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Justin Paulson

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Director, Software Engineering at Aha!
📍 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Justin Paulson is a creative and self-motivated software engineering leader at Aha! , focusing on scaling engineering teams and processes. He has a unique educational background with degrees in both Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri. People who have worked with him describe him as creative, driven, intelligent, and a great teacher.

Outside of his technical career, Justin has a strong creative side, enjoying painting, poetry, and music. He has a personal writing project called "Perfect Albums" where he analyzes his favorite musical works. He is also interested in artificial intelligence, having developed a game that challenges players to identify AI opponents.

He once left college to manage a movie theater, where he learned invaluable people and process management skills by leading a team of 70 employees.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Director, Software Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Software Engineering Leadership
As Director of Engineering, he focuses on growing and scaling engineering organizations and has written about building product suites with a monolithic architecture.
Artificial Intelligence
He shows a strong interest in AI, questioning the goal of AGI and creating a game where players must spot artificial players.
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Career

Work history

3-2021
Director, Software Engineering
Aha!
1-2020 - 1-2021
Manager, Software Engineering
LegalShield
10-2018 - 1-2020
Development Team Lead
LegalShield
1-2017 - 10-2018
Development Team Lead
PARTPILOT
4-2016 - 10-2016
Product Manager
ConsumerAffairs
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Education
2005 - 2008
Bachelor's of Science
University of Missouri-Columbia
2002 - 2004
Computer Science and Philosophy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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