Lance Hunt

About Lance Hunt

Anyone can do the easy things - especially your competitors. But, lets go do the hard things. The things that can form the foundation of your business.The most powerful force in the universe is a highly motivated team with a singular vision - especially when they are empowered to overcome all obstacles, yet are accountable to deliver results. I have a knack for growing teams of mixed-discipline business and technical players and giving them a North Star then setting them loose on your hardest problem and getting out of their way until they need me or have won.I have a passion for delivering products at-scale through creative application of software architecture, software engineering, and stakeholder collaboration. I bring deep and broad experience plus a healthy dose of experimentation to drive measurable results that last.Let\'s talk about what blows your hair back or gets you out of bed in the morning every day. What is your passion-project? What does your company dream of becoming? Let\'s go on that journey together.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   Finetune A Prometric Company

   Oct 2022 — Present

   I lead architecture and engineering for a pioneering AI firm in the EdTech industry. Finetune serves B2B clients in education & certification with AI/LLM capabilities as the centerpiece. I operate essentially as a Program Manager with a mix of director level business strategy combined with technical execution zoomed-in to the day-to-day engineering. I manage multiple fully remote, globally distributed engineering teams building software across multiple continents.My Responsibilities:• Architect and implement cutting-edge AI solutions leveraging techniques including RAG and Agentic systems with OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure AI, and other LLM providers, establishing new paradigms for AI-powered education applications• Coordinate decision making on business strategy, product management, roadmap prioritization, and resource allocation across Engineering, MLE, and DevOps initiatives• Guide technical direction as Solution Architect while managing multiple engineering teams, balancing hands-on architectural decisions with strategic leadership across full-stack development• Champion AI-augmented software engineering practices, accelerating development velocity through innovative applications of LLMs in the Python/React.js development lifecycle• Design and scale container-based microservices architecture on AWS, orchestrating Python-based AI services with React.js frontends to deliver seamless user experiences• Collaborate with AI Scientists to transform research into scalable production systems on AWS, implementing robust MLOps pipelines for multi-vendor LLM integration• Mentor engineers on advanced AI/LLM techniques and cloud-native architectures while fostering a culture of technical excellence across geographically distributed teamsJoin me at Finetune, where we are reshaping the assessment industry through AI-powered solutions.#AI #EdTech #Education #Engineering #Innovation #DevOps #CloudInfrastructure #DataEngineering #MachineLearning #LLM #OpenAI

Education

• University of Oklahoma

  BBA, Management Information Systems, Management

• Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City

  AAS, Management Technology

Skills

• Software Development
• Scrum
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Asp.net Mvc
• Architectures
• Html
• Web Development
• Solution Architecture
• T-Sql
• Web Services
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cloud Computing
• Test Driven Development
• Wcf
• Rest
• Agile Methodologies
• Soa
• Asp.net
• Multitenant
• Architecture
• Html5
• Iis
• Ajax
• C#
• .net
• Css3
• Css
• Go
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Mvc
• Thought Leadership