AiFi
Brian Bates has a diverse range of work experience in engineering and software development. Brian is currently employed as the Director of Engineering, US at AiFi Inc. since September 2017. Prior to that, Brian founded and worked as the Principal Engineer at Eccentric Prototypes LLC, where they developed mobile applications, designed printed circuit boards, and developed firmware for embedded devices.
From January 2016 to August 2017, Brian worked as a Software Development Engineer at Rackspace, where they led a team of software developers in testing enterprise web applications and reduced the runtime of the regression testing suite while increasing test coverage. During their time at Rackspace, they also conducted internal workshops and talks on various topics.
Brian also has experience as a Director of Engineering and Sr. Project Manager at Nexersys, leading teams of engineers, game designers, web developers, and artists. Brian played a significant role in the development of mobile applications and served as a Scrum Master for the Nexersys development team.
In addition to their professional experience, Brian has worked as an Engineering Tutor at The University of Texas at Austin and held various lab assistant roles at The University of Texas at San Antonio. These positions involved designing, prototyping, and running experiments related to electronic circuits and biomedical research.
Overall, Brian Bates has a strong background in engineering, software development, and project management, with a specific focus on mobile applications, embedded systems, and web development.
Brian Bates attended The University of Texas at Austin and obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical Engineering from 2008 to 2011. Brian then pursued further education at the same university and received a Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering from 2011 to 2013. In addition to their formal education, they also hold a certification as a Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) from Scrum.org, although the specific month and year of obtaining this certification are not mentioned.
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AiFi provides the most flexible AI platform that enables retailers to affordably deploy and scale autonomous shopping solutions across their businesses. Leveraging computer vision, AiFi adapts to existing store formats without the need for shelf sensors, and provides advanced tracking algorithms that can scale up to 10,000 square feet to supportvarious shopper journeys such as an app, credit card, gated, or hybrid entry. AiFi works with top retailers worldwide such as ALDI South Group, Carrefour, Compass Group, Morrisons, Żabka Group, REWE, and Verizon. AiFi has the highest number of computer vision powered autonomous stores across the globe. The company has raised a total of $80 million from investors including Verizon Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, HP Tech Ventures, Mithril Capital, Cervin Ventures, TransLink Capital, Plum Alley, Duke Angel Network, Reaction, GS Future, Drive Catalyst, and Evolution. For more information, please visit aifi.com.