Alan Jones
Software Engineer at Consultant for Race Roster
Ladera Ranch, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Jones is a veteran software engineer and entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences who has built production-grade systems across medical devices, computer graphics, and scientific visualization during a multi-decade career that began at IBM. He founded RunTime Software and authored RunScore, a race-timing platform evolved from APL on mainframes to modern client-server architectures and sold to Race Roster in 2019, where he remains a consultant. His volunteer work developing seismic visualization used by institutions such as the Smithsonian, Yellowstone, and CBS News highlights a rare blend of academic rigor and public-facing impact. Alan’s experience spans embedded microcontroller work, graphics for APL, and long-term product evolution and integrations for timing chips and registration systems. He was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement award in 2024, reflecting sustained influence in the road-racing and scientific-software communities.
10 years of coding experience
M.S., Engineering Mechanics, M.S., Engineering Mechanics at Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Sciences at Purdue UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
AlanLyttonJones/Age-Grade-Tables
Feb 2016 - Dec 2022
Tables for grading road-running performances based on gender and age
Contributions:1 review, 91 commits, 105 pushes in 6 years 11 months
ageroadgendergradingperformances
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