Brad Dunlap — Engineering & product leadership

20 yrs

Software, hardware, and digital product delivery

50+

Products launched across mobile, web, hardware, and more

$20M

Largest program budget owned and delivered

Profile

I have spent twenty years turning ideas into shipped solutions, software and hardware alike. Most of that career happened at Vectorform, a little tech innovation company in metro Detroit. I joined early and became its first iOS engineer, starting the mobile practice, and over the years grew into one of its leading voices as it scaled into the business NTT Data acquired. I came across in that acquisition as an acquihire, into the role I hold today. Now I lead a cross-disciplinary team of hardware, web, Unity, and art talent, and I run Protomota, where I build and operate AI products of my own alongside 3D modeling, printing, and building and training robots.

Selected highlights

01Product Owner under the Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework for a strategic enterprise mobile app built over several years by a total team of more than 40.

02Built the end-to-end scoping and estimation process adopted company-wide at Vectorform, eliminating all project overruns and contributing to substantial increases in profit.

03Led robotics R&D on NVIDIA Omniverse: trained robots in Isaac Lab, ran them in Isaac Sim, and controlled Jetson-based hardware with ROS 2.

04Founded Vectorform's mobile app development practice in 2007 as its first iOS developer; mobile went on to become the company's main source of revenue.

05Tech Lead on the DTE Energy Insight app and its real-time IoT energy meter, taking it from concept through FCC approval to a spin-off into its own company, Powerley.

06Managed a portfolio of 7 automotive brand apps for Stellantis — Mopar, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Fiat — and led the front-end team behind Chevrolet's digital presence.

07Modernized QA with UI automation testing and expanded multi-environment coverage, holding a low QA-to-dev ratio as automation replaced manual testing.

08Rebuilt developer processes around TDD and CI/CD pipelines that run automated testing end to end, from commit through build to distribution across mobile and web.

09Ran advanced mobile security assessments — penetration testing, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis — and reported prioritized fixes back to client teams.

Experience

2023 — now

Launch by NTT Data

Digital Solution Consultant, Associate Director

Tech Lead, Automation & Design Configuration Tool

Jan 2026 — Present

Tech lead across a multi-disciplinary team of hardware engineers, web developers, Unity developers, and artists, keeping one product coherent across very different crafts.
Directed the architecture end to end: a node-style web interface where configurations are authored, and the pipeline that pushes them out to every client that renders them.
Shipped those clients as Unity applications on VR, mobile, and desktop, each carrying its own hardware integrations and its own definition of done.
Introduced spec-driven development to the team, carrying over the generative AI practices proven during the Omniverse research work.

Tech Lead, NVIDIA Omniverse Research & Development

Feb 2025 — Jan 2026

Trained robots in Isaac Lab and set them loose in Isaac Sim environments, using virtual sensors throughout.
Built and programmed custom robots on NVIDIA Jetson Nano boards, created their virtual twins in Isaac Sim, trained them there, and controlled them with ROS 2.
Applied generative AI across the research workflow and established the spec-driven development practices now used on my current project.

Product Owner

Oct 2023 — Feb 2025

Product Owner for a multi-year enterprise mobile application (iOS/Android) at a top U.S. manufacturing company.
Owned and prioritized the backlog in Azure DevOps, defining epics, features, and stories for a cross-functional team of 20+ developers and designers.
Primary liaison between engineering and stakeholders; helped define and scope a project extension that secured continued investment.

2007 — 2023

Vectorform

Director of Scoping & Estimation

Nov 2019 — Oct 2023

Built a standardized, end-to-end scoping and estimation process that eliminated chronic overruns and drove profitability.
Added proactive risk assessment to catch challenges early and improve budget adherence.
Trained sales, product, technology, and design teams on the methodology to make adoption company-wide.

Director of Quality Experience & Business Analysis

Sep 2017 — Oct 2023

Led the QA and business analysis teams within the Vectorform Engineering Group, owning staffing, practice, and day-to-day direction.
Moved QA from fully manual testing to UI automation testing with Playwright and other tools, and expanded multi-environment coverage.
Served as JIRA administrator for the company, developing all of the baseline workflows the organization ran on and owning their rollout, along with test case management.

Tech Lead, Mobile Application Engineer

Nov 2012 — Nov 2019

Managed a portfolio of 7 automotive brand apps for Stellantis (formerly FCA): Mopar, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Fiat.
Led mobile development for the DTE Energy Meter app from concept to launch, including real-time hardware integration and FCC approval, and provided the technical and product expertise behind its spin-off into Powerley.
Managed a suite of 14 individual Taubman mall's shopping and navigation apps and setup complex CI/CD pipelines to optimize development and distribution.

Senior iOS Engineer

Sep 2007 — Sep 2010

Founded Vectorform's mobile application development department as its first iOS developer, at SDK release.
Shipped high-profile iOS apps including The Coca-Cola Company's Sprite Mixer, several earning App Store “Featured App” placement.
Prototyped Chrysler's next-generation in-vehicle infotainment concept and built parts of the 200C concept vehicle's in-dash interface, shown at NAIAS 2009.

2011 — 2012

RIIS

Sr. Tech Consultant, Mobile Strategy & App Development

Oct 2011 — Nov 2012

Directed iOS and Android development and set technical strategy for client engagements.
Introduced Agile, TDD, and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, with automated unit and UI test frameworks.
Ran penetration testing and reverse engineering on mobile platforms, reporting prioritized fixes for identified vulnerabilities.

2010 — 2011

MRM Worldwide

Tech Lead, Front End

Sep 2010 — Oct 2011

Led the front-end team through the yearly model-year brand refresh of chevrolet.com.
Defined front-end architecture, coding standards, and review practices for the platform.
Improved page performance and load times across devices.

Capabilities

Mobile & web engineering leadership

Process optimization and operational excellence

AI-enhanced software development

Full-stack: React, Next.js, React Native, Python

DevOps: CI/CD, Docker, Proxmox, Linux

AI agent deployment and workflow automation

QA leadership and test automation

Prompt engineering

AI agent development

LLM fine-tuning

Mobile security and penetration testing

Independent work

protomota.com ↗

Protomota is my software business — AI-native products and automation services, built and run by me. It doubles as the place I keep my engineering sharp.

Jotley

LIVE

Voice notes that think for you. Native Mac, iPhone, and iPad app with real-time transcription, AI summaries, and iCloud sync.

jotley.ai

AI Resource Pro

LIVE

An AI knowledge hub: curated directory of tools, learning resources, and guides, with an AI-powered coach for personalized guidance.

airesourcepro.com

Lumen & Gesso

LIVE

A studio for custom pet portraits. Share a favorite photo and it comes back as hand-finished, premium-framed art, delivered to your door.

lumengesso.com