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Rumgumption · Cross the Roaring Main ↗Shawn McBurnie
Applied AI engineer and founder · prompt engineering, agent scaffolds, and evaluation methodology.
Co-founder of Veridi, founder of NetterTech, and principal engineer of both.
20 years of frontend, design systems, and accessibility depth.
Selected work
Co-founder · Principal engineer
Veridi
An agentic fact-checking methodology with four verification depth tiers, specialist routing, gaming countermeasures, and Brier-scored calibration. Shipped as a publicly-available framework.
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Founder · Principal engineer
NetterTech Events
Commercial WordPress event and ticketing plugin suite, with WooCommerce integration, custom database schema, and 10,000+ tests. Submitted to the WordPress plugin directory.
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Frontend lead
Anaplan Design System
Joined as the project transitioned from hope to funded initiative. Stayed 3.5 years as frontend lead (after the founding engineer moved on), growing the system from SCSS variables and manual components to composable React and complete design tokens. Spanned C-suite advocacy, designer partnership, engineering execution, and DevOps delivery.
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Currently
Shipping the Veridi methodology framework publicly, April 2026. NetterTech Events submitted to WordPress.org; awaiting review response.