Brian Gormanly is a founder and engineering leader with a decade of experience building production-ready, graph-driven applications and agentic AI systems. As Founder & CEO of Tributary Labs he’s designing a trust-first social platform for authentic life narratives, having architected its graph-grounded data model and led a multidisciplinary founding team. He also brings deep hands-on JVM and full‑stack expertise from over ten years as a Lead Software Engineer and current Senior Professional Lecturer of Computer Science at Marist University, bridging industry practice with graduate teaching. His technical breadth spans backend systems, mobile, embedded prototypes, and databases (relational and NoSQL), plus hardware/software POCs involving sensors and BLE. Notably, he combines academic research instincts with startup pragmatism—prioritizing identity authenticity and explainability in AI features aimed at permanent personal legacies. Based in East Fishkill, NY, he pairs entrepreneurial vision with classroom mentorship to develop both products and the next generation of engineers.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Mount Saint Mary College
Masters of Computer Science Computer Science, Masters of Computer Science Computer Science at Marist University
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