Central High School

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Drexel University

Team Member at Beta Technologies

Burlington, Vermont, United States

BETA is an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company. Just simple enough to be revolutionary.

Beta Technologies

Team Member (Engineer)

I continue to advise with Ideaflow, a networked knowledge company which is hiring one or two more iOS Engineers for its "ThoughtStream" note-taking App.

Ideaflow offers top of market compensation and benefits. Checkout ideaflow.io or message me for more information.

IdeaFlow Inc.

iOS Engineer

Boeing Research & Technology

Autonomy/AI Software Engineer

Worked in the ICAT lab under Professor John Hansman with a thesis titled "Assessing Multi-rotor UAV Controllability in Low Altitude Fine-Scale Wind Fields." My Masters of Engineering degree is in Computer Science with a emphasis in Artificial Intelligence.

Thesis link: <a href="https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/122033">https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/122033</a>

MIT International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT)

Masters Student

Developed a formal grammar and parser for the relational note-taking App "ThoughtStream", which I saw through to the App Store for its first release.
Led interviews and onboarding. Established continuous integration.

Technical Lead, iOS

Analyzed SoftBoundCETS C pointer safety system. Documented control flow for
this LLVM compiler pass.

MIT Programming Languages Group

Undergraduate Researcher

Implemented algorithm optimizing drone flight paths over airspace of individual
property holders. Properties are registered in smart contracts on a blockchain.
Engineered MANNA’s distributed blockchain servers and API server. Worked in close coordination with our blockchain vendor Eris Industries.

MANNA Inc

Node.js, C++ and Blockchain Engineer

Built realtime navigation module with off-route detection and Dijkstra route optimization for kids’ carpool App.
Engineered a low-interference Objective-C framework to integrate image recognition APIs into Swift/Objective-C Apps, enabling E55’s customers to integrate their APIs in under an hour.
Developed two social media Apps with pictures and video.
Mentored junior engineers on code patterns.

Gigster Inc., E55 Inc.

Gave lecture, ran study sessions, wrote tutorials, guided group projects and solved 100s of bugs for twenty designers from Facebook, Uber, Instacart and Pinterest.
Empowered designers to implement their designs as native iPhone applications in Swift, rather than in Powerpoint or mockup tools.

CodePath

iOS for Designers Instructor

Headtalk is realizing telepathy based on research done at MIT– member of Techstars Boston’s 2014 accelerator class.

As CEO, I:
Raised $140k in venture capital. Engineered <a href="http://usemagnet.com">usemagnet.com</a>, PCBs and the iPhone
App for Headtalk’s Magnet bracelet.
Led team of three engineers and three designers.
Arranged Headtalk’s acquisition in September 2015.

Headtalk Inc (Acquired by ExoMachina Inc)

Turn all your iPhones into one giant display. Won an Apple Design Award in 2013.
Inspired by my work with Swÿp.

Mosaic.io

Co-Founder, Apple Design Award Winner

Led two engineers for Domo, a website mapping struggling MIT students’ questions with advice from peer volunteers, on two week deadline, delivering in time for finals.

Domo.io

Cofounder

Created Swÿp allowing files to be dragged between touch screens.
Engineered send-ahead thumbnail system to improve UX during payload transfers.
Led Swÿp’s three engineer team with full MIT course loads to MIT Media Lab’s Sponsor Week, delivering hit with sponsors and seven articles in the tech press.

MIT Media Lab

Fluid Interfaces - Swÿp Co-Founder

Engineered PCBs and setup SOCs converting a remote controlled car to an algorithm testbed running Linux.
Learned EE & CS: PCB design, Assembler, C, network programming, etc.

Laboratory Research Developer

Built the paid Fibromyalgia App, helping hundreds of people suffering from the chronic pain disorder track their symptoms.
Founded with a leading clinical psychiatrist. The company created medical patient support Apps and is where I spearheaded the implementation of many concepts, including Swÿp.

Alexander Hoekje List