David Hansen

Chief Technology Officer at Atana Inc

Seattle, Washington, United States

About David Hansen

David Hansen is Chief Technology Officer at Atana Inc. Location: Seattle, Washington, United States.

Specialize in the architecture, design & development of software systems, primarily Unix-based platforms with an extensive background in protocols & networking. Development skills range in extent from low-level languages C/C++; Unix/Linux kernel, system libraries, user-space & admin; networking protocols (VLAN/TCP/IP/HTTP/SSL); higher-level scripting languages like Ruby, JavaScript, perl, Tcl, bash; web development (HTML/CSS/JS); relational database design & interaction via SQL; RESTful API's; software lifecycle & management through tools like git, bugzilla, Jira, salesforce, slack; and well, really just about anything where technology is needed to solve the problems encountered. The role of CTO at Atana requires acquisition of and working knowledge in e-learning specific protocols like SCORM & xAPI; incorporating media technologies like for delivering content; analyzing & deducing remote course operations in support of customers; researching & prototyping improved interactions with e-learning, course delivery systems, and developing new methods and techniques for assessing, analyzing and modeling learner behavior patterns. Whether a system is hosted on-prem or in the Cloud; or whether it's incorporating new AI models or using sophisticated structural equation models; it's all just technology that needs to deliver the end product to the customer!

Skills

  • Sports Coaching
  • Training
  • Coaching

Additional experience

  • Ski Instructor/Coach/Trainer

    Summit at Snoqualmie

    Started January 1986

Education

  • BS, University of Washington