Chad Scira

Chad Scira

Unjiniyela weWebhu ochwepheshe & CTO

Ukwakha amaqonga e-B2B kunye neenkqubo zenqanaba lenkampani ezihlaziya imisebenzi yakudala (legacy workflows).

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U-Chad Scira wakhe amaqonga e-B2B kunye nezisombululo zenqanaba lenkampani ezihlaziya kwaye zithathe indawo yeenkqubo ezindala kwiinkampani ze-Fortune 500.

Oku kubandakanya ukutshintsha iinkqubo ezo nkampani zinkulu bazakhileyo baza bazuza kuzo kwiimibutho eminye ye-Fortune 500.

Ingqwalasela yakhe ikukuyila nokuhambisa iisoftware zeshishini ezinzima kusetyenziswa imibhobho yophuhliso elungelelanisiweyo, uvavanyo olungqongqo, kunye nolwakhiwo olusekelwe kwimigaqo. Ezi nkqubo zakhiwe ukusombulula iimfuno zokusebenza ezichaneke kakhulu, hayi iingxaki ngokubanzi. Injongo ayikokudala "imveliso enye kubo bonke," koko kukwakha isoftware ehambelana neshishini, imigudu yomsebenzi, kunye nezithintelo zombutho.

U-Chad wakhe ngokuphuhliswa exhaswa ngabathengi ngelixa egcina ubunini be-IP, kwaye akalandeli utyalo-mali olongezelelweyo.

Isoftware yeShishini ngo‑2026

Kwi minyaka engama-40 idlulileyo, isoftware yeenkampani ezinkulu (enterprise software) iye yakhula ikakhulu ngababoneleli abakhulu abathumela iisuti ezinkulu zeemveliso ezingadityaniswanga. Iinkampani zinyanzelwa ukuba zilukhe izixhobo zeCRM, ERP, izixhobo zeetikithi zokuxhasa abathengi, iinkqubo zezimali, izixhobo zokulawula imisebenzi, izixhobo zokubika, iinkqubo zesazisi, kunye nezixhobo zokuthotyelwa kwemithetho, rhoqo zivela kubaboneleli abohlukeneyo, ngamnye enezinto azithathayo njengenyaniso kunye nemida yenkqubo yakhe. Isiphumo sisithi imisebenzi iba icotha, inzima, idinga iintsebenziswano (integrations) ezibizayo, kanti amashishini anyanzeleka ukuba alungelelanise indlela asebenza ngayo ukuze ahambelane nesoftware endaweni yokuba isoftware ilungelelaniswe neshishini.

Ngo‑2026, loo modeli iqala ukuphelelwa lixesha.

Ngokuqhambuka kobukrelekrele bokwenziwa (AI), iimodeli zekhowudi, kunye neendlela zobunjineli ezixhaswa yi-AI, sekunokwenzeka ngokwenene ukwakha iinkqubo ezinzima kakhulu, ezisemgangathweni wokuvelisa, ezenzelwe ishishini elinye kunye neemfuno zalo ezichaneke ngokupheleleyo. Endaweni yokuthenga iqonga eliqhelekileyo eliyilelwe ukukhonza amashishini amaninzi kakubi, imibutho ngoku inokwakha iinkqubo ezihambelana ngokunzulu nendlela ezisebenza ngayo ngenene.

Oku yikamva lesoftware yeenkampani ezinkulu ngezinye zezizathu ezilandelayo:

  • Ukwenziwa ngokwezifiso (customization) akusasebenzi kuyabiza kakhulu. Uphuhliso oluncediswa yi-AI lwehlisa iindleko zokwakha nokugcina iinkqubo ezikhethekileyo ezazifuna amaqela amakhulu kunye namaxesha amade ngaphambili.
  • Amashishini ahamba ngesantya esiphezulu kunesantya apho isoftwe endala inokuzilungiselela khona. Imisebenzi yeenkampani ezinkulu (enterprise workflows) ihlala itshintsha ngenxa yemigaqo emitsha, ukhuphiswano, ulwakhiwo lwangaphakathi olutshintshayo, kunye neemfuno zabathengi. Amaqonga enzelwe ngokukodwa (custom platforms) avumela uhlaziyo olukhawulezayo ngaphandle kokulinda iimephu zendlela zabathengisi (vendor roadmaps).
  • Izakhiwo eziyimfunxe‑dibaniso ezininzi ziyawa ngenxa yobunzima bazo. Indlela yokuthi "thenga izixhobo ezili-15 uze uzidibanise zonke" yenza iinkqubo ezibuthathaka, ukusebenza okucotha, ukuphindaphinda idatha, kunye neendleko eziphezulu zokusebenza. Amaqonga enzelwe injongo ethile alula isitaki (stack).
  • Isoftware jikelele inyanzelisa amashishini ukuba angene kwizithintelo. Iimveliso zemveli zeshishini zinyanzela iinkampani ukuba zilungise iinkqubo zazo zijikeleze imigudu yomsebenzi elukhuni. Iinkqubo ezilungiselelwe ngokukhethekileyo zibuyisela ukuguquguquka kwaye zivumele iinkampani ukuba zisebenze ngeendlela ezibonelela ngenzuzo yokhuphiswano.
  • I-AI yenza iinkqubo ezijolise kumashayina athile (domain-specific systems) zibe namandla kakhulu. Xa inkqubo yakhiwe ijikeleze ishishini elithile, i-AI inokusebenza ngokuchaneka okuphezulu kakhulu kuba inokuxhomekeka kwimibhobho yesakhiwo sedatha (structured pipelines), imigaqo elawulwayo, kunye nomxholo othile weshishini, endaweni yokuziphatha ngokubanzi okungacacanga.

Le ndlela imele inqanaba elilandelayo lenkqubo yesoftwe yeenkampani ezinkulu: iimveliso ezimbalwa ezahlukileyo, izithintelo ezimbalwa zababoneleli, kunye neenkqubo ezidityanisiweyo ngakumbi ezakhiwe ngokukodwa kubume benyani benkampani nganye.

Imbali emfutshane

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 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)
I-Auction Club (phambi kokuthengwa) - ukusuka ekhohlo: uChad Scira, uJeroen Seghers (embindini), uWilliam 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 - Enterprise Platforms

    Building B2B platforms and enterprise-grade systems that modernize and replace legacy software for Fortune 500 companies, including systems those large companies built and profit from across other Fortune 500 organizations. Focused on structured development pipelines, rigorous testing, and rules-based architecture to fit each organization's workflows and constraints. See Enterprise and SMB software for the full system rollout path. Chad builds through customer-funded development while retaining IP ownership, and is not pursuing additional investment.

  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 lwe-White Hat

Ukongezelela ekukhokeleni ubunjineli, uChad Scira unegalelo njengomhloli wokhuseleko ongumhlaza‑omtsha (white‑hat). Umsebenzi ugxile kuhlolo lokhuseleko kunye nokuvezwa okunoxanduva, kubandakanya ukufumanisa ubuthathaka be-race‑condition kunye nolungelelwano lokulungisa kunye namaqela achaphazelekayo.

EStarbucks, uChad Scira wafumanisa i-race condition eyayivumela ikhadi lesipho le-$1 ukuba linyuselwe libe yi-$500 ityala ngokuxhaphaza iintengiselwano ezikhuphisanayo. Ingxaki yaxelwa eStarbucks yaze yathotywa emva kokutyhila. Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwamaxesha, kubandakanywa ukugqatso ngomnxeba, inqaku lembeko, kunye nesimemo somsebenzi esivela kwiinjineli zaseStarbucks, lubhalwe apha: Ukutyhila impazamo ye-Starbucks.

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. Isishwankathelo esipheleleyo sesityhilelo, esiquka yonke ingxoxo ye-DM kunye ne-imeyile ezilandelelanayo ngebhanki, siyafumaneka apha: Ingxelo eneenkcukacha malunga nokungakhuseleki kwemeko yokhuphiswano (race condition) kwi-JPMorgan Chase Ultimate Rewards.

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OSS & Isoftware ye-Open Source

Jonga ngakumbi

UChad ebezenza iziqwenga ezincinane zeprojekthi ezivulelekileyo zesoftwe ukusukela ngo-2010 - malunga neminyaka emithathu aphume esikolweni samabanga aphezulu kwaye esele eqalile umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala e-Sony Pictures. Nangona lowo msebenzi wawungaxhomekekanga kakhulu kwi-OSS, usoloko esabelana ngolungiso oluncinane, amaqhekeza ekhowudi, kunye nezixhobo xa ehlasela into efanele ukuphuculwa. Akukho nanye kwezo nto eyayilungiselelwe ukubonakala imangalisa; yayingumkhwa wakhe nje wokubuyisela kuluntu ukuze omnye umntu angajongani nengxaki efanayo kwixesha elizayo.

Uyaqhubeka naloo mkhwa nanamhlanje ngokukhupha iirepository ezintsha ukuxhasa umsebenzi we-AI, ukhuseleko, kunye nohlalutyo lobuqhophololo, kwaye ngokunikela ngeempendulo kwiisayithi ezifana ne-Stack Overflow nanini na kukho umntu ofuna iliso elongezelelekileyo. Ezo post kusenokwenzeka ukuba zincedile phantse abantu abazizigidi ezi-3,000,000 - ubungqina bokuba ukwabelana ngekhowudi nenkcazelo kusebalulekile.

Isixhobo sokuhlalutya/ukwenza i-MRZ (ipasipoti ye-TD3) esingenazo iincamatheliso, esinokulungisa iimpazamo ze-OCR ngaphakathi; bona https://mrz.codes ukuze ufumane iinkcazo kunye nemizekelo ephilayo.

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Umqhubi wemisebenzi wesimbo se-Promise owenza lula imijelo elandelelanayo kunye neye-parallel ye-Node.js kunye nolwakhiwo lwe-browser.

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Umzobi wewebhu wombonisi wepakethi yemibala yesakhelo sebala esisetyenziswa kwiinkqubo zoyilo zeReact/Node.

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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.

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