Justin Miller Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Freelance services, primarily in hardware & product design and prototyping, iOS & Mac software development, and concept-stage business consulting (hiring, technical stack, market analysis).

Freelance and commissioned digital works. Exhibited installations at Portland Winter Light Festival 2019 & 2020, booths at Portland's Mini Maker Faire 2018 and OMSI Oregon Science Festival 2023.

Investing in early & seed stage companies, generally in the technology sector.

Specializing in freelance event photography and independent wildlife and nature photography.

Portland, Or, Us

I served in a volunteer capacity on the Board of Directors for this non-profit, having been involved informally since its inception in 2013. App Camp For Girls' mission was to promote gender equity in technology by empowering youth and volunteers through education, community and mentorship. We were founded to inspire and empower girls, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth to pursue careers in technology. In my role on the board, I was involved with Executive Director hiring and transitions; budget discussions, guidance, and approval; and strategic direction for the organization.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Handpicked to join the original Mapbox team of fifteen as the mobile lead, helping grow the company to 250 employees through three rounds of financing totaling over $200M. Wrote the original mobile tools, recruited and grew the mobile team, and contributed heavily to the second generation, cross-platform rewrite of the tools. Engaged the open source community, represented the company globally, and established the company's remote culture as one of two original remote team members. Company now valued at over $1B.

Provided services worldwide including software development, systems design and administration, and technology education. Independently conceived of and developed two successful desktop applications. Successfully bridged the transition from systems administration and web development to mobile technology during the advent of the smartphone revolution. Contributed core components to early apps including the original Starbucks and Zipcar for iPhone.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served as first systems administrator and IT director and helped grow the company to multimillion dollar revenue status (still operating as Echo & Co). Point for administration and reliability of websites for clients including the UN World Food Programme, Barack Obama for Senate, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rosie O'Donnell's charities, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, and gubernatorial campaigns.

Fredericksburg, Va, Us

Supported a wide variety of small- and medium-sized businesses including medical, legal, and aerospace contractors in the Washington DC area. Designed and administered systems for backup, antivirus, productivity, and hardware upgrades.

Clifton Park, Ny, Us

Began company’s systems administrator role, initiating large-scale internal projects such as dedicated email hosting and anti-spam infrastructure for over 100,000 accounts and stabilized hosting and backup for over 10,000 websites. Designed and built internal tools for use by staff.

New York, Ny, Us

Spearheaded hardware and software systems for web hosting, email, and internal operations. Designed and released as open source Ticketsmith, the company's original support tracking system. Company sold to Internap (NASDAQ: INAP) in 2011 for $35M.

Designed, built, and administered all aspects of the company's website "malls", an early attempt at surfacing local businesses on the increasingly global internet.

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I managed the software and content of the Linux.com links directory during the early days of Linux mainstream recognition, reviewing useful resource websites, keeping an organized repository of resources, and managing a small review staff.

Materials Science And Engineering, Electronic Media/Arts/Communication

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