Cael Atem
Founder at PYNK PARROT
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCael Atem is a founder and operator with 14 years of cross-functional experience building businesses at the intersection of tech, sports, and international markets from Dallas, Texas. He has launched and scaled ventures, led M&A and investor sourcing for Africa-focused growth deals, and drove measurable commercial outcomes—introducing a dozen US firms to African markets and generating roughly $2M in revenue growth in 2024. Technically-minded, he contributes to open-source backend projects (notably stability and runtime fixes for the long-running Baystation12 Space Station 13 codebase), bringing hands-on debugging and systems thinking to product problems. His background spans sales engineering, sports talent management, and operational optimization, underpinned by an MBA in IT Project Management. Known for aligning business goals with repeatable systems, he routinely implements six-month cadence improvements to operations and go-to-market playbooks. A less obvious strength: he pairs field-level scouting and negotiation experience with deep technical troubleshooting, enabling pragmatic cross-domain solutions.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Information Technology Project Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA Information Technology Project Management at American Military UniversitySoccer Agent, Soccer Agent at Sports Management WorldwideBachelor's degree Management, Bachelor's degree Management at University of BueaBachelor of Business Administration - BBA Sports Business, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Sports Business at IUT Douala
Github Skills (9)
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ss10
debug10
script10
station10
st10
game-development10
beyond-compare10
scripting10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Baystation12/Baystation12
Jan 2012 - Oct 2015
Baystation's flavor of Space Station 13
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:870 commits, 10 PRs, 30 comments in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Cael primarily contributed to fixing runtime errors and improving stability within the game's backend logic, specifically addressing issues related to space environment rendering, emitter functionality, and telecomms code. They resolved several runtime exceptions in the codebase to prevent the game from crashing, also fixing issues in the remote emitter activation and skills computer. Additionally, they improved the game by implementing LateSpawn logic for improved latejoin functionality and respriting.
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caelaislinn/Baystation12
Aug 2015 - Sep 2020
The code for Baystation12's branch of SS13
Contributions:940 pushes, 211 branches in 5 years 1 month
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