Sam Fortunato
Founder at OTHER, Inc.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Fortunato is a multidisciplinary founder and software engineer blending eight years of hands-on engineering with a background in fine arts to create tech-driven multimedia experiences. Based in Los Angeles, he founded OTHER, Inc., a studio that marries creative design, interactive art, and game-like experiences with pragmatic engineering. Previously he shipped product and platform work as a Software Engineer at Vimeo and CrossBorder Solutions, bringing production-grade web and media expertise to artistic projects. Trained at App Academy in software engineering and continuing studies at Watts Atelier, he uniquely pairs classical art practice with modern software workflows. Known for a creative, experimental approach (his GitHub bio simply reads "creative"), he often lives at the intersection of code, visual art, and play. Colleagues describe him as a founder who translates aesthetic ambition into reliable, user-facing systems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Fine and Studio Arts, Fine and Studio Arts at Watts Atelier of the ArtsSUNY PurchaseComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
43reputation
9kreached
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3questions
Github Skills (47)
nextjs9
browser9
react9
compiler8
cli8
typescript8
javascript8
hybrid8
sinon8
stub7
static-site-generator7
unit-testing7
tdd7
ava7
vercel7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
samfortunato/th-td-4-interactive-photo-gallery
Apr 2018 - Jan 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
samfortunato/forest-quest
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:75 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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