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Jack Reed

Critic · DISC type C
Co-Founder at Lightfield
📍 Denver, Colorado, United States

Jack is a full-stack engineer and Co-Founder of Lightfield with deep expertise in geospatial technology. Educated at Georgia Tech and Georgia State, his career includes engineering roles at Tome and Stanford University, where he led projects building search and access to digital library content.

He is a passionate community builder and a leader in open source, having co-founded software used by millions. His academic work and publications show a strong interest in using technology for community engagement, citizen science, and addressing public health challenges through mapping.

Unique fact: Jack is an award-winning developer who won first place at the Esri UC Hackathon in 2013.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
Personality Overview

How Jack shows up

Critic
Information Seeker
Objective Thinker

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Priorities

Topics Jack cares about

AI Product Development
At Lightfield, he is focused on turning unstructured data and communications into actionable intelligence, and recently posted about shipping AI products quickly.
SaaS Automation
He recently launched workflows and webhooks at Lightfield to automate sales data entry from external events like Stripe payments and support tickets.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Co-Founder
Lightfield
7-2024 - 3-2025
Principal Engineer
Tome
4-2021 - 7-2024
Software Engineer
Tome
1-2014 - 4-2021
Software Engineer
Stanford University
1-2010 - 12-2013
Director Geospatial Laboratories/ Department Technology Manager
Georgia State University
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2013 - 2017
Master of Science (M.S.)
Georgia Institute of Technology
2008 - 2010
B.S.
Georgia State University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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