Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
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Initiatives Leadership
Academic Strengths
Soft Skills Traits
Projects Applications
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Adrian Wilson

Redwood City,CA

Summary

Efficient Software Developer & Founder operating with a 10x mindset—building and launching full-stack, AI-powered products at speed. Constantly shipping new tools to market to test what works with real users, not just isolated projects. Leverages automation, custom-built systems, and AI integration to streamline development and deployment. Skilled across C++, React, Firebase, Azure, Unreal Engine, and Blender, with experience ranging from backend infrastructure to 3D/CGI pipelines. Builds with precision, scale, and user impact in mind.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Startup Founder

EduTools
06.2024 - Current
  • Founded a full-stack educational software platform focused on AI-powered academic tools. Designed and developed the entire product from scratch using React, Firebase, and Azure.
  • Built features including auto note-taker, quiz generator, cloud workspaces, and custom session management infrastructure.
  • Managed backend concurrency using Azure Functions, Redis, and SQL. Integrated proxy systems with rotation logic for Puppeteer automation and built Cloudflare Workers to handle edge-side logic.
  • Designed custom APIs for real-time processing and secure user workflows. Also implemented creative 3D/2D workflows to support marketing and visual design for the company.

CGI Artist

Riot Games
  • Company Overview: Former CGI Artist for Valorant. Official cinematic trailer content as part of the CGI team.
  • Worked on official cinematic trailer content as part of the CGI team
  • Contributed to scene composition and VFX
  • Utilized Unreal Engine 4, Maya, Cinema 4D, and After Effects for cinematic pipeline

3D Engine Developer

  • Built custom voxel-based 3D rendering engine from scratch in C++
  • Handled lighting systems, scene graphs, and real-time rendering logic
  • Simulated physics-based interactions, fluid dynamics, and custom mesh loaders
  • Integrated OpenGL/DirectX-style rendering loops and data buffers
  • Created physics simulators using C++ to explore: Rigid body collision, spring systems, gravitational forces, real-time interaction between user-controlled and scripted objects

3D Tools & Creative Suites Expert

  • Worked in the VFX industry for startups, music artists, and freelance work.
  • Expert-level experience with industry-standard tools: Blender - procedural modeling, rigging, lighting setups, and render farm usage
  • Cinema 4D - mograph animation and particle systems
  • Maya - full production workflows, including animation and texture baking
  • After Effects - compositing, roto/paint, motion graphics
  • Unreal Engine 4 - scene layout, material logic, camera movement scripting

Large Community Founder

01.2019 - 01.2023
  • Ran the #1 ranked community of thousands of creators focused on 3D animation, editing, and real-time rendering for 4 years
  • Organized collaborative cinematic projects, shared asset pipelines, and trained junior artists
  • Oversaw a team-driven culture around pushing visual storytelling and advanced editing workflows

Community Founder

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Data Science

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI
05-2027

Skills

  • Languages & Runtime: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript (Nodejs), C, C#
  • Frontend: React, Vite, Material UI, HTML/CSS
  • Backend & DB: Firebase, Supabase, SQL, Azure Functions, Cloudflare Functions
  • DevOps & Infra: Azure VM, Queue Storage, Electron, Git, GitHub
  • Automation & AI: Puppeteer, OpenAI CLI, Claude CLI
  • Tools: VSCode, Cursor, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Postman

Initiatives Leadership

  • EduTools Community Platform, Designed public and private chats, gamified profiles (similar to Clash of Clans), and collaborative learning tools, Created growth strategy using Discord outreach, IG marketing, and QR flyer distribution, Integrated user badges and role-tiered access
  • Automated Client Outreach Platform (Service Business), Scraped clients from platforms like Facebook Groups and Google Maps, Automated cold emails, follow-ups, and fulfillment (websites, SEO)

Academic Strengths

  • Strong grasp of algorithm analysis (Big O, Master Theorem, Recursion), sorting/searching algorithms, discrete math, and graph theory
  • Hands-on with containerization, concurrency, resource allocation, and secure session lifecycle management
  • Has worked with frontend animation, game-inspired UI elements, and stylized layouts

Soft Skills Traits

  • Learns very fast through hands-on building
  • Driven by efficiency, real-world impact, and community-oriented engineering
  • Proven founder mindset - started multiple projects from scratch
  • Deep interest in AI, education, systems engineering, and user-first products
  • Fluent in modern app infrastructure - bridging AI, browser automation, secure deployment, and UI/UX at scale

Projects Applications

  • EduTools, A full-stack educational SaaS platform for students integrating Google login, Stripe subscriptions, AI-powered tools, and workspace containers via Kasm., AI summarizer, auto note-taker, quiz generator, Firebase backend with real-time database updates, Session queueing system with backend logic for timeouts, load balancing, Role-based user access, affiliate tracking, and billing pages
  • AI Assistant App (Cross-platform), Built using Electron + React, system tray icon, floating overlay triggered by text highlight or hotkey, customizable screenshot automation, chat history storage using Electron Store, support for multiple AI models, Cloud sync with Firebase and end-to-end encryption for chat logs
  • Algorithmic Trading Bot, Built data infrastructure to monitor whale wallets on Solana, Parsed wallet data into CSVs and built foundational structure for backtesting and trade automation, Implemented early logic for buy/sell signal detection based on token transfer simulation
  • Canvas + Google Drive Integration Tool (GPT-powered), Developed a React assistant app integrating with Canvas LMS API and Google Drive using Model Context Protocol, Handles syllabus parsing, task scheduling, file parsing, AI summarization, Designed to automate academic workflows

Timeline

Startup Founder

EduTools
06.2024 - Current

Large Community Founder

01.2019 - 01.2023

CGI Artist

Riot Games

3D Engine Developer

3D Tools & Creative Suites Expert

Community Founder

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Data Science

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Adrian Wilson