Russell Beattie

Russell
Beattie

Technologist

About me: I grew up in New England, went to school in New Hampshire, lived in or around Miami, Atlanta, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Madrid. I currently reside in gorgeous Los Altos, California (near San Francisco in Silicon Valley). I'm a Technologist - which is really just a way of saying a technical generalist with a wide range of skills and experience, but with a continual focus on cutting edge tech, from the web to mobile to streaming media and now AI. In the past that's made me a programmer, a startup founder, a consultant, a strategist, a product manager, a writer, a technical evangelist and speaker. Keep scrolling for more about my work experience and skills, and feel free to reach out to me at the contact links below.

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01 — Work

My experience

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    • Founded an AI company building conversational assistants for public-facing kiosks, targeting museums, visitor centers, and information desks.
    • Designed and built the prototype end-to-end: speech-to-text intake, RAG over institution-specific content, and conversational UI, using NodeJS, TypeScript, React, Chromium, and both local and cloud-hosted LLMs.
    • Engineered for reliable public deployment: response latency, ambient noise handling, multilingual visitor support, session isolation and timeout, content guardrails, and accessibility.

    NodeJSTypeScriptReactRAGASR / TTS

    • Self-directed research and prototyping across web, mobile, and emerging AI technologies, tracking the shift to large language models, speech interfaces, and retrieval systems.

    • Managed product development and served in technical roles for the FireOS web technologies group.
    • Authored detailed product plans (PRFAQs) and communicated the implementation of new technologies, including ad tech and streaming media.
    • Built Android application prototypes utilizing advanced web engine features.
    • Contributed to Amazon WebView, Web App Starter Kit, Watch & Shop / ShopKit, Amazon Channel Creator, Web Videos for Echo Show, Apps for FireOS devices, and YouTube for Fire TV.
    • Led prototyping and early development for IMDb TV (later Amazon Freevee), Amazon News for Fire TV, CBS Sports for Fire TV, and NextGenTV (ATSC 3.0).

    PRFAQAndroidStreamingATSC 3.0Ad tech

    • Secured over 1,000 Fire TV applications for the Amazon App Store, assisting with major apps serving millions of customers.
    • Drove developer outreach, education, and evangelism for web applications on Fire Tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices.
    • Authored blog posts and white papers; spoke at Streaming Media East, AWS re:Invent, and the Adobe PhoneGap conference.
    • Worked with CBS, BBC, Scripps (Food Network), and Google (YouTube) to resolve technical issues and align product ideas.

    DevRelPublic speakingWhite papersPartnerships

    • Collaborated with the CTO, academic partners, and researchers to promote Nokia's technological innovations.
    • Authored white papers, executive speeches, and strategic web content highlighting R&D breakthroughs.
    • Designed and managed the primary NRC website, developed internal applications, and facilitated web publication of technical research papers.

    • Built a startup web service focused on converting standard web pages for mobile device screens.
    • Led the company through its acquisition by dotMobi.

    Acquired

    • Provided strategic guidance and technical education on the latest mobile technologies to the CEO and senior leadership.
    • Assisted executive leadership in sourcing and selecting the head of the mobile division.

    • Senior Java Developer, WaveMarket (2003–2004, Emeryville) — backend Java architecture for a first-generation location-based services application.
    • eBusiness Consultant (2000–2003, Madrid) — Java and mobile development for Intabia, TerraLycos, Telefónica I+D, Adecco, and Orcom. Conducted business fluently in Spanish.
    • Developer & Consultant (1994–2000, San Francisco) — full-stack web, Java, Lotus Notes, relational database, and Microsoft solutions for Lotus Development (IBM), Xerox Connect, BabyCenter.com, LookSmart.com, Organic Online, and Proxicom.

Education: Communications, Keene State College (1990–1993). Languages: English, Spanish (fluent).

02 — Skills

What I work with

AI & LLM Development

  • AI-Assisted Development
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Context Engineering
  • LLM APIs — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini
  • RAG / Embeddings / Vector DBs
  • AI Agents
  • Tool Calling (MCP)
  • Model Evaluation
  • Conversational & Voice AI (ASR / TTS)

Development & Cloud

  • Android / Java
  • NodeJS
  • Python
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • XML / XSL
  • DBMS / SQL
  • AWS
  • Git

Product & Business

  • Product Planning & Launch
  • PRFAQs
  • Agile Methodology
  • Prototyping
  • Analytics / Metrics
  • BOM Estimation
  • UX / UI Design

Developer Relations

  • Technical Evangelism
  • Developer Outreach
  • Public Speaking (media-trained)
  • White Papers
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Partnerships

Platforms & Media

  • Smart TVs
  • Smart Displays
  • Smartphones / Tablets
  • Embedded Devices
  • Voice UI (Alexa)
  • Streaming (HLS, DASH)
  • ATSC 3.0
  • Advertising (VAST, VPAID)
  • Mobile Web

03 — Patents

Proof I can predict the future

US10049381B2

Mobile monetization

A device, system, and method directed towards facilitating monetization of mobile devices.

View on Google Patents US8843560B2

Social networking for mobile devices

A mobile device, system, and method for display of live views generated by employing social networking information, including moods, avatars, and member activity status.

View on Google Patents

04 — Contact

Say hello

Email is far and away the best way to reach me. I read everything and answer most of it.

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