Ethan Nelson
Founder at Smart Scaling AI
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolEthan Nelson is a founder and AI systems builder with 11 years of experience applying high-performance computing instincts from atmospheric science to practical AI-led growth and marketing. Based in Boulder, he has launched and scaled AI service products that drove recurring revenue and audience growth—building GTM strategies, AI outbound campaigns, and content systems that reached 100k+ monthly views. He combines full-stack engineering chops (notably contributions to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager front- and back-end) with hands-on prompt engineering and automation to turn content into measurable funnels and email pipelines. His background in atmospheric and oceanic science informs a data-first, systems-oriented approach to productizing AI for mid-market tech companies. Ethan is equally comfortable shipping code, designing marketing infrastructure, and teaching others how to replicate scalable AI workflows. A less obvious strength: he repeatedly translates complex technical domains into high-volume creator and community growth systems that scale predictably.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (20)
openstreetmap10
javascript10
postgresql10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
python10
template-engine10
flask-ask10
api10
front-end-development10
database-design10
backend10
mako10
flask10
templating-engine10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2
Oct 2014 - Jun 2018
Designed and built for Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team collaborative emergency/disaster mapping, the OSM Tasking Manager 2.0 divides an area into individual squares that can be rapidly mapped by thousands of volunteers.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:68 commits, 79 PRs, 20 pushes in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ethan contributed to the front-end and back-end components of the OSM Tasking Manager 2.0. Their work included adding and modifying features related to Field Papers integration and user interface enhancements. They also made changes to the project description template, task history, and user interface for message and user page. The user has also implemented a feature for the project contributors to send private messages, making it a versatile contribution to this project.
individualgeospatialnominatimvolunteersdisaster
hotosm/tasking-manager
May 2017 - Nov 2021
Tasking Manager - The tool to team up for mapping in OpenStreetMap
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:201 commits, 210 PRs, 119 pushes in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Ethan contributed significantly to the back-end functionality of the Tasking Manager, focusing on API endpoints and database interactions. Their work included adding new API endpoints for project AOI data and task retrieval and modifying user authentication and profile management. They made code changes to the project service and models, implementing new features and fixing existing issues. The user's commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the project's back-end architecture and database integration.
pythonflaskjavascriptmappingpostgis
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