Summary
Thomas Elam is a veteran research programmer and entrepreneur with over three decades of hands-on experience building low-level systems, web platforms, and developer tools, now based in Mysuru, India. He focuses on a novel web-continuations and sequential programming approach that aims to simplify complex user interactions and eliminate much of event-driven asynchronous plumbing common in modern JavaScript frameworks. Equally comfortable in Scheme and JavaScript, he prototypes ambitious ideas (see mashweb.club) using BiwaScheme in the browser and collaborates with a small, highly productive engineering partner. His background spans embedded firmware and kernel work through enterprise R&D and web startups, giving him rare depth across hardware, OS, and high-level web abstractions. Thoughtful and exploratory, he seeks collaborators to grow a self-sustaining community around an unconventional platform that could reshape how web UIs are built.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at University High School
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering at Purdue University
Associate in Science, Electronics Technology, Associate in Science, Electronics Technology at Vincennes University
English, Kannada, French