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Founder & CTO who builds and ships customer-facing products end-to-end, using AI-assisted development to move quickly from idea to production. Built and operates Wordathon (wordathon.tech) and is currently building a Swift iOS app synced with the web platform; previously led full lifecycle work including outreach, demos, delivery, and support. Also brings strong engineering and quality background from remote QA/game testing and technical project coordination, with experience designing test plans, coordinating distributed testers, triaging defects, and reporting trial data. In parallel, maintains people-first customer service through barista roles and volunteering with community mental-health and suicide-prevention initiatives.…Founder & CTO who builds and ships customer-facing products end-to-end, using AI-assisted development to move quickly from idea to production. Built and operates Wordathon (wordathon.tech) and is currently building a Swift iOS app synced with the web platform; previously led full lifecycle work including outreach, demos, delivery, and support. Also brings strong engineering and quality background from remote QA/game testing and technical project coordination, with experience designing test plans, coordinating distributed testers, triaging defects, and reporting trial data. In parallel, maintains people-first customer service through barista roles and volunteering with community mental-health and suicide-prevention initiatives.

Danny Wallace

Web Developer, Programmer, Software Engineer, +1

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Founder & CTO who builds and ships customer-facing products end-to-end, using AI-assisted development to move quickly from idea to production. Built and operates Wordathon (wordathon.tech) and is currently building a Swift iOS app synced with the web platform; previously led full lifecycle work including outreach, demos, delivery, and support. Also brings strong engineering and quality background from remote QA/game testing and technical project coordination, with experience designing test plans, coordinating distributed testers, triaging defects, and reporting trial data. In parallel, maintains people-first customer service through barista roles and volunteering with community mental-health and suicide-prevention initiatives.…Founder & CTO who builds and ships customer-facing products end-to-end, using AI-assisted development to move quickly from idea to production. Built and operates Wordathon (wordathon.tech) and is currently building a Swift iOS app synced with the web platform; previously led full lifecycle work including outreach, demos, delivery, and support. Also brings strong engineering and quality background from remote QA/game testing and technical project coordination, with experience designing test plans, coordinating distributed testers, triaging defects, and reporting trial data. In parallel, maintains people-first customer service through barista roles and volunteering with community mental-health and suicide-prevention initiatives.

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Founder & CTO who builds and ships customer-facing products end-to-end, using AI-assisted development to move quickly from idea to production. Built and operates Wordathon (wordathon.tech) and is currently building a Swift iOS app synced with the web platform; previously led full lifecycle work including outreach, demos, delivery, and support.

Also brings strong engineering and quality background from remote QA/game testing and technical project coordination, with experience designing test plans, coordinating distributed testers, triaging defects, and reporting trial data. In parallel, maintains people-first customer service through barista roles and volunteering with community mental-health and suicide-prevention initiatives.

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Founder & CTO at Wallace and Friends LLC

June 1, 2026 - Present

Founded an on/off mentoring and technology consulting LLC and built/shipped all of its technology using AI-assisted development tools. Built Wordathon, a JavaScript word game with a global serverless leaderboard (Vercel + Upstash Redis), anti-cheat unit tests, and a four-check CI pipeline. Own the full client lifecycle: outreach, discovery, live product demos for non-technical audiences, scoping, delivery, and support. Currently building a Swift iOS app (iOS) that syncs with the web platform.

Barista (Volunteer/Community Support) at Castro Country Club

May 1, 2026 - Present

Handled barista duties while offering empathy and kindness to visitors recovering from addictions.

Volunteer (Event Support) at SF Survivors of Suicide Loss Day — American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025

Assisted with event setup, welcomed and checked in guests, and participated in breakout room sessions offering support to attendees.

Barista at Starbucks

July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

Connected with customers while taking orders and making drinks to ensure a consistently high-quality experience. Maintained the store through frequent restocking of consumables and cleaning surfaces and equipment throughout the day. Communicated regularly with shift supervisors and store management to improve daily routines and tasks.

Volunteer Interview Support at UCSF Medical Student Training Interviews

October 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025

Participated in interviews with second-year UCSF medical students learning to take psychiatric histories. Engaged with students about my mental health history and provided feedback about their interview process.

Remote Technical Project Coordinator at Amazon Ring

November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022

Managed alpha and beta trials for new hardware and software products by working alongside project managers to deploy devices to testers and collect usage data. Resolved issues for 100+ testers per month by identifying defects and user errors and communicating troubleshooting steps. Created and distributed tester surveys, reported bugs to the development team, and reported trial data to stakeholders.

Remote Q.A. Development Tester, Apex Legends at Respawn Entertainment

June 1, 2021 - November 30, 2021

Worked with the Apex Legends QA team to improve gameplay experience for millions of players worldwide. Designed test plans for new maps and coordinated with remote testing teams to ensure sufficient test coverage. Participated in feedback sessions with designers and artists to drive quality of upcoming features prior to release.

Q.A. Test Analyst, Overwatch / Overwatch 2 / Heroes of the Storm at Blizzard Entertainment

March 1, 2017 - January 31, 2020

Executed test cases and reported bugs in Jira for multiple game systems, including maps, characters, AI, and sound FX. Created and presented test plans for new maps and game characters. Consistently delivered high-quality game features across multiple teams and game engines.