Damien Christian
Founder And CEO at augmented research foundry | arf.io
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDamien Christian is a founder and CEO with two decades of experience translating messy, real-world systems into reliable, auditable infrastructure for enterprises and high-stakes events. He leads arf.io, a research-and-engineering practice that blends enterprise architecture, reverse engineering, secure infrastructure, and production-grade AI/LLM integration to solve problems where documentation lies and vendors say “not possible.” Damien also runs Hedonistic Fragrances, applying the same systems mindset to product formulation, compliant R&D, and ritual-driven brand experience design. His background spans frontline support to large-scale program leadership at organizations like Asana, Burning Man Project, and Salesforce, giving him a rare combination of operational grit and architectural judgment. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he’s built platforms that scale (CPQ implementations handling hundreds of millions of records) and temporary-city systems that must work the first time. He’s equally comfortable reverse-engineering protocols as he is composing fragrance accords, bringing disciplined curiosity and calm decision-making to chaotic technical and creative challenges.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Arts, Major in Philosophy with a concentration in Science and Technology Minor in Information Science, Bachelors of Arts, Major in Philosophy with a concentration in Science and Technology Minor in Information Science at Colorado State UniversityCIS, CIS at Regis UniversityMetropolitan State University of Denver
Github Skills (35)
driver8
dbus8
home-assistant8
battery-level7
music7
battery7
home-automation7
monitor6
streaming5
api5
music-streaming5
python5
slack-bot4
energy-monitor4
mate4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
damienheiser/ha-rainforest-emu2
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years
damienheiser/FulcrumToSalesforce
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:38 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
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