Alex Maki-Jokela

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I build systems that shape how people experience physical spaces — biosensing, immersive lighting, real-time orchestration and feedback. Currently working at Lumena Labs building MindGym's immersive systems - a programmable biofeedback environment now deployed across 30 Air Force and Space Force locations. Replaced both the biosensor suite and the immersive control system with a multiplier of the functionality at a fraction of their predecessors' cost — designed, built, and maintained end-to-end. I've spent a decade treating art and engineering as two sides of one weaving discipline, and I've been tinkering with AI since it was neural style transfer. Designed the physical vault for GitHub's Arctic Code Archive, engineered to last 1,000 years. Built a 30-foot interactive LED brain with 20,000 LEDs in a 50mph dust storm at Burning Man. Launched the world's first AI-generated apparel line in 2018. Co-founded the League of Creative Technologists in Denver to grow community at the intersection of art and technology. Broad + deep experience across engineering (software, hardware, devops, mechanical, manufacturing), ops (former ops consultant for Peak Design #2 Best Place to Work), produc

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