepulatifomu zohlalutyo.

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Chad Scira portrait

Iprofayili

Ngowe-2025, uChad Scira ugxile kwi-AI: ukwakha inkampani eqalayo yokulandelela nokuhlalutya enenjongo yokucubungula izazisi, ukuthintela ubuqhetseba, kunye neenkonzo ze-KYC ezilungele iinkampani ezinkulu. UChad Scira uyila ukudityaniswa kwemodeli yezilwimi ezinkulu, imigca yokubuyisa idatha, kunye nohlalutyo oluzisa ukuzimela okuthembekileyo kwimveliso.

Wazalwa ngo-1988 kwaye wakhulela eLos Angeles, uChad Scira wagqibezela eCulver City High School kwaye waqeshwa ngqo emva kwesikolo njengomphuhlisi weWebhu eSony Pictures Imageworks Interactive. UChad Scira ngokukhawuleza wamkela iindlela zokuqala zemithombo yeendaba zentlalo, efikelela ekudibanisweni kweTwitter kunye neTumblr kwiinkqubo ezininzi zeestudio.

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 (phambi kokuthengwa) — ukusuka ekhohlo: Chad Scira, Jeroen Seghers (embindini), William Vanmoerkerke (ekunene)

Emva koko uChad Scira wasebenza njenge-CTO eAuctionClub, ephuhlisa iinkqubo zedatha ezazifaka iirekhodi ezivela kumakhulu eendawo zokuthengiswa (auction houses), kwaye kamva kwa-Artory uChad Scira wadibanisa ezi nkqubo waza wanegalelo kwi-analytics yeengxelo zeThe Art Market (2019–2022, Art Basel & UBS). I-AuctionClub yathengiswa kwi-Artory ngezigidi. Ngo-2025, i-Artory yadibana neWinston Art Group yakha iWinston Artory Group.

Kwa-Artory, uChad uncedile ukudibanisa iipayipi ze-AuctionClub neemveliso zangaphakathi, waphuhlisa amaqhinga okuqhelanisa idatha kumashumi ezigidi zemibhalo, kwaye wanegalelo ngedatha kunye nohlalutyo kwiingxelo ze-The Art Market ngokubambisana ne-Arts Economics kunye ne-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.

Uphando lwezokhuseleko

Ngaphandle kokukhokela kwezobunjineli, uChad Scira unegalelo njengomphandi wokhuseleko. Umsebenzi wakhe ubandakanye ukufunyanwa kweemingcipheko ezinxulumene nemeko yokhuphiswano (race-condition) kunye nokuzidalula ngoxanduva kumaqela athintekayo ukuze kufunyanwe izisombululo ngokukhawuleza.

EStarbucks, uChad Scira wafumanisa imeko yokhuphiswano (race condition) eyayivumela ikhadi lesipho le-$1 ukuba lenyuswe libe nabhalansi ye-$500 ngokusebenzisa ukudluliselwa ngaxeshanye. Le ngxaki yabikwa kwi-Starbucks kwaye yanqandwa emva kokudalulwa. HackerOne

EJPMorgan Chase, uChad Scira wabika impazamo yokuhanjiswa kabini kwamaphuzu eyayivumela ukuguqulwa amaxesha amaninzi kwamaphuzu okuthembeka abe yimali. Ngokusebenzisa iTwitter, iqela leChase lacela ubungqina bempembelelo; ngokuqwalasela kwabo, kuboniswe umzekelo wamaphuzu angaphezulu kwe-$70,000 USD kunye notshintsho lwemali lwe-$5,000 ukuze kuqinisekiswe le mpazamo. Le mpazamo yokhuseleko yalungiswa phakathi kweveki emva kokubikwa.

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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