Alex Akagi ☀️
Founding Engineer at Quadrant Eye (YCW21)
Founding Engineer at Quadrant Eye (YC W21)
I enjoy building things!

Indy -> SF & Bay Area -> NYC
Quadrant Eye (YCW21)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/quadrant-eye
NY · Remote
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Founding Engineer
Self-employed
SF · NY · Remote
Independent Software Developer
Excursion
https://www.linkedin.com/company/excursion-ai
Remote
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Founder & CEO
GentleBirth
https://www.linkedin.com/company/gentlebirth
Built gentlebirth.com
Mountain View, California
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Head of Tech
VaynerMedia
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vaynermedia
Worked for Gary Vaynerchuk's internal startup, VaynerPublishing.
- Built a CMS using keystone.js and ported data from an old wordpress site.
- Built a link redirector to pull analytics and preserve Facebook advertising social data
- Ran test ad-spends of $1000+ dollars per day on Pinterest & Facebook
Greater New York City Area
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Growth & Software Engineering Intern
Vivaldi Education
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vivaldi-education
Built a classroom management tool for bands & orchestras used by the top three high school orchestras in Indiana.
West Lafayette, Indiana
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Co-Founder
Luther Consulting, LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/company/luther-consulting-llc
Built a data QA app for government health organizations.
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
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Software Engineering Intern
Awa, LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/company/awa-llc
Recruited and managed a team of 3 the summer after High School to build an iOS game.

Had 1000+ downloads in the first month.

It was fun.
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
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Co-founder & Executive
TeleUnique McQnications
Sold tickets for performing arts venues over the phone.
(Summer Job)
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Ticket Sales Representative
Dropout
Computer Science and Entrepreneurship
Computer Science
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Purdue University
https://www.linkedin.com/school/purdue-university/
International Baccalaureate Diploma
North Central Honors Diploma
North Central High School
Developed an iPhone game in Objective-C, integrating art assets from collaborators with the Cocos2D game engine and Chipmunk2D physics simulation engine. The game was released on the App Store on December 31, 2013. Development is ongoing, as new features and bug fixes are released to the App Store.
Bowl Bouncer
http://awagames.com/#products
- Provides real time route updates to Uber drivers to facilitate ride sharing
- Awarded Best Money Hack at HackMIT 2014
Uber Share
http://sharearidewith.me
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Two years ago, I wasn't sure people wanted Dex. VC response was chilly"who actually needs this?""haven't people tried this already?"15,000 users…
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Two big updates from Ownit featured on TechCrunch today:   We are unveiling #ConnectedCheckout to help direct-to-consumer brands lift conversion by…
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Check out our founders Madison Long and Simone May in the latest cover story for Houston Business Journal. Find out how they made their transition…
Purdue University Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program
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Radio Eden (and related houses) Alumni
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