CANDIDATE · FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER
Hi Cursor,
I'm Tyler Clark.
28 years shipping software at scale — NYT, Salesforce, SurveyMonkey — and now building AI products daily as a founder. I made this site because I don't just want the FDE role. I want to show you what going above and beyond looks like.
Tampa, FL · remote-native since 2006
01 — WHY ME
The unfair advantages
SCALE
Architect over hundreds of engineers
One of three architects across all of SurveyMonkey engineering — set technical direction org-wide and led the CRM Integrations team to a 20% signup lift.
JUDGMENT
Wrote Salesforce's programming tests
Co-authored the official programming assessments and served on the hiring committee. I know what great engineers look like because I helped define the bar.
INVENTION
Co-invented Lightning Web Components
Nine years at Salesforce, co-inventor of LWC and the Lightning Design System — frameworks still used by millions of developers.
REMOTE-NATIVE
Remote long before it was normal
Working from home effectively since the mid-2000s. Async communication, customer embeds, distributed teams — this is my default mode, not an adjustment.
AI, DAILY
Founder shipping AI in production
CEO of Clarky AI: HIPAA-compliant, multi-model agent platform across chat, voice, SMS, and email. Previously co-founded Umbrella AI — acquired in 2024.
CUSTOMER-FACING
Comfortable in the customer's room
Enterprise consulting at Clark Interactive, AAA as an enterprise client, five Dreamforce talks. I translate between economic buyers and engineers fluently.
02 — SPEAKING
On stage, constantly
Dreamforce speaker five times (2014–2020). Now hosting and headlining Tampa's AI circuit — because an FDE has to teach as well as build.
MAY 2026
All Things AI Happy Hour
2.5-hour AI happy hour for developers, founders, and investors — 30-minute fireside chat plus open networking. Hosted by Clarky AI.
Embarc Collective, Tampa
APR 2026
IEEE Computer Society (USF)
Speaking to the IEEE Computer Society chapter at the University of South Florida.
Embarc Collective, Tampa
MAR 2026
Tampa A.I. Workshop
Hands-on workshop on building AI applications with the latest tools and technologies. Hosted by Clarky AI.
Embarc Collective, Tampa
FEB 2026
USF Google Developer Group — Fireside Chat
Startup life with Charlton Trezevant (Packfiles) and Embarc coach Kailah Matyas, for USF GDG students.
Embarc Collective, Tampa
JAN 2026
Supabase + v0 Meetup
Meetup for developers and vibe-coding enthusiasts across Tampa/St. Pete, with $800+ in prizes. Hosted with Supabase and Vercel.
Embarc Collective, Tampa
03 — IN THE ROOM
Conferences, last 12 months
I fly to where the frontier is. Two continents, five events, one year.
2026
Vercel Ship
London
2025
OpenAI DevDay
San Francisco
2025
Supabase Select
San Francisco
2025
Y Combinator Hackathon
San Francisco
2025
Vercel Ship
New York City
ALREADY IN THE CURSOR COMMUNITY
JUL
30
Cursor Meetup #2 Tampa Bay
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center · Tampa, FL
MAR
23
Cursor Meetup St.Pete/Tampa
Ark Innovation Center · St. Petersburg, FL
04 — TRACK RECORD
28 years, condensed
2025 — now
Founder & CEO, Clarky AI
Omnichannel AI agent platform — chat, voice, SMS, email, CRM — deployable in minutes. Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), HIPAA-compliant.
2024 — now
Founder, Clark Interactive
AI + web consultancy. Work featured in USA Today and on ABC and Fox affiliates.
2022 — 2024
Co-Founder, Umbrella AI
Grew to 15+ people, landed AAA as an enterprise client. Acquired December 2024.
2024
Senior Software Architect, Southwest Airlines (contractor)
Designed GateAI — AI-driven gate assignment and taxi optimization on AWS.
2021 — 2024
Software Architect, SurveyMonkey
One of three architects for the entire engineering organization (GetFeedback).
2012 — 2021
Lead Software Engineer, Salesforce
Co-invented Lightning Web Components. Built internal Agile tooling used by thousands of engineers as Salesforce grew 7,000 → 70,000.
2002 — 2006
Senior Software Engineer, The New York Times
High-traffic dynamic sites for one of the world's largest publishers.
The full document
Everything above, with the details: certifications, 7× Salesforce Hack Day wins, the whole stack.
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