Summary
Neil Ruud is a Senior AI Systems Architect with a decade of experience designing and delivering digital systems that blend solution architecture, AI insights, and user-centered design. Based in Tucson, he currently builds Vantiq applications with customers, guiding technical strategy, training, sales support, and UX to ensure real-world impact across local to international projects. His background spans running his own software and media studio, leading front-end engineering and technical direction at Cosmic, and directing creative and operational initiatives in nonprofit and media organizations. Neil is comfortable translating policy and organizational needs into technical automation and product designs—a skill rooted in a BA in Political Science and honed through diverse cross-sector engagements.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA Political Science, BA Political Science at University of California, Davis
Spanish, English