Nerd and hacker with over a decades experience in Javascript and Node.js. In years past, I have helped organize open source tech events. I have given speeches and lectures on various open source and software and technology-centered topics. A Maryland guy born and raised, when I'm not coding I enjoy canoe camping along the Potomac river, or sailing in the bay. I love getting out in nature, cooking, and trying delicious new foods!
HooverLabs LLC specializes in creating data-connected software solutions, leveraging advanced strategies such as large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and WebSockets for real-time interaction. We focus on building AI-driven applications that are both intelligent and responsive, designed to seamlessly adapt to user needs.
Our recent projects include a dating app with Tinder-like swiping and real-time chat, a map-based scavenger hunt app for live, interactive experiences, a RAG-enabled immigration assistant simplifying processes like visa applications and translations, and an LLM-powered tool for natural language processing of emails, offering categorization, sentiment analysis, and automated responses.
Investment Management/Financial Services
At Upside, I successfully designed and built out our omni-channel communication strategy. This included architecting and building in-app messaging, email, and phone communication channels. I built and optimized our communication and task routing algorithm, so our 24/7 concierge team could be assigned new cases under high-load in real-time. In collaboration with a couple of other engineers, I won the Upside.com hackathon with an Amazon Alexa app connected to internal services, including flight status (e.g. "Alexa is my flight on time?").
In my role as a full-stack developer, I worked on a large-scale, highly available e-commerce platform. I led a team at Under Armour on Application Performance Management (APM), setting up a custom-built system for real-time monitoring and alerts on key metrics of system performance across the cluster. This system was used during peak retail season when huge variance from our normal traffic pattern occurred. I also worked on various initiatives and systems, including the first responsive redesign and rebuild of the ecommerce website, search and checkout subsystems and many others.
At ADG, my projects included work in the commercial, federal, and not-for-profit sectors. I worked extensively with defense clients and governmental agencies. Portfolio available upon request.
At Fathom Creative, I developed, executed, and completed multiple commercial, federal and non-profit websites, mobile applications and other interactive applications for local, regional and national entities including Carfax, GPO, GSA, Paxton Vanlines, American Chemical Society and the American Chemical Council.
I've worked with Charlie at two agencies. I interviewed and recommended him for hire at the first, then assisted in recruiting him to the second. In both agencies, his thirst for keeping up with the latest tech trends and skills, near superhuman ability to learn new things on the fly, and unwavering team spirit is what made him invaluable. He's a developer on paper, but also has a keen design eye for animation timing, grid systems, color, feedback states, and all of the other details that polish a UI experience. More important than any of those skills though, Charlie is a futurist and a visionary. He's the person to be given a task and to come back with multiple ways of accomplishing the task better than expected, as a reflection of his pulse on the rapidly evolving human-computer world. I've helped hire Charlie twice and I'd do it many more times
Anthony D. Paul - Global Product Strategy and Foresight – Applied Innovation at Wabtec Corporation