Ted Schaefer
About
Ted Schaefer is from Vancouver, Washington, United States. Ted is currently Founder at Albert AI, located in Vancouver, Washington, United States. Ted also works as Founder at Dumb Tech, a job Ted has held since Sep 2023. In Ted's previous role as a Engineering Manager at Adobe, Ted worked in Portland, Oregon Area until Sep 2023. Prior to joining Adobe, Ted was a Engineering Manager at Vi and held the position of Engineering Manager at Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Ted was a Principal Engineer at Vi, based in Remote from Jan 2017 to Nov 2017. Ted started working as Android Team Lead at Vi in Remote in May 2016. From Jun 2012 to May 2016, Ted was Senior Software Engineer at Jive Software, based in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to that, Ted was a Freelance Developer at Lucky Galleon, LLC, based in Remote from Dec 2008 to Sep 2010.
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Ted Schaefer's current jobs
Albert wrote this for me: Like a digital muse, I'm here to tickle your curiosity and be your partner-in-crime on your journey. Together, we sip a cup of endless possibilities.
We're drowning in ad tech, corporate surveillance, and exploitation. We don't need more smart devices; more user tracking, analyzing, and segmenting; we need technology that serves us, not the other way around.
Ted Schaefer's past jobs
Introduced a major overhaul of the Vi Trainer app on both iOS and Android, including subscriptions via in-app purchase, downloadable workouts powered by a backend service for mapping workouts to personalized content, and a complete UI refresh. Worked closely with Product and QA team leaders to ensure quality.
Combined the Android and iOS training logic into a Unified Trainer, allowing workout features to be developed only once, effectively saving thousands of man-hours per year.
Initiated development of the Vi Trainer app. Implemented in-run training logic, playback of audio content interleaved with heart rate, cadence and speed statistics, and connectivity with the Vi Sense earphones via BLE. Trained and managed up to 5 engineers, promoting industry best practices via code review.
Developed the Jive Chime for Android messaging app alongside a global team of engineers. Initiated cross-cutting architectural improvements including dependency injection via Dagger 2, unit testing with JMockit, and a memory leak investigation resulting in the resolution of a dozen memory leaks and a comprehensive strategy for leak prevention. Implemented HIPAA compliance, Vidyo integration, and infinite scrolling of chat history and groups, among many others. Contributed to the Jive for Android mobile client while simultaneously juggling the Mobile team's push notification micro-service, the legacy Android and iPhone apps, mobile web, and performing duties as scrum master.
Designed and implemented online solutions utilizing web application platforms such as Google Web Toolkit, Magento, and CodeIgniter. Developed custom backend and frontend architectures using MVC/MVP design patterns. Achieved valuable experience working in an agile environment for diverse clients.