Christopher Guess
Consulting Technologist at Independent practice
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Guess is a consulting technologist and investigative computer scientist with 11 years of experience building secure, production-grade systems that sit at the intersection of journalism, public policy and anti-corruption work. He has led architecture and development for high-impact projects—from Duke Reporters’ Lab’s media-archiving and fact-checking platforms to AI/ML pipelines for analyzing leaked financial datasets and enterprise-grade Riskminr document search—while advising central banks and international bodies on cross-border AML technology. Comfortable as a founder, lead engineer, or hands-on technologist, he has scaled systems to millions of daily transactions, shipped consumer apps with thousands of reviews, and run secure infrastructure for reporters in repressive environments. Equally at home prototyping ML solutions as he is negotiating policy and funding, he pairs technical depth in distributed systems, security and data engineering with a journalist’s instinct for source protection and real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Sociology, Bachelor's degree Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison2004 Computer Science, 2004 Computer Science at Marquette University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
screen-size10
mvc10
ruby10
activerecord10
backend10
html10
pagekite10
rails10
android-app10
url-validation10
structured-data10
docker-compose9
whisper9
golang9
cli9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
cguess/recry
Sep 2017 - Mar 2020
A simple Twilio-powered call/SMS designed specifically for disaster relief and recovery.
Contributions:19 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
smstwilio
cguess/birdsong
Apr 2021 - Apr 2025
A Ruby gem for accessing the Twitter V2 API easily
Contributions:5 reviews, 18 PRs, 49 pushes in 4 years
rubytwitter
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