Alan Gardner
Director Of Incubation
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Gardner is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 15 years building large-scale web and mobile systems across search, distributed systems, and data-intensive APIs. Currently Director of Incubation at Placer.ai and a visiting researcher at Boston University, he blends rapid prototyping and product strategy to shape long-term roadmaps for data and location-driven services. His background spans founding startups (acquired by Google), leading Android cross-device efforts at Google, and developing context-aware mobile platforms and education-focused AI tools for low-connectivity environments. Alan consistently ships pragmatic, research-informed solutions—from autonomous lab infrastructure to USSD/radiobased chatbots—demonstrating a rare mix of deep systems engineering and mission-driven product design. Based in Mountain View with an MIT physics degree, he brings both technical breadth and hands-on prototyping discipline to early-stage innovation.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Physics, BS Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (56)
flutter10
ios10
windows10
cross-platform10
desktop10
android10
macos10
dart10
web-framework9
mobile9
material-design9
cli8
gatt8
skia8
finder8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
funf-org/funf-core-android
Apr 2012 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 37 commits, 3 pushes in 3 years 9 months
androidsensing
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