Casey Kinsey

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I’m Casey Kinsey, a hands-on senior engineer and founding CTO who’s spent 20+ years building and shipping production software end-to-end.

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I’m Casey Kinsey, a hands-on senior engineer and founding CTO who’s spent 20+ years building and shipping production software end-to-end. My work spans geospatial, AI/ML, and SaaS, and I enjoy owning systems from data ingestion and model training through reliable deployment—then delivering usable products on top.

Most recently at Alynix, I architect and build an AI-powered UAV bridge inspection platform for state DOTs, focusing on computer vision for infrared imagery, geospatial processing pipelines, and practical LLM integration. Previously, I founded Lofty, grew it to a 35-person consultancy with $4M annual revenue, and served as the technical lead while building a wide range of geospatial and mobile/web products and ML-driven analytics for enterprise customers.

  • 19 years' experience
  • Joined April 2026

Industry experience

  • Agriculture & Mining
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Government
  • Life Sciences
  • Professional Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Transportation & Logistics
  • Other
  • Education
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 10 roles

CTO · AlynixDec 2024 – Present · 2 yrs
Founding Engineer / CTO · AlynixDec 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

Architected and built Decker, a SaaS platform for UAV-based bridge deck inspection for state DOTs. Owned full-stack development from raster ingestion through model inference to the end-user web app. Designed and shipped computer-vision architectures for automated defect detection in infrared imagery, including training pipelines, model serving, and statistical confidence reporting for delamination assessment. Built geospatial processing pipelines for large raster handling, CRS normalization, tiling for web delivery, and integration with field-collected UAV survey data. Drove practical adoption of LLMs inside engineering through internal copilots, customer-facing AI features, and evaluation harnesses; productized from prototype to a platform powering 12 state DOT pilots.

CEO · LoftyJun 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 6 mos
Founding Engineer / CEO · LoftyJul 2014 – Dec 2023 · 9 yrs 6 mos
Chief Technology Officer · YourGuruSep 2013 – Mar 2014 · 7 mos
Consultant, Web & Mobile Solutions · CelerityApr 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos
Senior Consultant, Web and Mobile Solutions · CelerityNov 2011 – Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos
Web Developer · Arkansas Democrat-GazetteJun 2009 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Education

Computer Science coursework (Honors College) · University of Central Arkansas Honors College2030 – 2026

Certifications and awards

University of Central Arkansas - Computer Science2005 – 2007
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate2030 – 2026

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