{
  "name": "Kahlil Calavas",
  "headline": "Creative technologist \u00b7 Spatial computing \u00b7 Web development",
  "email": "kahlilcalavas@gmail.com",
  "phone": "860-834-4959",
  "website": "https://kahlilcalavas.dev",
  "summary": "Creative technologist and CTO at TerraLux working across web platforms, digital twins, augmented reality, and immersive storytelling. Combines React, TypeScript, and Unity development with on-site capture, interface design, and a decade of professional web development. Builds tools and experiences that connect people, places, and ideas.",
  "experience": [
    {
      "company": "TerraLux / The Futurist Network",
      "role": "Chief Technology Officer",
      "dates": "Aug 2022 - Present",
      "startDate": "2022-08",
      "bullets": [
        "Develop and maintain The Futurist Network with React, TypeScript, and Supabase: a digital twin, project management, and social platform for designing, building, and funding businesses.",
        "Develop a Unity-based iOS platform for world-scale augmented reality, connected to the Futurist Toolkit and location datasets.",
        "Create architectural visualizations, digital twins, and 3D captures; demonstrate spatial systems through mixed reality map tables and public showcases.",
        "Support technology operations, fundraising presentations, and investment outreach."
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "BehindTheChair.com",
      "role": "Web Development | WordPress & Next.js",
      "dates": "Apr 2023 - Aug 2024",
      "startDate": "2023-04",
      "endDate": "2024-08",
      "bullets": [
        "Maintained WordPress, Shopify, and Thought Industries learning platforms; integrated third-party APIs and plugins.",
        "Developed headless WordPress experiences with Next.js 13, Vercel, and WP Engine, collaborating across teams using Git."
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "The Walker Group",
      "role": "Front End Web Developer",
      "dates": "Jul 2020 - Apr 2023",
      "startDate": "2020-07",
      "endDate": "2023-04",
      "location": "Farmington, CT",
      "bullets": [
        "Built WordPress themes, plugins, and API integrations with cross-functional teams.",
        "Managed backups, updates, quality assurance, and Git-based development workflows."
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "GraVoc Inc.",
      "role": "Front End Web Developer",
      "dates": "Oct 2019 - Jul 2020",
      "startDate": "2019-10",
      "endDate": "2020-07",
      "location": "Peabody, MA",
      "bullets": [
        "Developed WordPress themes and plugins, maintained websites across multiple frameworks, and deployed Firebase applications.",
        "Built an internal web development code wiki and coordinated projects through GitHub."
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "Miranda Creative",
      "role": "Front End Web Developer",
      "dates": "Dec 2017 - Feb 2019",
      "startDate": "2017-12",
      "endDate": "2019-02",
      "location": "Norwich, CT",
      "bullets": [
        "Translated Sketch designs into interactive WordPress themes using Genesis and Advanced Custom Fields.",
        "Maintained client websites, supported proposals, and improved accessibility for Connecticut library websites."
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "Systematic Automation",
      "role": "Front End Web Developer",
      "dates": "Jan 2016 - Nov 2017",
      "startDate": "2016-01",
      "endDate": "2017-11",
      "bullets": [
        "Migrated static websites to WordPress and developed custom themes, plugins, and search-optimized machine sales pages.",
        "Created a machine directory combining video, photography, and interactive product presentations."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Future Lens",
      "description": "Digital twins, 360-degree tours, and location-based AR that connect capture, spatial editing, and real-world experiences. Portfolio includes IX Art Park, Big Hollow Greene, and Alan Day Community Garden.",
      "url": "https://futurelens.cloud",
      "image": "/images/future-lens-scan-capture.png"
    },
    {
      "name": "Future Lab",
      "description": "A setting for builders, artists, and technologists to share ideas, demonstrate immersive tools, and develop projects through gatherings and working sessions.",
      "url": "https://thefuturist.network/futurelab",
      "image": "/images/future-lab-gather.jpg"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tree XR & Boxboi",
      "description": "Wearable AR collaboration with Paige Dansinger and Marc Pettersen at the AWE 2026 Snap / Reality Hack; solarpunk storytelling and virtual worldbuilding through Boxboi.",
      "url": "https://github.com/pdxor/TreeXR",
      "image": "/timeline/boxboi-pilot.webp"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Web & platforms",
      "items": [
        "React",
        "TypeScript",
        "Next.js",
        "JavaScript",
        "PHP",
        "HTML5",
        "CSS",
        "WordPress",
        "Shopify",
        "Supabase",
        "Firebase",
        "REST APIs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Spatial & capture",
      "items": [
        "Unity / C#",
        "ARKit",
        "ARCore",
        "AR Foundation",
        "XR Interaction Toolkit",
        "Blender",
        "Unreal Engine",
        "Matterport",
        "Polycam",
        "RealityCapture",
        "DroneDeploy",
        "360-degree capture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Design & delivery",
      "items": [
        "Figma",
        "Sketch",
        "Adobe Creative Cloud",
        "Mapbox",
        "Google Maps",
        "OpenAI API",
        "Git",
        "Docker",
        "Jira",
        "Trello",
        "CI/CD familiarity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Central Connecticut State University",
      "study": "Graphic Technology",
      "dates": "2005 - 2009"
    },
    {
      "institution": "Treehouse",
      "study": "Full Stack Career Track / continuing learning",
      "dates": "2013 - Present"
    }
  ]
}