Mark Ericksen

Co-Founder

St. George, Utah, United States25 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in Elixir and AI integration.
Founder of Passion Place, enhancing relationship satisfaction.
Host of popular Elixir podcasts.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in AI and Elixir.

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Skills

Core Skills

ElixirArtificial Intelligence (ai)PodcastingPhoenix Web FrameworkSoftware Development

Other Skills

Large Language Models (LLM)Open-Source SoftwareVideo PodcastsFunctional ProgrammingTailwind CSSSoftware InfrastructureMarketingSocial Media MarketingWeb Content WritingContent StrategyAgile MethodologiesScrumProject ManagementProgrammingScalability

About

With years of real-world programming experience, I bring a realistic and seasoned approach to projects. I am passionate about using good technology to solve business problems. I love finding ways to improve processes, technologies, and software projects. I offer the technical expertise to design, implement, and bring to market a secure product. I have the skills to scale it, iterate on it, and maintain it over time.

Experience

25 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Pdq

Staff Software Engineer

Mar 2026 – Present · 1 mo · Utah, United States · Remote

Staff Software Engineer focused on Elixir and AI, working on PDQ Connect, a product that helps IT professionals efficiently manage their organizations. Leveraging AI to reduce the operational burden and empower IT teams to do more with less.

ElixirArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Kuali, inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr · Utah, United States · Remote

As Lead Developer for the Research Budget product at Kuali, I design, develop, and architect solutions using Elixir and Phoenix LiveView that enable research institutions and universities to develop and propose budgets for public and private grant applications. The Research Budget application integrates seamlessly with Kuali's Sponsored Programs product, providing a comprehensive solution for the grant proposal process.
I partner with the Product Designer and clients to translate design requirements into technical implementations, ensuring that delivered features align with both company objectives and the needs of our customers in the research community.

ElixirPhoenix web frameworkFunctional ProgrammingTailwind CSSSoftware Infrastructure

Passion place

Founder

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · United States · Remote

Founder working hard to help couples improve their relationships to find greater satisfaction and emotional connection.

Freelance

Elixir LangChain Creator and Maintainer

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Utah, United States · Remote

I created the Elixir LangChain package to make it easier for Elixir applications to integrate with AI services like LLMs. I've been working directly with AI providers like OpenAI, Anthropic for years.

ElixirArtificial Intelligence (AI)Large Language Models (LLM)Open-Source Software

Fly.io

Dev Advocate

Apr 2021 – Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Remote

Dev Advocate for the Fly.io to the Elixir community. Set up multiple Frameworks Teams for outreach to developer communities in Laravel, Django, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript. Established public communication patterns for blog posts, projects, and social media engagement.

Software DevelopmentMarketingSocial Media MarketingWeb Content WritingContent Strategy