Alistair Macdonald is a seasoned software engineer and founder based in Boston, blending two decades of engineering depth with recent hands-on leadership in aerospace-grade, time-deterministic systems. He builds mission-critical orchestration platforms that marry microsecond-precision hardware timing with local agentic AI to keep distributed industrial and avionics workloads deterministic and resilient without cloud dependencies. Previously he led full-stack architecture and delivery for regulated domains—driving HIPAA/SOC2-compliant APIs, containerized CI/CD, and security remediations that averted major fines—while accelerating release cadence from monthly to multiple weekly deployments. His background spans accessibility engines, real-time 3D UIs for autonomous fleets, and startups where he co-founded an open-web consultancy and chaired W3C audio standards work, showing a rare mix of standards leadership and product engineering. Notably, he applies ML and VLM tooling for robust document extraction and has taught practical AI/LLM integration to engineers, evidencing both practitioner and educator instincts.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
National Diploma, Music Technology, Production & Performance, National Diploma, Music Technology, Production & Performance at Langley College, UK
General Certificate of Secondary Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education at The Chalfonts Community College
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