Rick Hurst
Senior Technical Program Manager at Vadum Inc.
Cary, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRick Hurst is a Senior Technical Program Manager with nearly two decades of cross-disciplinary experience delivering hardware and software systems from concept to deployment, specializing in AI-driven autonomy, computer vision, and edge computing. He has led product and research teams across defense, healthcare, and commercial domains—developing everything from passive optical ballistic measurement systems and AR targeting beams to digital health analytics and counter-drone solutions. As a former Director of AI and an adjunct professor teaching deep and reinforcement learning, he blends hands-on technical stewardship with curriculum design and industry-academic collaboration. Rick’s work emphasizes human-centered augmentation of cognitive tasks, informed by interests in behavioral economics and cognitive psychology, which guides his product decisions and research directions. Based in Cary, NC, he pairs practical program management experience with PhD-level cybersecurity study (ABD) and a track record of managing distributed teams and partnerships. A less obvious strength is his ability to translate novel research techniques (e.g., Background-Oriented Schlieren principles) into low-cost, fieldable systems that meet stringent operational requirements.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering at Florida State UniversityMaster's Degree, Software Engineering, Master's Degree, Software Engineering at University of West Florida
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Github contributions (5)
Clutchard/Enrollment-Bot
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:40 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Clutchard/clutchard.github.io
Sep 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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