Brian Broom-Peltz
Truckee, CA · [email protected] · broompeltz.com · github.com/krismajean · linkedin.com/in/brian-broom-peltz
Builder, teacher, organizer. I ship websites, developer tools, and the systems organizations run on, then teach people to use them. Chemical engineer by training, ex-Los Alamos researcher, 10+ years designing curriculum, daily AI-assisted developer (Claude Code, Cursor).
Experience
Broom-Peltz Consulting · Principal & Developer · Truckee, CA
2014–Present
- Therapy at NEST Rebuilt a Squarespace site as a custom CMS on GitHub + Cloudflare (~$300/yr saved), with SEO landing pages, a Looker dashboard, and a training registration system (50+ signups).
- Tahoe RV Rentals Built the site and run Google + Meta ads and conversion tracking for an RV delivery business serving Lake Tahoe, McCall, and Burning Man.
- Local Food Chronicles Wrote a Python pipeline that recovered 146 posts from the Wayback Machine; shipped an Astro + TinaCMS site on Cloudflare Pages in one week.
- Luminopia Built the Webflow rebrand for an FDA-cleared VR therapy with an international design team, on a conference deadline.
- Nature Up Health Brand, website, investor narrative, and financial model for a nature-as-medicine venture.
Projects
- Epstein Files Highlighter Browser extension published on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons (JavaScript).
- Jacquet Real-time two-player board game on Cloudflare Workers + Durable Objects (TypeScript).
- Vision Transformer from scratch Built and trained a ViT on MNIST in PyTorch, with a Flask draw-and-predict demo and a teaching plan.
- Pattern Bench Audio-reactive generative drawings in the browser.
- broompeltz.com Migrated from Squarespace to Next.js + TypeScript on Vercel, built with Claude Code and Cursor.
Operations & Community
Lift Workspace · Operations & Community Manager (contract) · Truckee, CA
Nov 2018–Present
- Built an automated reporting pipeline (Python, GitHub Actions, Apps Script, Zapier) that feeds membership and revenue data into a live dashboard, replacing hand-pasted CSVs.
- Host a coworking community of 10–30 guests a day; run events, the website, and local listings.
Tahoe Psychedelic Society · Managing Director (part-time)
Jun 2024–Present
- Grew programming from Truckee to South Lake Tahoe; wrote the SOPs, intake process, and governance frameworks that keep it running.
- Automated marketing and CRM workflows with AI tools; manage facilitator, venue, and legal partners.
Gateway Mountain Center · Director of Operations · Truckee, CA
Dec 2019–Dec 2020
- Raised grant applications 5x and award rate 30%, securing $1.5M+ in four months.
- Built systems to sell, manage, and report on programs; rolled out Asana org-wide; ran budget and board reporting through COVID.
Teaching & Curriculum
- MAPS (2022) Built a psychedelic-literacy curriculum, 12+ hours of content piloted with 155 participants and 20,000+ data points.
- Truckee Roundhouse (2018–Present) Safety curriculum for a makerspace (videos, quizzes in use since 2022), a teach-the-teacher program, and a 2026 summer maker camp.
- Math & science teacher Tahoe Expedition Academy (2017–18) and Tilton School (2015–16): project-based physics and data-science precalculus.
Research
- PetaVision, New Mexico Consortium (2014–16) Computer vision experiments (object recognition, upscaling, prediction); contributed to the open-source Python/C++ codebase and rewrote its tutorial.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience (2013–14) Neutron crystallography sample prep and enzyme assays for biofuel production.
Education
Tulane University · BS, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, cum laude, 2013 · Minors in Business and Biomedical Engineering · Tau Beta Pi
Skills
- Code: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Astro, PyTorch, Flask, Google Apps Script
- Platforms: Cloudflare Workers/Pages, Vercel, GitHub Actions, Webflow, Squarespace, Shopify
- Tools: Claude Code, Cursor, Zapier, n8n, GA4, Google + Meta Ads, Asana
- Other: Public speaking (improv), French (intermediate)