Ian W.

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States15 yrs 4 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Cofounder of successful AI security startup.
Led Developer Platform at Discord, enhancing user experience.
Extensive experience in data analysis for healthcare.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled leader in AI security and software development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Large Language Models (llm)Full-stack DevelopmentEngineering LeadershipData AnalysisTechnical LeadershipScientific ResearchSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

Automated red teamingOpen-source developmentUser engagementUser ExperienceAI product developmentSDK developmentData ETLCustomer successAsteroid lightcurve photometryScientific investigationLocal searchTravel ads qualityWeb and mobile engineeringCore engineering workflowData visualization

Experience

15 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Promptfoo

Cofounder & CEO

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Building the most widely adopted solution for securing gen AI through automated red teaming (open-source, 200,000+ users)

Large Language Models (LLM)Automated red teamingOpen-source developmentFull-Stack Development

Discord

2 roles

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Nov 2023 – Jul 2024 · 8 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Senior Engineering Manager, Apps & API

Jan 2020 – Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Started the Developer Platform org. Led Developer Platform (Apps ecosystem, SDK, tooling, DevRel), User Experience (bots UI/UX, desktop/mobile fullstack product development), and applied AI (LLM product at scale, infra, evals)

Nasa - national aeronautics and space administration

Tech/Science Lead

Dec 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Lead scientific & technical investigator on joint grant from NASA Near Earth Objects program and NASA Science Mission Directorate. Developed tools for asteroid lightcurve photometry.

Asteroid lightcurve photometryScientific investigationTechnical LeadershipScientific Research

Zenysis technologies

Cofounder & CTO, Board Director

Aug 2015 – Jul 2024 · 8 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco, CA

Worked with dozens of governments worldwide on monitoring & evaluation, health supply chain planning, and emergency response.
Key responsibilities included:
Engineering Leadership: Managed all engineering functions, from team formation to strategy and execution.
Data ETL & Infrastructure: Created data pipelines and integration strategies for national & private health systems.
Data Analysis: Developed a comprehensive data analysis stack, including web services, frontend data visualization, dashboarding, and data management.
Customer Success & Delivery: Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle, worked directly with customers to understand user needs and guide product direction.

Data ETLData analysisEngineering leadershipEngineering LeadershipData Analysis

Google

Software Engineer

May 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mountain View, CA

Local search and travel ads quality following Google's acquisition of Room 77.

Local searchTravel ads qualitySoftware Engineering

Asterank

Founder

Apr 2012 – May 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mountain View, CA

Acquired by Planetary Resources in May 2013. Data analysis and visualization tool for scientific information on asteroids and other small bodies.

Data analysisData visualizationData Analysis

Room 77

Tech Lead & Sr Software Engineer

Jan 2011 – May 2014 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mountain View, CA

Led team of web and mobile engineers. Established core engineering workflow & architecture as an early engineer, including: prod & deployment infrastructure, frontend framework, debugging tools, experiments framework, etc. Acquired by Google in May 2014.

Web and mobile engineeringCore engineering workflowTechnical Leadership