Patrick Cason

I'm a software engineer and UI designer working remotely in Lisbon, Portugal.

I've worked for the past 10 years as a technologist in the politics, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and music industries. In particular I'm interested in online privacy, open-source software, and ethical programming.

A few strong opinions:

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People should own, host, and fully control all of their online information.

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The term "user experience" should not be used as an excuse to monitor and manipulate individuals.

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Technology should be designed to serve people, rewarding intuition and promoting non-addictive behavior.

OpenMined

An open-source community focused on researching, developing, and promoting tools for secure, privacy-preserving, value-aligned artificial intelligence.

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Founding member and community manager

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Received a grant from the RAAIS foundation for encrypted machine translation

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Author of syft.js

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Designed and developed website

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Manages all dev ops infrastructure

Scholar Raise

A fintech service that helps people save for their child's college education using crowdfunding and automated investment management.

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Chief Product Officer

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Responsible for all design, development, and dev ops infrastructure

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Leads a fully remote staff in weekly SCRUM meetings

Moonshot

A mashup between an open-source collective, design studio, and a dev shop all roled into one.

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Manage and develop multiple open-source projects

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We're available for hire - insert seed money, receive bacon