Hi, I'm Kevin Elliott

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An excited technology leader who sees the pros and cons of our obsession with technology. Passionate about open-source, solving interesting problems, and making the world a better place through action.

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Beyond the Resume

A philosophy on technology, innovation, and the human side of engineering

Technology is neither inherently good nor badβ€”it's a tool that amplifies human intent. I'm excited by what we can build, yet mindful of the responsibility that comes with it. My work spans from decoding aviation transmissions in the sky to orchestrating AI agents on the ground, always driven by curiosity and a desire to make complex systems accessible.

20+
Years in Tech
πŸš€
10+
Companies Founded
🏒
950+
GitHub Stars
⭐
500+
LinkedIn Connections
🀝

Journey

2017 - Present

Senior Principal Engineer at Voicea (acquired by Cisco)

  • β†’Architected and implemented initial consumer and enterprise product (database, web, API layers)
  • β†’Building and architecting from the ground up
  • β†’San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento
2014 - Present

Founder & Principal Architect - Catalyzed Corporation

  • β†’Software architecture and client product development
  • β†’Client acquisition and business documentation
  • β†’Technology consulting and innovation services
2007 - Present

Founder - WeLike, LLC & Multiple Ventures

  • β†’WeLike - Context-aware recommendation systems (18+ years)
  • β†’Airframes.io - Aviation data platform with ACARS/VDL/HFDL decoding
  • β†’AgentPipe - Multi-agent AI orchestration
  • β†’Zuffix, Domz, ValidateX, Mysteria - Domain, verification, and CX platforms
2005 - 2009

Sr Lead Systems Administrator & Manager - DHAP Digital

  • β†’Staff management and mentoring
  • β†’Architecture design and implementation
  • β†’Vendor and contract management, virtualization

Current Ventures

Companies and projects I'm actively building and growing

Active Β· Founder

Airframes.io

ACARS, VDL, & HFDL terrestrial and satellite transmissions platform. Decoding aviation data from the skies with real-time message processing and visualization.

Highlights

  • β€’Multi-mode decoder client (XNG) written in Rust
  • β€’ACARS message documentation and decoder libraries
  • β€’Flight information display system

Technologies

TypeScriptRustRubyC++JavaScript
Active Β· Creator

AgentPipe

CLI/TUI application orchestrating multi-agent conversations by enabling different AI CLI tools (Claude Code, Gemini, Qwen, etc.) to communicate in shared rooms.

Highlights

  • β€’Multi-agent AI orchestration platform
  • β€’28 GitHub stars and growing
  • β€’Web interface companion available

Technologies

GoAI/MLCLI/TUI
Active Β· Co-Founder

Zuffix

Web services provider offering domain registration, hosting, and website-building solutions with multilingual and multi-currency support.

Highlights

  • β€’50+ domain extensions available
  • β€’99.9% uptime guarantee
  • β€’24/7 server monitoring

Technologies

Web ServicesDomain ManagementCloud Hosting
Active Β· Co-Founder

Alias

Identity management and digital alias platform enabling secure, privacy-focused online interactions.

Highlights

  • β€’Privacy-first identity management
  • β€’Secure digital aliases
  • β€’Cross-platform support

Technologies

Privacy TechIdentity ManagementSecurity
Active Β· Founder

Recommend.AI

AI-powered recommendation engine and personalization platform for e-commerce and content discovery.

Highlights

  • β€’Advanced ML recommendation algorithms
  • β€’Real-time personalization
  • β€’API-first architecture

Technologies

AI/MLPersonalizationAPI Platform
Active Β· Founder

Domz

Domain portfolio management and marketplace platform for domain investors and businesses.

Highlights

  • β€’Portfolio management tools
  • β€’Domain marketplace
  • β€’Automated pricing and analytics

Technologies

Web PlatformDomain ManagementMarketplace
Active Β· Founder

ValidateX

Validation and verification services platform for business and identity authentication.

Highlights

  • β€’Identity verification
  • β€’Business authentication
  • β€’API-first platform

Technologies

VerificationAPI ServicesSecurity
Active Β· Founder

Mysteria

Discovery platform for mysterious and enigmatic places around the world. Explore hidden locations, unexplained phenomena, and the world's most intriguing destinations.

Highlights

  • β€’Mysterious place discovery
  • β€’Location cataloging and curation
  • β€’Community-driven submissions

Technologies

Travel TechDiscovery PlatformMapping
Active Β· Founder

WeLike

Context-aware taste-centric recommender systems. Building intelligent recommendation engines that understand user preferences and context.

Highlights

  • β€’Geography-related classes and data
  • β€’Product information aggregation
  • β€’Shipment tracking framework

Technologies

RubyRailsMachine Learning
Active Β· Founder

Catalyzed

Technology consulting and innovation services. Helping organizations accelerate their digital transformation and build cutting-edge solutions.

Highlights

  • β€’Strategic technology consulting
  • β€’Custom software development
  • β€’Digital transformation initiatives

Technologies

ConsultingSoftware ArchitectureInnovation
Active Β· Founder

BetterTravel

AI-powered travel planning and booking platform delivering personalized trip recommendations and seamless booking experiences.

Highlights

  • β€’Intelligent trip planning
  • β€’Personalized recommendations
  • β€’Integrated booking system

Technologies

AI/MLTravel TechAPI Integration
Active Β· Founder

HomeTender

Smart home services marketplace connecting homeowners with trusted local service professionals for maintenance and improvements.

Highlights

  • β€’Verified service professionals
  • β€’Real-time scheduling
  • β€’Quality assurance system

Technologies

MarketplaceMobileScheduling
Active Β· Founder

UNVEILED

Privacy-focused social platform enabling authentic connections through curated content discovery and community building.

Highlights

  • β€’Privacy-first architecture
  • β€’Curated content discovery
  • β€’Community-driven features

Technologies

Social PlatformPrivacy TechCommunity
Active Β· Founder

LonelyIsland

Digital nomad community platform and resource hub for remote workers seeking adventure and meaningful connections.

Highlights

  • β€’Remote worker community
  • β€’Location guides and resources
  • β€’Networking opportunities

Technologies

Community PlatformRemote WorkTravel
Active Β· Founder

Disk.Discount

Aggregated deals platform for storage hardware and cloud services, helping businesses and individuals find the best prices on storage solutions.

Highlights

  • β€’Real-time price tracking
  • β€’Storage deal alerts
  • β€’Cloud service comparisons

Technologies

Price AggregationStorage TechAPI Services

Acquisitions

Companies, products, and domains acquired over the years

Domain Acquisition
Acquired 2023

Taste.AI

Premium AI domain for taste-centric recommendation and discovery platforms.

Includes

  • βœ“taste.ai domain

Highlights

  • β€’Premium .AI domain
  • β€’Ideal for recommendation systems
  • β€’Future platform potential

Technologies

Domain Asset
Company Acquisition
Acquired 2019

Voicea

Voice-powered AI meeting assistant acquired by Cisco. Built enterprise and consumer products for intelligent meeting capture and transcription.

Includes

  • βœ“AI meeting technology
  • βœ“Voice transcription platform
  • βœ“Enterprise product suite
  • βœ“Consumer applications

Highlights

  • β€’Acquired by Cisco in 2019
  • β€’Enterprise and consumer product development
  • β€’Database, web, and API architecture
  • β€’Voice-powered meeting intelligence

Technologies

AI/MLVoice RecognitionNLPRubyPython
Company & Product
Acquired 2015

Mused

Platform for discovering museums across web and iOS. Featured in O'Reilly Media's 'Best iPhone Apps' (Sept 2010).

Includes

  • βœ“musedapp.com domain
  • βœ“iOS app
  • βœ“Web platform
  • βœ“Museum database

Highlights

  • β€’Featured in O'Reilly's Best iPhone Apps
  • β€’Active user base from 2009-2015
  • β€’Comprehensive museum discovery platform

Technologies

iOSObjective-CWeb
Company Acquisition
Acquired 2001

GlobalCenter

Internet infrastructure and hosting company providing enterprise-grade data center and network solutions.

Includes

  • βœ“Data center infrastructure
  • βœ“Internet services
  • βœ“Network operations
  • βœ“Hosting platforms

Highlights

  • β€’Acquired by Exodus Communications in 2001
  • β€’Leading internet infrastructure provider
  • β€’Enterprise hosting and colocation services
  • β€’Global network operations

Technologies

InfrastructureNetworkingData CenterInternet Services
Company Acquisition
Acquired 2001

DIGEX

Digital services and infrastructure company specializing in enterprise hosting and network solutions.

Includes

  • βœ“Enterprise hosting infrastructure
  • βœ“Network solutions
  • βœ“Data center operations
  • βœ“Client portfolio

Highlights

  • β€’Acquired by Intermedia in 2001
  • β€’Leading enterprise hosting provider
  • β€’Pioneering data center operations
  • β€’Enterprise network solutions

Technologies

InfrastructureNetworkingData CenterEnterprise Hosting

Projects

Notable projects and open source contributions from over the years

Hardware
246

LoRa 915MHz Cavity Filter

Precision RF cavity filter for Meshtastic and MeshCore mesh networks, providing low-loss 900-915 MHz signal filtering with +20dB SNR improvement.

Highlights

  • β€’+20dB SNR improvement in field testing
  • β€’7 frequency variants for US/NZ/UK regions
  • β€’4MHz bandwidth with Β±2MHz precision tuning
  • β€’Reduces LTE and out-of-band interference
  • β€’Optimized for Meshtastic and MeshCore systems

Technologies

RF EngineeringHardware DesignSignal ProcessingLoRa
IoT
60

DJI Tools

CLI and Ruby tools for drone-maker DJI's store, account, and more. Programmatic access to DJI drone ecosystem functionality.

Highlights

  • β€’60 GitHub stars
  • β€’Drone ecosystem automation
  • β€’Account and store management

Technologies

RubyCLI
Aviation
16

ACARS Decoder TypeScript

ACARS message decoder library for aviation data processing. Part of the Airframes.io ecosystem.

Highlights

  • β€’16 GitHub stars
  • β€’Aviation message decoding
  • β€’Production-ready library

Technologies

TypeScriptJavaScript
Aviation
38

ACARS Message Documentation

Technical discoveries and notes on decoding ACARS message text. Community knowledge base for aviation enthusiasts.

Highlights

  • β€’38 GitHub stars
  • β€’Comprehensive ACARS documentation
  • β€’Community contributions

Technologies

Documentation
AI/ML

AgentPipe Web

Web interface companion to AgentPipe, extending multi-agent orchestration capability to browser environments.

Highlights

  • β€’Browser-based agent orchestration
  • β€’Companion to AgentPipe CLI
  • β€’Modern web technologies

Technologies

TypeScriptWebAI/ML
Aviation

XNG

Next-generation multi-mode decoder client written in Rust. High-performance aviation data processing.

Highlights

  • β€’Written in Rust for performance
  • β€’Multi-mode decoding
  • β€’Part of Airframes ecosystem

Technologies

RustSystems Programming

Archived Projects

Notable projects from earlier years that helped shape my journey

Web/Mobile
125

Agent Orange

Ruby library to parse and process User Agents like a secret agent. Handles diverse HTTP client identification data with ease.

Technologies

Ruby
Web/Mobile

Mused

Platform for discovering museums across web and iOS. Featured in O'Reilly Media's 'Best iPhone Apps' (Sept 2010).

Technologies

iOSObjective-CWeb
Web/Mobile

WineTribe

Social wine discovery app for finding wineries and connecting wine enthusiasts. Active community-driven platform.

Technologies

iOSRubyRails
Web/Mobile

LearnTribe

Social learning platform for curating and sharing educational resources. Community-driven knowledge sharing.

Technologies

RubyRailsWeb
Blockchain
9

Awesome Tezos

Curated list of awesome things in the Tezos blockchain ecosystem. Community resource aggregating blockchain development tools.

Technologies

BlockchainTezos

Communities

Active communities I participate in and help build, connecting enthusiasts and innovators worldwide

Discourse

Airframes Community

A vibrant forum for aviation enthusiasts, radio hobbyists, and tracking communities to discuss ACARS, ADS-B, SDRs, antennas, and aviation technology.

Focus Areas

ADS-B TrackingACARS DecodingSoftware Defined RadiosAntennas (HF to C-Band)Aviation DiscussionUAV/UAS Technology

Highlights

  • β€’Active aviation tracking community
  • β€’SDR hardware and software discussions
  • β€’Multi-topic specialized categories
GitHub

SDR Enthusiasts

GitHub organization with 348 followers developing Docker-based tools for aircraft and maritime tracking using Software Defined Radio technology.

Focus Areas

ADS-B ReceptionACARS/VDLM2 DecodingDocker ContainerizationMaritime AIS TrackingATC Audio StreamingMulti-platform Support

Stats

β€’348 followers
β€’375β˜… docker-adsb-ultrafeeder

Highlights

  • β€’375β˜… docker-adsb-ultrafeeder project
  • β€’91β˜… docker-acarshub for aircraft data
  • β€’103β˜… plane-alert-db for notable aircraft
Web Platform

Plane.Watch

Real-time aircraft tracking platform enabling users to monitor live flight data, search aircraft, and view comprehensive flight information across multiple dimensions.

Focus Areas

Real-time Flight TrackingAircraft DatabaseAirport LookupICAO Code SearchCall Sign TrackingFlight Analytics

Highlights

  • β€’Live aircraft position tracking
  • β€’Detailed altitude and velocity data
  • β€’Interactive search capabilities
Multi-platform

Meshtastic

Open-source, off-grid, decentralized mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices for communication without infrastructure.

Focus Areas

Off-grid MessagingMesh NetworkingLoRa TechnologyLow-power DevicesDecentralized CommunicationOpen Source Hardware

Stats

β€’4 platforms supported

Highlights

  • β€’Decentralized mesh network
  • β€’Works without cellular/WiFi
  • β€’Multiple client platforms

Experiments Lab

Interactive playground for current projects and explorations

AgentPipe Terminal

Interactive demo of multi-agent AI orchestration in action

Aviation Data Viz

Real-time visualization of ACARS messages from aircraft

GitHub Activity Feed

Live feed of my latest open source contributions

Recent GitHub Activity

Latest open source contributions and project updates

agentpipe
Multi-agent AI orchestration platform
28Go
airframesio/acars-message-documentation
ACARS documentation and decoding notes
38Documentation
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Skills & Technologies

Languages, frameworks, and domains I work with

Rub
Ruby
15+ years
Languages
Go
Go
5+ years
Languages
Typ
TypeScript
8+ years
Languages
Rus
Rust
3+ years
Languages
Pyt
Python
10+ years
Languages
Jav
JavaScript
15+ years
Languages
Uni
Unix/Linux
20+ years
Systems
AI/
AI/ML
4+ years
Domains
Avi
Aviation Data
6+ years
Domains
IoT
IoT
8+ years
Domains
Blo
Blockchain
5+ years
Domains
Web
Web/Mobile
15+ years
Domains
Hom
Home Automation
6+ years
Domains

Languages & Frameworks

Ruby15+ years
JavaScript15+ years
Python10+ years
TypeScript8+ years
Go5+ years
Rust3+ years

Systems & Infrastructure

Unix/Linux20+ years

Domain Expertise

Web/Mobile15+ years
IoT8+ years
Aviation Data6+ years
Home Automation6+ years
Blockchain5+ years
AI/ML4+ years

Work With Me

Whether you need a full-time leader, strategic guidance, or help with a passion projectβ€”let's build something remarkable together

πŸ’Ό

Full-Time Opportunities

Looking for a senior technical leader to join your team full-time

  • βœ“20+ years of engineering leadership
  • βœ“Product architecture & system design
  • βœ“Team mentorship & growth
  • βœ“Strategic technical direction
🎯

Consulting & Advisory

Need expert guidance on architecture, strategy, or technical challenges

  • βœ“Technology consulting via Catalyzed
  • βœ“Architecture reviews & design
  • βœ“Strategic technical planning
  • βœ“Code reviews & optimization
πŸŒ™

Side Projects & Moonlighting

Have an interesting problem or project that needs expert attention

  • βœ“Evenings & weekends availability
  • βœ“Specialized expertise in niche domains
  • βœ“Aviation, AI/ML, IoT projects
  • βœ“Open source contributions

What Makes Me Different

I don't just write codeβ€”I architect systems that scale, mentor teams that thrive, and tackle problems others find too complex or niche. From decoding aviation signals at 30,000 feet to orchestrating AI agents, I bring deep technical expertise paired with a pragmatic, ship-it mentality.

Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area / Sacramento region, open to remote work, relocation for the right opportunity, or hybrid arrangements.

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