Mark Kuczmarski Founder building Novacut.ai

About Me

I'm a software engineer and founder currently living in Japan. My main focus is building Novacut.ai, an AI video editor that turns long recordings into editor-ready rough cuts.

Work History

Novacut.ai Founder
Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

My main focus: building an AI video editor that turns long recordings into editor-ready rough cuts.

South Bay Generative AI Meetup Co-Organizer · Full-time
Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Co-organizer of the South Bay Generative AI Meetup, one of the largest GenAI meetups in the world.

Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer · Permanent
Sep 2020 - Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Developed the Fire Tablet and Alexa integrations using Android, Java, and Kotlin.

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SBI Senior Frontend Developer
Jul 2019 - Sep 2020

Frontend developer working with a team of local and remote developers, building cryptocurrency software for financial services companies, using React, Javascript, and Java.

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Solairo Senior Software Developer
Apr 2017 - Jul 2019

B2B Chat application. Used in major websites for customer support.

  • Worked on team of two
  • Created Single Page react SAAS Application with a rails backend
  • Used by ~30 companies
  • Rails 5 Backend, Typescript, React Frontend, ES6, Heroku, Cloudinary, Flux, Redux
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Answrly LLC Founder
Jan 2016 — Feb 2017

A website that you can go to to get your questions answered by professionals. It's there to answer the questions you can't find on a search engine.

  • Created Everything
  • Ruby on Rails App. Running on Amazon AWS. Nginx. Capistrano. Cofeescript. Stripe. Javascript. Erb.
  • Handled marketing and managing company
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Tata Consultancy Services Software Engineer
Jul 2015 — Apr 2017

  • Wrote ASP MVC Applications
  • Worked on PowerShell scripts for major biomedical company
  • Worked in team of 8
  • Dealt with Windows file permissions
  • Suported Concur, Kronos, AssureNET Softwares
  • Supported SQL Server
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Snapp Digital Software Developer
Jul 2015 — Dec 2015

  • Coded critical piece of software to display advertisements
  • Used PHP, Javascript, JQuery, MAMP, HTML, CSS, S3, JSON, CURL
  • Developed restful API to track ad analytics. Used Ruby on Rails, heroku, TDD, MVC, CURL
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Miami University Resident Assistant
Jul 2012 — Dec 2015

  • Directly responsible for over 100 residents over 3 years.
  • Dealt with conflicts
  • Worked in team of 12
  • rganized events
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Progressive Insurance Application Developer Intern
Jul 2014 — Jul 2014

  • worked on the backend and front-end of Progressive.com
  • working on automated scripts with FitNesse
  • C#/.NET, SASS, HTML, and CSS
  • sped up an internal application by over 4x
  • The application that I helped work on was an internal reporting tool that collected all of the errors in the system and display them. The displayed errors were logged into a database. Every time someone tried to query the database it could take up to a minute or longer to load all of the errors and display them on the screen. I was able to get the speed increases by implementing paging, changing data-structures, fixing multithreading issues, and eliminating a lot of wasted code. This resulted in a site that was faster and mobile responsive.
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Ohio Dreams Action Sports Camp Camp Counselor | Lifeguard | Ski Coach
May 2011 — Aug 2012

  • Eight week extreme sports overnight camp for ages 7 -17.
  • Responsible for 60 campers each week from all over the world.
  • Interacted with campers, parents, and professional athletes.
  • Assisted in coaching skiing.
  • Worked as lifeguard.
  • Worked at one of the only ski water ramps in the world.
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Independence Pool Lifeguard
May 2009 — Aug 2012

  • Red Cross Certified
  • Water Safety Instructor Certified
  • Worked Outdoor / Indoor Pool
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Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Process Control Intern
Jul 2012 — Jul 2012

  • Programmed a Allen Bradley PLC to automate a pump-house.
  • Promoted safety throughout the mine.
  • Programmed in Ladder Logic.
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Ohio Represent T-Shirts Co-Owner and Founder
Jul 2010 — Jul 2011

  • Co-Owner and founder of "Ohio Represent", a T-Shirt company that was made to promote Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Designed T-Shirt graphics
  • Screen printed with quality inc and t-shirts
  • Used professional equipment
  • Managed currency
  • Promoted company, developed brand strategy, web site traffic growth
  • Produced a profitable and successful business
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Boston Mills & Brandywine Ski Instructor
December 2009 – February 2010

  • Instructed groups and private lessons
  • Gave positive motivation and support
  • Taught in a professional manner

Past Projects

A mix of shipped products, experiments, and earlier work. Archived projects are included to show the range of things I have built, even when the original service is no longer online.

Better Sticky Button product screenshot
Archived

Better Sticky Button

A Shopify app built with Ruby on Rails that keeps a purchase button within reach as shoppers move through a product page.

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Archived

Page One

A book-discovery experiment that showed readers the first page before revealing the title and author.

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Archived

C50 Index

A cryptocurrency index concept designed to represent a diversified basket of 50 crypto assets in one token.

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Archived

Jolt Alarm Clock

A mobile alarm clock that paired a new electronic track with each morning alarm, supported by a Rails API.

Product Loko project artwork
Archived

Product Loko

A business-idea generator with more than 10,000 combinations, built with Ruby on Rails.

Dot Popper game artwork
Archived

Dot Popper

A cross-platform arcade game for Android and iOS, built in Java with LibGDX.

Travel Scavenger Hunt app artwork
Archived

Travel Scavenger Hunt

A native Android road-trip game that turned family travel into a shared visual scavenger hunt.

Zombocalypse game screenshot
Archived

Zombocalypse

A Unity game built in C# for a game-design capstone, centered on defending a house from waves of zombies.

Family Resource Center application screenshot
Archived

Family Resource Center Application

A C# desktop application and SQL Server interface created to help a local nonprofit manage client records.