Thorne Brandt

Thorne Brandt has a strong background in technology and development, with experience in various roles and industries. Thorne most recently worked at Groove Jones as a Senior Creative Technologist, where they built architecture for a cross-platform real-time cinematic mobile body tracking experience. Thorne utilized WebRTC to stream AWS MEC 5G networks and AI datasets for pose detection from handheld mobile cameras. Thorne also animated AR effects using custom shaders and VFX Graph, and designed skeletons to interpret real-time motion data.

Prior to that, Thorne worked at Signal™ as a Senior Full Stack Javascript Engineer, where they converted backbone.js infrastructure to React/Redux. Thorne also worked at Power Tower Inc. as a React Developer, utilizing React.js/Redux and Electron to create data analytics and UX tools. Thorne'sprojects included data visualization, R&D, and tools involving webcams, motion detection, facial tracking, and AR.

Thorne also has experience at Shiftgig as a Senior Javascript Developer, where they developed web products and led a small front-end team. Thorne implemented linting, compiling, and unit testing, and created internal helpers for developers in Backbone. Earlier in their career, Thorne worked as a Web Developer at Sears Holdings Corporation and as an Animator at Edel Partners. Thorne also worked as a Front End Developer at Vivid Ascent.

Overall, Thorne Brandt's work experience demonstrates their expertise in various aspects of technology and development, including creative technology, full stack development, React.js, and front-end development.

Thorne Brandt attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2002 to 2012, where they obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) degree in New Media.