Summary
Martin Stankard is an experienced software engineer and R&D practitioner with a decade working across cloud infrastructure, full-stack systems, and AI-driven e-commerce solutions from Tucson, AZ. He blends hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Terraform and Golang with a creative background in animation and VFX, enabling novel streaming and local LLM application prototypes. Martin has shipped cloud migrations, CI/CD automation and middleware at companies like Pinterest, Wayfair and Citizens Bank, and now runs his own consulting practice focused on local/cloud-hosted AI and animation streaming. His career spans defense, finance, retail and media, giving him a pragmatic approach to building reliable, production-ready systems from prototypes. Colleagues describe him as constantly experimenting with "new stuff"—turning creative tooling and research ideas into practical engineering solutions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Certificate Digital Animation and Visual Effects, Certificate Digital Animation and Visual Effects at DAVE School
English