Jordan Rising
Kalispell,MT
Summary
Accomplished CTO and Co-Founder with extensive experience in LiDAR and geospatial technologies, leading innovative software engineering teams. Successfully engineered solutions that revolutionized inspection programs for electric utilities, demonstrating a blend of technical expertise and strategic leadership. Proven ability to drive project outcomes while fostering collaboration and creativity within teams.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CTO /Co-Founder
Roastify, LLC
Bend, OR
01.2023 - Current
- Engineered and implemented more than 1.4m lines of code for Roastify's software suite, both frontend and backend.
- Developed a backend admin platform, a customer-facing merchant app, multiple private APIs, and a public customer-facing API.
- Technologies used: Next.js, React, Javascript, Node.js, tRPC, Hono, MySql, Prisma, along with many other web-related technologies and libraries.
CTO / Founder
Quantiscan
Kalispell, MT
09.2020 - Current
- Developed a desktop and web app for 3D LiDAR processing, visualization, and automation.
- The app used a new COPC tiling scheme to allow for visualizations of large datasets, with virtually no load times.
- Processing tasks included ground classification, surface modeling, and DTM, DSM, and contour generation.
- Basic measuring and viewing tools, such as cross sections, clipping, and resaving trimmed datasets.
- Technologies used: Tauri, Rust, Next.js, React, Postgres, CesiumJS, COPC.
CTO /Co-Founder
Flight Evolved
San Diego, CA
01.2015 - 09.2020
- Helped pioneer sUAS-based LiDAR for the electric utilities in Southern California.
- Designed and wrote the TE-0135 Survey Standard for LiDAR for San Diego Gas & Electric.
- Oversaw helicopter and UAS-based LiDAR acquisition, processing, and delivery for thousands of miles.
- Implemented the first large-scale drone inspection program for San Diego Gas & Electric, called DIAR. At that time, Flight Evolved had approximately 45 pilots doing daily distribution pole inspections.
- Acquired by a private equity firm, Copley, and merged with Aethon Aerial in 2020.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Organismal Biology (Pre-Med)
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT05-2011
High School Diploma -
Dickinson Trinity High School
Dickinson, ND05-2007
Skills
- Extensive understanding of LiDAR and geospatial/survey principles
- Planning, acquiring, and processing LiDAR for strict electrical utility requirements
- Software engineering for both front-end and back-end frameworks
- Web app and cloud technologies: deploying and scaling web apps
- Designing solutions for specific problems or customer requirements
- Assembling and leading a technical team (LiDAR and software development)
Certification
- Part 107 UAS Pilot
- Commercial and instrument rated helicopter pilot
Timeline
CTO /Co-Founder
Roastify, LLC
01.2023 - Current
CTO / Founder
Quantiscan
09.2020 - Current
CTO /Co-Founder
Flight Evolved
01.2015 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Organismal Biology (Pre-Med)
Montana State University
High School Diploma -
Dickinson Trinity High School