Hi, I'm Seth Morton

CTO & Automation Expert | I love helping people and businesses work smarter, not harder

Tired of hearing how everyone's using AI but you don't see the hype? I totally get it. Most people think it's just ChatGPT, but there's so much more we can do together.

Let's chat about what's possible

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How we can work together

Model

System Prompt

Tools

You

Most people think automation is just: Model → You. Ask ChatGPT a question, get an answer, done.

But this is what thoughtful automation actually looks like. Not just prompting, but building systems that handle the tedious stuff so you can focus on what you love, whether that's growing your business or enjoying your life.

Strategy & Planning

Let's figure out where automation can save you the most time and energy. I'll help you spot the opportunities that will actually make a difference in your day.

Custom Implementation

We'll build intelligent systems that handle your repetitive tasks. From customer service automation to content creation, let's automate the stuff that's eating your time.

Training & Support

I believe in teaching you to build these systems yourself, not just handing you solutions. I'll show you and your team how to create and maintain these workflows so you can be completely self-sufficient.

Curious what this could look like for you?

Every business and workflow is unique. Let's hop on a friendly call and explore where you're spending time on stuff that could be automated.

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AI-Powered Solutions That Drive Results

CTO @ Renavest

May 2024 - Present (CTO since Mar 2025)

Leading product and engineering for a marketplace connecting financial therapists with employees. Built platform that secured 5 enterprise contracts and growing user base.

React Native Next.js AWS AI Integration

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DigestibleText

Sep 2024 - Present

AI-powered text processing tool serving 30+ active users. Transforms dense, complex content into digestible formats while preserving meaning, solving real productivity challenges for students and professionals.

AI/ML SvelteKit PostgreSQL

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Embeddit

Oct 2024, HackHarvard Winner

Award-winning AI-powered Reddit analyzer using advanced RAG architecture. Makes community insights accessible through natural language conversations, demonstrating practical applications of cutting-edge AI.

RAG/Vector DB OpenAI PineconeDB

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SWE @ BajaBound

Jan 2020 - Aug 2023

Built analytics platform handling 150k+ monthly visits. Created automated testing framework that cut QA cycle time from 3 weeks to 1 week, demonstrating measurable efficiency gains.

TypeScript GCP Automation

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Backtest Extender

Jul 2024 - Present

Automated ETF analytics tool serving 50+ algorithmic traders. Eliminates hours of manual research with intelligent correlation analysis, turning tedious work into instant insights.

TypeScript SvelteKit Financial ML

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Why I love helping people work smarter

Hello! I'm Seth, a software engineer from San Diego now studying in Boston. My journey started at 12 when I built my first photography website to bypass expensive hosting fees - a small decision that sparked a lifelong passion for creating meaningful technology.

Since then, I've built over 40 projects and worked with fantastic teams at Smart Border Coalition, BajaBound, and now Renavest, where I'm working to make financial therapy more accessible. What drives me? Using technology to solve real problems that matter. I love being at the cutting edge of technology and figuring out what's possible before everyone else catches on.

At Tufts, I'm combining Computer Science with Philosophy because I believe the biggest challenges need both technical skills and deep thinking. When I'm not coding, you'll find me running through Boston, watching economic and policy YT videos, or listening to Prof G Markets while planning my next project.

Proven track record of implementation

Here's how I've helped teams and companies leverage modern tools to solve real business problems and drive measurable results:

Work Experience

2024

Head of Product

Renavest

May 2024 - Present

Boston, MA · Part-time

Why

Started as a financial literacy platform for students, but something wasn't clicking. After a 3-hour call with our CEO exploring why, we realized financial therapy could create deeper impact. Many people need more than just information – they need guidance from someone who understands both finance and emotional wellbeing.

What I Did

Built and led our engineering team with a focus on creating tools therapists actually want to use. Spent time understanding their needs, shaped our product direction, and made tough calls on technical architecture to support our mission.

Impact

Now in talks with 4 companies to bring financial therapy to their employees as a health benefit. Growing recognition in Boston's fintech community as a platform that genuinely helps people achieve financial wellbeing.

Technical

Built mobile app initially focused on video content delivery, pivoted to enterprise web platform for better market fit.

React NativeExpoAWS AmplifyDynamoDBAWS LambdaNext.jsTailwindDaisyUI

Skills

Mission-Driven ProductTeam BuildingTechnical StrategyHealthcare Tech

2023

Software Engineer

Baja Bound Insurance

Jan 2020 - Jun 2023

San Diego, CA · Part-time

Why

Needed robust analytics and testing infrastructure to support major site redesign and ensure reliable production deployment.

What I Did

Built analytics platform for tracking site performance and user behavior. Created automated testing suite to validate new features before release.

Impact

Reduced QA cycle time from 2 weeks to 1 week. Analytics platform continues to drive insurance provider negotiations and product decisions.

Technical

Built analytics platform for tracking key business metrics and automated testing infrastructure to support site redesign.

SvelteKitTypeScriptPostgreSQLDockerGCPAuth0SeleniumBrowserStack

Skills

Full-Stack DevelopmentData AnalyticsTest Automation

2020

Software Engineer

Smart Border Coalition

Mar 2020 - May 2023

San Diego, CA · Volunteer

Why

Border crossers and policy makers needed accurate wait time data to make informed decisions about crossings and border management.

What I Did

Created first historical wait time database by aggregating data from multiple sources. Presented findings directly to CBP leadership.

Impact

Tool now serves 1000+ monthly users with accurate crossing predictions. Data insights directly influenced CBP policy changes for more efficient border operations.

Technical

Created data collection system integrating multiple border wait time sources, with focus on reliable parsing and storage.

SvelteKitPostgreSQLAivenGoogle Maps APIRegex

Skills

Data EngineeringPublic Policy TechStakeholder Management

Rapid prototyping & innovation

Hackathons are where I test cutting-edge concepts under pressure. These wins demonstrate my ability to quickly identify opportunities and build working solutions that solve real problems:

Hackathons

i like building things

Hackathons have been one of my favorite parts of college - the rush of building something from scratch in 24 hours, fueled by passion (and maybe too much coffee). They're where I've met some of my closest friends, learned technologies I use every day, and discovered just how much you can create when you're surrounded by people who love building as much as you do.

Each project has taught me something new, whether it was diving into ML for the first time at Berkeley, figuring out how to pitch at Harvard, or learning that pizza actually can be breakfast food. These experiences have shaped not just how I code, but how I think about turning ideas into reality.

JumboHack

February 2024

TrueCaption - Extremely accurate captions for STEM lectures

Best Overall Hack

Hack@Brown

February 2024

Signify - Instant ASL interpretation for all your video content

Best of AWS

HackHarvard

October 2024

Embeddit - AI-powered Reddit knowledge explorer

SauceLabs Winner

Berkeley AI Hackathon

May 2024

Volta - ML-powered grid analysis tool

Tufts Producthon

May 2024

GeoDash - BeReal-style daily geography game

HackHarvard

October 2023

SolarUp - Solar installation ROI calculator

2nd Place, Earth & Space Track

HackMIT

September 2023

MedLingua - Medical notes transcription and centralization system

Solutions that solve real problems

Each project demonstrates different aspects of practical implementation. From RAG architectures to ML-powered automation that delivers measurable business value:

DigestibleText

Oct 2024 - Present

Born from personal struggles with ADHD and dense text, created a tool that transforms walls of text into structured, readable formats while preserving every detail. Helps users who struggle with information processing maintain comprehension without sacrificing nuance.

Technical Learning

Learned the intricacies of handling Stripe/Clerk webhooks and optimizing Tesseract.js accuracy with NLP - showed me the importance of robust payment and auth flows.

SvelteKitTypeScriptTesseract.jsNeon DBStripeClerk

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Trading Algorithm Risk Classifier

Dec 2024 - Present

Enhanced trading strategies with ML classification to prevent false bullish signals on bearish days. Built to reduce drawdowns in leveraged ETF positions by combining traditional technical analysis with modern ML approaches for more robust market prediction.

Technical Learning

Discovered that combining traditional technical analysis with ML classification could significantly reduce drawdowns while maintaining strategy returns.

PythonXGBoostOptunayfinancePandas

Backtest Extender

Jul 2024 - Present

Automated solution for algorithmic traders to extend their backtest periods by finding historically-correlated ETF alternatives. Now used by over 50 traders in the Composer community to validate strategies across longer timeframes, eliminating hours of manual research.

Technical Learning

Implementing smart caching was crucial - reduced API costs by 90% while maintaining data freshness, showing me the impact of thoughtful system design.

TypeScriptSvelteKitLRU CacheDaisyUI

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BorderDashboard

Mar 2020 - Present

Created the first historical wait-time database for California-Mexico border crossings, continuously scraping data from Google Maps and CBP. Analysis led to a presentation to the regional CBP head and contributed to policy changes. Includes a public analytics dashboard at borderdashboard.com.

Technical Learning

Building automated scrapers for Google Maps and CBP taught me about robust data collection and database design for long-term data storage.

PythonPostgreSQLSvelteData Analysis

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Embeddit | SauceLabs Winner, HackHarvard 2024

Oct 2024

AI-powered tool that lets users have natural conversations with content from any subreddit, making community knowledge more accessible. Built after struggling to find reliable information about SIBO, realizing the wealth of community experience on Reddit needed better organization.

Technical Learning

First experience implementing RAG with PineconeDB and OpenAI embeddings - learned how vector databases and semantic search transform information retrieval.

Next.jsTypeScriptPineconeDBOpenAIReddit API

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Volta | Berkeley AI Hackathon 2024

May 2024

Power consumption analysis tool for the Pacific Grid that uses ML to predict energy usage and environmental impact. Built to help organizations optimize their energy consumption patterns and reduce environmental footprint.

Technical Learning

Configuring AWS Lambda to serve scikit-learn model predictions taught me a lot about ML deployment and cloud architecture.

SvelteKitAWS Lambdascikit-learnPython

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Voltare

October 2023

Developed an intelligent system to optimize data center energy usage based on solar grid mix, maximizing government tax credits. Analyzes over 1M California power grid data points using KDE analysis to predict optimal energy consumption patterns.

Technical Learning

Working with large time-series datasets revealed the power of specialized databases and KDE for real-world pattern analysis.

PythonTimescaleDBOpenWeatherMap APINumPySciPy

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SolarUp | Second Place in HackHarvard 2023 Earth & Space Track

October 2023

Developed a platform that helps businesses transform their parking lots into solar power generators. Built using real-time solar data to calculate potential earnings from solar panel installations, making sustainable energy decisions more accessible for property owners.

Technical Learning

Integrating multiple energy APIs and handling complex calculations taught me about making technical data accessible to non-technical users.

ReactPythonFastAPINREL API1Build API

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Racket Formatter

August 2023

Code formatting tool built with Svelte and TypeScript that improves Racket code readability through careful string parsing and bracket matching. Created to solve the lack of modern formatting tools in the Racket ecosystem.

Technical Learning

Building a parser from scratch showed me why tracking state and handling edge cases make parser development so challenging.

SvelteTypeScriptParser Development

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Ready to reclaim your time?

Whether you're drowning in repetitive tasks or just curious about what's possible, I'd love to help you figure out how to get your time back. No pressure, just a friendly conversation about what could work for you.

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