Scott Waddell
Chief Product Officer at Lua AI (YC F25)
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Waddell is a product-focused engineer and founder with a decade of experience building and shipping high-impact platforms across startups, consulting, and government. He scaled Antler’s Launch Academy from zero to 10,000+ users in nine months and then led product for their core platform across 20+ markets, bringing a metrics-driven, delivery-first approach. Nights and weekends he builds DriftOS, a conversational AI memory infrastructure and conversation graph engine, demonstrating hands-on expertise in AI infrastructure and developer tooling. His background spans IBM consulting, early DeFi at ETHLend (now Aave), and government digital transformation, blending enterprise rigor with startup speed. Based in London, he pairs business and operational credentials—including Lean Six Sigma and project management certification—with practical ML and RPA training, making him effective at turning ambitious AI ideas into production products.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Operational Excellence at AGSM @ UNSW Business SchoolGraduate Diploma in Applied Statistics (Incomplete), Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics (Incomplete) at Massey University - Te Kunenga ki PūrehuroaChinese Language and Literature, Chinese Language and Literature at 宾才汉语学院, 哈尔滨Certified Associate in Project Management, Project Management, Certified Associate in Project Management, Project Management at Project Management InstituteHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Diploma in Business, Business/Commerce, General, Diploma in Business, Business/Commerce, General at Auckland University of TechnologyArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning at Udemy AlumniRPA Developer - Foundation Training, Robotic Process Automation, RPA Developer - Foundation Training, Robotic Process Automation at UiPath Academy
English
Github Skills (52)
dashboard10
react-hooks10
admin10
typescript10
antv10
redux10
umi10
boilerplate10
ant10
react10
antd9
spreadsheet9
firestore9
google-cloud9
backend9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sortd-io/sortd-website
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:69 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
scotty595/ant-design-pro-site
Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:6 pushes in 10 months
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