About

Kristan Wedderburn

Automation architect with expertise spanning embedded firmware (ESP32), cloud backends (Flask/Postgres), and data pipelines (ETL). I build production tools that reduce operational friction and improve profitability.


My path started with a dual focus in Anthropology & Chemistry at the University of North Florida — an unconventional background that trained me to think across systems and understand how people interact with technology.


Since then, I've built blockchain analytics supporting $850K in VC decisions, automated B2B prospecting generating a $2.2M pipeline, and engineered embedded systems from custom PCBs to NFC-driven cloud platforms. I work across the full stack — from soldering iron to production deploy.

Experience

Work history

April 2024 – Present

Independent Contractor

NFC Hardware & Automation Products · Dania, FL

  • Built an automated design-to-print pipeline with Blender MCP for parametric mesh operations; compresses design-to-STL from hours to seconds per job.
  • Engineered NFC-embedded smart products and cloud redirector portal (Python/Flask on Render, Neon Postgres, vanilla-JS dashboard); hardened with admin-key auth and CSP.
March 2023 – December 2025

Software Engineer & Data Mining Specialist

Privacy Glass Solutions · Coral Springs, FL

  • Configured ESP32 firmware for wireless smart-glass control systems; designed hardware validation pipelines.
  • Built MySQL and Python automation for sales database, generating $40K of sales in 90 days.
February 2022 – January 2023

Research Analyst

Vegax Holdings · Remote (South Korea)

  • Built SQL pipelines to ingest, clean, and aggregate blockchain datasets; delivered analyses supporting $850K in VC investment decisions.
June 2017 – March 2021

Independent Consultant

Data Automation & Blockchain · Remote

  • Automated sentiment analysis workflows using Python and SQL; authored technical guides used by 125k+ people.

Capabilities

Technical skills

Embedded / Hardware

ESP32 firmware NFC programming sensor/IO BLE/Wi-Fi PCB design hardware bring-up

Languages

Python JavaScript SQL HTML/CSS C/C++

Web & Cloud

Flask Neon Postgres Render Shopify dev Selenium Docker Git

CAD & Fabrication

Fusion 360 Blender 3D printing 3D scanning

Data

PostgreSQL MySQL ETL pipelines geolocation analytics KPI dashboards

LLM Integration

MCP workflows agentic automation prompt engineering

Education

University of North Florida

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology & Chemistry · 2014 – 2018 · Jacksonville, FL