Alex Lerman

Creator & CTO | Building Innovative Platforms & Games

I'm a developer and leader with experience building webapps, innovative game mechanics, and machine learning algorithms. From architecting marketplaces to developing voice-controlled games, I love building products, tackling complex technical challenges, and engaging users.

Key Projects

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RYFT

A voice-controlled, audio-based mystery adventure game. I co-designed the game engine, built a custom game editor with Electron, and developed cross-platform apps with React Native, Swift, and Java.

JavaScriptReact NativeElectronSwiftJavaNLP
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1up Events screenshot

1up Events

A two-sided marketplace for event planning, which I architected and built from the ground up. The platform handles real-time vendor availability, dynamic pricing, and automated billing, growing to over $1.2M in revenue in its first year.

ReactReduxNode.jsPostgreSQLTailwindHeroku
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Teampush screenshot

Teampush

A social fitness iOS game where I led product development. A key feature was a novel repetition counting and cheat-prevention algorithm I developed in Swift using mobile motion sensor data.

iOSSwiftJavascriptUX

Other Projects & Experience

Co-founder & CPO

Tigo
Nov 2025 - Present

Tigo is building a platform for finding and coordinating in-home care for aging adults.

Technical Advisor

SHE
Jun 2022 - Sept 2023

SHE was improving access to mental and sexual health services for female identifying adolescents and young adults. It was aqcuired by Backpack Health. I advised leadership on MVP planning, prototyping and technical details.

Independent Contractor

ForUsAll
Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

Built the front end of a responsive SPA for the user dashboard using React/Redux. Worked with design and backend teams to decide the data needed, how it should be displayed and fine tune the design/UX.

Lead R&D and Algorithms

Lark Technologies
Sept 2012 - May 2014

Co-led a team to develop a wearable fitness tracker with a real-time activity classification model. Also developed a user habit tracking algorithm using Density-Based Clustering to identify patterns and predict behavior.

Education

Stanford University

Bachelor's in Symbolic Systems, Class of 2012

Concentration in Neuroscience