Schell Carl Scivally

📞 +64 021 420 471 efsubenovex at gmail dot com

I'm passionate about functional programming, real time graphics and sound synthesis. In my free time I like to build things and play games with my kids. In the past I've made music with my friends and played shows, toured the US with a band, drove forklifts in a chemical plant and bailed hay in three states.

This resume lives permanently at https://zyghost.com/resume.html.

🏠 Current Location

I am a US citizen splitting my life between South Pasadena, California 🐻🇺🇸, and Nelson, New Zealand 🌴🇳🇿.

🔗 Links

Open Source Work

Day Job Experience

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Senior Rust Software Engineer

Reduced the time to deliver new AI models from R&D to production by 50%.

Integrated batch processing of ONNX models into AI inference systems in Rust.

Optimized a cross-platform consumer application that performs AI inference on the edge, including

  • performance profiling and optimization
  • shipping new AI models and features
  • refactored build systems to use Rust xtask

Authored a realtime image editing application in Rust using wgpu, WGSL and WASM.

Rust, Python, Lua, C, C++, JavaScript, Typescript

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Senior Software Engineer

Full stack engineering in Haskell using reflex. Rust, Go, AWS.

  • single-handedly authored, deployed, and maintained a cloud-based template language interpreter in Rust that ran 24 million+ Starbucks req/day for 6 months - bug free!
  • built a fullstack application in Haskell to author Starbucks' Star Program offers.

Formation.ai was acquired by BCG and was formerly Takt.com.

Haskell, Javascript, Rust

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Senior Developer

Full stack engineering in Objective-C, Flash, Javascript and Haskell.

  • single-handedly authored, deployed and maintained SDK and applications for clients including:
    • Nordstrom
    • Home Depot
    • Lowes
    • Bass Pro
    • Sears
  • internal productivity tools in Haskell

Objective-C, JavaScript, Haskell

🤝 Freelancing

Flash game development, interactive displays, website design and implementation.

Clients include:

  • Viddyou.com (acquired by Motionbox in 2013)
    • authored Viddyou's HD streaming video player
  • Opsworks, Inc.
    • authored the Larchmont Charter School auction and payment system
  • Synapse Group, Inc. (digital agency)
    • completed many projects for Fortune-500 clients like:
      • IBM
      • 3M
      • Sears
      • Lowes
      • Nordstrom
  • Sonoma State University

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Flash game development.

  • Designed and authored the "Solar Supernova" Space Mysteries game
  • Authored, deployed and maintained many of the program's various websites

🎞️ Honors and Awards

daring Cultural Award - We’re Daring

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For excellent work planning and orchestrating the delivery of new AI models into production.

We act decisively to make brave and bold choices.

creative Cultural Award - Embrace Creative Freedom

Narrative.so

For shipping consistenly and quickly, with an eye for creative solutions.

We walk in artists’ shoes and embrace creative freedom. We’re curious, passionate and hunt for the deeper meaning.

truth Cultural Award - Seek Truth

Narrative.so

For work on integrating TVM tuning into AI model pipelines and revamping build systems.

We seek out our strengths and weaknesses and accept them – at all times being authentically true to ourselves, and each other.

Mcquillen Summer Research Award

Sonoma State University

Selected to refurbish a thin film sputter coating machine and work on various high vacuum projects in the physics department.