Brian Cooper

Founder & CEO · https://omni.dev

• Building an ecosystem of open-source products for the creator economy
• Full-stack engineering across product, platform, and developer tooling
• Software consulting and mentorship on architecture and system design
• Clients include the University of Minnesota and Colorado State University

Cofounder & President · https://topcrush.app

• Social connections platform for anonymous messages, matching, and dating
• Reached 5,000 users in the first two days
• Reached $1,500 MRR on launch day
• Trending on Threads for more than 24 hours at launch

Cofounder & Chief Reality Officer · https://rigami.xyz

• Immersive extended reality experiences blending digital and physical worlds

Founder & CEO · https://aerialbiotechnics.com

• Organic, vegetarian wellness ecommerce (supplements and natural extracts)
• Biological technology research and development

Founder & CEO · https://matterforge.io

• Additive manufacturing, engineering, and online retail
• 3D modeling, design, and printing (Blender, OpenSCAD)

Cofounder, Co-President & CTO, then CEO

• Web3 and XR company building immersive, breakthrough technologies
• Led operations and platform engineering (Kubernetes, Pulumi, Rust, Solidity)
• Built MirageSwap, a multichain, gas-efficient AMM and DEX aggregator for ERC-721s

Software Engineer · Remote

• Full-stack additive manufacturing software (React, TypeScript, Node.js, Electron, three.js, GraphQL, Apollo, Postgres)
• Shipped on a multinational Agile team with code review and product feedback from Figma mockups
• CI/CD and infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS EKS/S3, GitHub Actions)
• Unit, integration, and E2E testing (Jest, Cypress); error and security analysis (Sentry, Snyk)

Core Team Member & Lead Software Engineer · Remote

• Lead developer across open-source blockchain, DeFi, NFT, and metaverse projects
• Smart contract and backend development (Solidity, Hardhat, TypeScript, Rust)
• Game development (Unreal Engine, C++, Phaser) and 3D metaverse (Ectoverse)
• DevOps and backend infrastructure (Terraform, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Packer)

Engineering Manager (Contract)

• Led and trained a team of developers
• Managed a culinary ecommerce platform (React, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Created and presented software development training materials

Software Engineer · Minneapolis, MN (continued at ASU REACH Institute)

• Architected full-stack mental-health applications across mobile, web, desktop, and IoT
• Built GraphQL and REST APIs over hybrid-cloud backends (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible)
• Cloud-native tooling (Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, Istio) and CI/CD (Argo/GitOps, Kubeflow/MLOps)
• Integrated wearable devices and on-device sensors (Kotlin, Rust) for biometric signals

Interactive Visualization Designer & Research Assistant · Minneapolis, MN

• Interactive STEM visualizations and games under the NSF Hour of Cyberinfrastructure project (JavaScript, D3.js)
• Deep learning research: CNNs for dendrological imagery (TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV)
• Geospatial algorithms for the Minnesota Population Center (MATLAB, R, Python)

Graphic Designer · Fort Collins, CO

• Visual media and publications for Off-Campus Life (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere)