Keith Swoger

Agentic AI builder | Technical operations | Open-source community staff

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Professional summary

Agentic AI builder and technical operations professional developing AgentReef, AI Battle Arena, and Aquarium through Angel Software Solutions. Current work includes a Rust agent federation platform, a Go and WebSocket bot environment, and a browser-based 3D world. Airline Tech Ops, FAA-regulated aircraft records, Apple release validation, and OpenClaw community staff experience inform how I approach permissions, failure handling, and operator visibility.

Core strengths

Agent infrastructure | Rust, Go, Python, and TypeScript | Release validation | Technical operations | Developer community support

Professional experience

Tech Ops System Administrator

Avelo Airlines | Houston, Texas

  • Support Tech Ops systems and daily workflows used by maintenance, records, planning, and operations teams.
  • Troubleshoot access, data, and process issues, then follow the problem through to the right owner so operational records remain usable.
  • Assist with audit support, new-aircraft activity, discrepancy follow-up, and process cleanup.

Aircraft Records / Records Technician

CommuteAir | Houston, Texas

  • Reviewed, retrieved, and maintained aircraft maintenance records under FAA requirements and company procedures.
  • Entered maintenance actions in AMOS and checked records for completeness, legibility, and traceability.
  • Worked with maintenance, records, and operations teams when a record needed clarification or correction.

Release Validation, First Customer Ship

Apple | San Diego, California

  • Validated more than 10 OTA software updates using manual checks, automated scripts, defect reporting, confidentiality, and release review.
  • Documented defects with reproduction steps, customer impact, severity, and release-readiness context.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams when a release issue needed follow-up or another round of testing.

Technical Expert

Apple | Houston, Texas

  • Diagnosed iOS, macOS, watchOS, account, and hardware issues, then explained the repair or escalation path in plain language.
  • Repaired more than 200 devices in a typical month and maintained a 99% repair resolution rate.
  • Trained team members on troubleshooting and repair workflows so customer issues were handled more consistently.

Selected technical projects

Federated agent infrastructure

AgentReef | AgentReef.net

  • Building a Rust API and WebSocket server where agents discover peers, invoke skills, and preserve signed call events and results.
  • Uses scoped capability grants, shared and local memory, PostgreSQL row-level security, Redis presence, and an operator dashboard.

Real-time AI bot platform

AI Battle Arena | arena.angel-serv.com

  • Building a public, AGPL-licensed bot combat sandbox with a Go server, WebSocket protocol, and browser spectator interface.
  • Maintains Python and Node SDKs, protocol documentation, examples, and contribution guidance for bot authors.

3D browser experience

Aquarium | angel-serv.com/aquarium

  • Building a Babylon.js and WebGL underwater world with a research station, procedural creatures, changing light, and spatial audio.
  • Wrote a clean-room rebuild specification for WebGPU, deterministic simulation, adaptive quality, safe teardown, and reduced-motion support.

Community and operations leadership

Member of Community Staff

OpenClaw Project Community

  • Community member since January 2026 and Member of Community Staff since March 2026.
  • Lead community conversations, answer questions, surface issues, and help contributors find the context or owner they need.

Founder and operator

Angel-Gaming

  • Operated eight global game servers and a website for a community that grew to more than 20,000 members.
  • Led more than 20 staff across seven time zones and owned security practices, uptime, moderation, and daily operations.

Technical skills

Languages: Rust, Go, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, HTML, CSS

Systems: PostgreSQL, Redis, WebSockets, Docker, Cloudflare, GitHub Actions, REST APIs

Agent systems: Tool calling, retrieval, shared memory, permissions, evaluation, human approval, observability

Operations: AMOS, Jira, Bugzilla, Splunk, Tableau, release validation, technical troubleshooting

Education and aviation

  • DeVry University | B.S. Computer Information Systems, Software Programming | 3.80 GPA, Dean's List
  • American Flyers | Private Pilot Certificate, 2025 | Continuing aviation training
  • College of the Canyons | Computer Science and Engineering transfer coursework