Stella Cannefax is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Austin, Texas, with 13 years of experience building XR, web services, and crypto systems. She progressed from embedded QA and Linux support roles into senior engineering positions at Unity, where she focused on XR tools, and later contributed to blockchain work as a staff developer at Mysten Labs. At Search on Dora she now combines product-facing leadership with hands-on engineering to ship complex distributed services and developer tooling. Stella’s background spans the full lifecycle from QA and test automation to senior architecture, giving her a pragmatic view of reliability and developer experience. She brings deep domain knowledge in AR/VR pipelines and a growing expertise in crypto infrastructure, often translating research-grade ideas into production-ready features. Colleagues know her for moving quickly from prototype to scale while keeping teams aligned on measurable outcomes.
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