Andrew Bunker

  • 1546 Tuscany CV, Farmington UT
  • abunker@gmail.com
  • (801) 580-1203
Over two decades of experience championing disruptive technology initiatives to effect transformative organizational change. Track record of innovation, thought leadership, team building, and cross-organization collaboration. Relentless focus on the user experience as a means to drive engagement. Creator of KSL.com and architect of the KSL Classifieds, one of the most successful local media platforms in the country.

Experience

  • Cloud Architect / Consultant

    Aug 2020 - Present
    Xeal Studios

    Responsible for provisioning cloud infrastructure on AWS to monitor industrial HVAC systems. The architecture utilizes a mesh network of IoT sensors to relay telemetry to the cloud where it's aggregated for analysis and stored for regulatory compliance.

  • CTO / Co-Founder

    Dec 2018 - Jul 2020
    History Builders

    Collaborated with cofounder to bootstrap a self-funded personal history SaaS. Forced to abandon the venture when we ran out of runway and were unable to secure funding due to the COVID economic crisis.

  • Senior Director / Product Manager

    Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
    DDM Global

    Managed technical operations for the FamilyShare viral news platform. Scaled technology stack to deliver 44M monthly impressions to 26M unique users. Worked with social team to track engagement and target content to over 130 million Facebook followers.

  • Director of Research and Development

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2016
    Deseret Digital Media

    Created a crowdsourced news curation platform to syndicate content to 40 media partners and over 400 websites. Championed a technology initiative to unify television, radio, and newspaper newsrooms. Given a DMC Leader in Innovation award for this work.

  • Director of Internet Technology

    Mar 2007 - Jan 2010
    Bonneville International

    Lead corporate development team and interfaced with radio markets to implement best practices and optimize digital strategy. Grew aggregate digital revenue for the organization from 1M to 14M over the course of three years.

  • Director of Interactive Services

    Jan 2004 - Mar 2007
    KSL Television

    Managed the KSL.com content and technology teams. Built the KSL Classifieds technology platform and grew traffic from 200K to 4M monthly impressions. Awarded National Edward R Murrow award for best large market news website.

  • Senior Programmer Analyst

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004
    Bonneville International

    Created frequency coordination website for the 2002 SLC Winter Olympic Games. Developed a corporate content management system to centralize digital operations and facilitate innovation among the Bonneville radio properties.

  • Broadcast Engineer / Webmaster

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2002
    KSL Radio

    Advocated for the adoption of the Internet and created the first ksl.com website. Collaborated with television to unify collective online brand. Designed and implemented a remote transmitter control system for KCSG TV in Cedar City.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude

    May 1997
    Westminster College

Technologies

  • Languages:

    JavaScript (ES6), C, MFC Visual C++, Objective C, Perl, Java, PHP

  • Markup:

    HTML, CSS, Sass, GraphQl, SQL, JSON, XML, YAML, Markdown

  • Databases:

    MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch, MongoDb, PouchDb, SQLite

  • Frameworks:

    React, Next.js, Node.js, Angular, jQuery, Bootstrap, Express, KOA

  • Cloud:

    DynamoDb, Cognito, CDK, Lambda, Timestream, Route53, SES, S3, ACM

  • Processes:

    Agile, Scrum, TDD, Unit Testing, Version Control, User Journey Mapping