Bret Truchan
Real-Time Voice Assistant Platform (R1N.AI)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBret Truchan is an experienced engineering manager and product-minded technologist based in San Francisco, with over two decades of hands-on software delivery and 12 years in leadership roles. He has led teams of 5–15 engineers to build production-grade products—from UCaaS desktop apps and developer portals to a low-latency conversational AI platform with sub-200ms streaming. Technically fluent across Python/FastAPI, Next.js/TypeScript, WebSockets, and LLM integrations, he architected an end-to-end voice assistant platform that combines custom TTS/STT pipelines, LLM orchestration, and fine-tuning workflows. Bret pairs deep implementation experience with product discipline—owning UX, admin tooling, and launch timelines—and a track record of improving onboarding and developer documentation. He’s comfortable balancing distributed teams (including outsourced partners), customer-facing focus groups, and technical execution under tight deadlines. A pragmatic builder who moves between code, architecture, and product strategy, he often surfaces operational improvements that speed team ramp-up and product adoption.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at San Francisco State University
Japanese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (46)
aif10
audio-files10
audio-formats10
wav10
plugin10
audio10
rack10
jack9
file-format9
lv29
clap9
audio-effect9
synth8
backend8
juce8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
clone45/voxglitch
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
Modules for VCV Rack
Contributions:37 releases, 7 reviews, 915 commits in 3 years 1 month
vcvrackvcv-rackaudio
clone45/EquationComposer
May 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:113 commits in 4 months
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