Thomas Nield
Founder, Sting SaaS & AI Governance at Yawman Flight
Frisco, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Nield is a founder and technologist with 11 years of experience building SaaS, hardware, and safety-critical systems from Frisco, Texas. He leads Sting Software to tackle shadow IT, unauthorized procurement, and zero-telemetry governance for high-compliance enterprises while also inventing handheld flight-control hardware at Yawman Flight. An instructor at USC's Aviation Safety & Security Program and an O'Reilly author, he blends practical product development with formal teaching on AI system safety. His open-source contributions span reactive libraries and JavaFX UI frameworks—work that improved RxKotlin/RxPY and controlsfx usability and operators. Comfortable across full-stack and systems boundaries, he pairs operations-research roots with hands-on API and UI engineering to turn complex safety and procurement requirements into auditable solutions. Colleagues note he balances deep technical refactors with a relentless focus on real-world compliance and usability.
11 years of coding experience
B.S. Supply Chain Management, B.S. Supply Chain Management at W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
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kotlin10
reactivex10
layout10
python10
apidoc10
rxjavafx10
javafx10
ui-design10
tornadofx10
flowable10
layoutmanager10
java10
desktop10
tableview10
javas10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ReactiveX/RxKotlin
Jan 2017 - Aug 2018
RxJava bindings for Kotlin
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Integrator
Back-end Developer & API IntegratorContributions:14 releases, 106 commits, 61 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on implementing and refactoring core functionalities within the RxKotlin library, specifically for RxJava2 compatibility. They updated dependencies, added support for Flowable and various operators, and refactored code to align with existing 1.x changes. Their contributions included the addition of `toMap()` and `toMultimap()` methods, as well as improvements to the subscribeBy() method. The user was responsible for addressing compile errors and fixing extension tests.
rxjava3rxjavaandroidrxjava2rxkotlin
edvin/tornadofx
Feb 2016 - Dec 2016
Lightweight JavaFX Framework for Kotlin
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:73 commits, 35 PRs, 35 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the development of the TornadoFX framework, focusing on building UI components and layout builders. They implemented and refactored components like `GridPane`, `BorderPane`, `ListView`, and `ContextMenu`, alongside their respective constraint systems for layout management. Furthermore, the user added functionality for animations and menu creation, demonstrating a focus on building the framework's UI capabilities, particularly the API usability and feature set. They also added SingleAssign functionality, making sure a class has only one instance of a value.
rcpkotlintornadofxjavafxdesktop
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