I'm Tony Edvalson,
a user-oriented software engineer specializing in ML & data engineering.

I currently work at Asana where I get to make tools that let businesses integrate LLMs into their existing workflows.

After devloping software professionally for 7 years, I've taken an interest in optimization and product development. My best work uses data science and ML to make sense of complex datasets, and I have experience doing so in both established tech giants and companies I've founded.

Outside of work, I love to tinker with side projects, such as experimenting with generative music systems and creative writing. I competitively trade prediction markets on Manifold, where I'm ranked in the top 25 users. And to relax I love to mess around in sandbox video games like Factorio and Minecraft.

• AsanaSWE

  2024 – Present

  I'm currently on a small team that is building AI Studio, Asana's no-code agentic platform. Together we made a product and coordinated with the rest of the company to build a GTM strategy and train sales agents. I wear many hats, but as the designated LLM whisperer I mostly work with Anthropic and OpenAI to integrate their products in AI Studio and evaluate model performance.

• Google PlaySWE III

  2021 – 2024

  I helped build a system to allow mobile apps to be used while the data was still downloading. Doing this required managed a few pipelines that processed petabytes of data daily and some machine learning to dynamically figure out the order the files should be downloaded. I also helped with some multi-quarter development and compliance projects for the DMA.

• IBMIntern

  Jun – Aug 2021

  Researched new deep learning models that more accurately predicted the risk of extreme weather events months in advance.

• PickUp PatrolFounder

  2014 – 2021

  Founded an industry leading school dismissal system. We support over 700 schools and 500,000 users internationally. Led product design, sales, gave investor pitches, and grew the company into a profitable SaaS business.