# Jacob Copus > Software, Entrepreneurship, Donuts Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jacobcopus For the last few years I have been focusing heavily on developing for virtual and augmented reality - creating applications, tools, and services that will help myself and others bring this exciting technology to the masses. I've spent most of my time recently architecting solutions for large-scale ingestion and visualization of data classifying user behavior in a growing industry. Technical Skills: JavaScript (React, Redux, D3, three), GCP specific tools (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Datastore, etc.), AWS, C#, Python, Java, Unity ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ STRIVR Jan 2023 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer @ STRIVR Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 ### Chief Technology Officer @ Observer Analytics Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Observer Analytics is an analytics platform for VR & AR which gives developers and organizations full visibility into how users actually experience their products. Our platform allows teams to tracks every user interaction and provides tools to easily analyze user engagement. We believe in the transformative power of virtual reality in both training applications and entertainment, with the goal of empowering teams to leverage behavioral data. Currently responsible for our system architecture, data pipelines, and visualization tools. ### Chief Technology Officer @ ObserVR Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Luis Obispo, California Area ObserVR worked to bring 2D content into virtual reality. The ObserVR platform allowed multiple streams of 2D content to be played in virtual reality while adapting the 3D environment to align with the content that the users were streaming. Observer Analytics (see above) grew out of ObserVR in August of 2017 due to changing market dynamics and a growing developer ecosystem. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Cisco Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Jose • Collaborated with full time engineers and other interns to create a Service Dependency Mapping to assist in new hire and transfer onboarding. • Developed this application using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. • Additionally, created a time-sharing application for electric vehicles at the request of a Senior Vice President. • This application was made specifically for iOS using Swift and Parse. ### Co-Founder, UX/ UI Designer @ Point Application Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 • Worked with a team to develop a location based social application for mobile devices. • Primarily designed and oversaw implementation of user interfaces and overall user experience. • Additionally created marketing materials to boost user adoption. ### Student Trainee (Engineering) @ NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 • Assisted in migration of services to recently built data center. • Designed and implemented a virtual flight control room. • Tested and installed communications systems for high frequency applications. ### Student Intern @ USC Viterbi Robotic Interaction Lab Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Los Angeles • Collaborated with graduate students and professors to create tests for the interaction of children with disabilities and the PR2 robot platform. • Designed a trial website that could be used to control the PR2 through a web browser. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jacobcopus --- Source: https://flows.cv/jacobcopus JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jacobcopus/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22