Summary
Allan Wick is a veteran software engineer and founder with a career stretching back to 1990 who now blends hands-on cloud-native engineering with team and community building from Milwaukee. As Owner of Wickidcool Software and VP of Product & Engineering at Reinvent Auctions, he architects serverless AWS platforms, integrates multi-model AI pipelines (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI) into production workflows, and has driven measurable results like a 70% reduction in manual cataloging. He mentors developers through structured learning scaffolds that move engineers from first PR to owning production systems, informed by years teaching at WCTC and MSOE. A serial community-builder, he co-founded Mitobyte to run high-impact events and workshops that expanded from Milwaukee to Madison, reflecting his belief that community is core to technical progress. Practical, pragmatic about model selection, and equally comfortable shipping code or leading adoption of AI across teams, he’s open to roles in AI engineering, team leadership, or developer advocacy.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, Business Administration, MS, Computer Science, Business Administration at University of Wisconsin-Platteville