Summary
Bradley Smith is a product-focused CTO and founder with nine years of software engineering experience building AI-first media and SaaS products from prototype to pilot. As Co-Founder and CTO of Threadline Studio he architects the company’s proprietary "Intonation Engine," combining audio, vision, and text analysis to automate the first 40% of professional video editing and ship native XML exports for Premiere, Resolve, and Final Cut. He has a track record scaling GPU-backed inference and agentic workflows, and previously led engineering at Tavus after roles across fintech and biotech at Capital One, Vanguard, and Drop Bio. Based in the Bay Area and trained in computer science at CU Boulder, Bradley blends hands-on Python infrastructure work with product-driven UX decisions—an unusual mix that lets him move rapidly between core systems, desktop apps, and publisher integrations.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at The John Carroll School
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder