Cacheflowe is Justin Gitlin

Justin Gitlin, a.k.a. Cacheflowe (/ˈkaSH ˌflō/), is a creative coder, musician, and multidisciplinary artist based in Boston, USA. Well into his third professional decade, his practice has flourished and disciplines have converged, blending the technical precision of software development with the creative expression and humanity of music, placemaking, visual systems, and user experience design. As a creative technologist, Justin has built interactive installations, video games, experimental web sites and mobile apps for clients like Nike, Google, and the Denver Art Museum. As a genre-crossing musician, Cacheflowe has released music and shared the stage with an array of innovative artists like Amon Tobin, Ulrich Schnauss, Machinedrum, Dizzee Rascal, and Nels Cline. As a visual artist, Justin creates algorithmic designs for print, apparel, physical products, music videos, art installations and brand design. His visual collaborations and original concepts have been shown at museums like the Smithsonian and MCA Chicago, immersive art experiences like Meow Wolf and WAVE Festival, and independent galleries like Dateline (Denver), Space Debris (Instanbul), and GO Gallery (Amsterdam). Justin currently serves as the Director of Technology at Hovercraft Studio and teaches Creative Coding at the ATLAS Institute of CU Boulder.

Curriculum Vitae

Select Clients

Airwalk
Arrow
AT&T
Audi
Callaway
Capital One
Cobra
Coca-Cola
Coinbase
Colorado Lottery
Continental
Copper Mountain
Dell
Denver Art Museum
Denver Botanic Gardens
Gaia
Google Creative Lab
Hilton
H&M
Intercom
Jordan
Kalisher
KGNU
LAIKA
Levi's
Madame Tussaud's
MCA Denver
Museum of Boulder
Nike
The North Face
Oakley
Palmer Snowboards
Pepsi
Qdoba
Reebok
Sendgrid
Sony Pictures
Vans
Verizon

Awards

Select press: Music

"visceral bass", "cerebral gymnastics"
- Cyclic Defrost
"...chopped 8-bit water of crunched electro-pop, glitch and mechanical funk."
- Igloo Mag
"...like a doped-up Prefuse 73, sick of computer burps, or a safer Squarepusher with less quirk and more urban sass..."
- XLR8R
"...a beat-driven, brain-warping and brilliantly creative sound."
- Westword
"...blunted beats stuttering, slamming, and lurching through sixteen meticulously crafted constructions."
- Textura
"...freeform ...genre-skewering nonchalance."
- Igloo Mag
"...[CacheFlowe's] flurry of dense, experimental, mind-fucking glitch and thump."
- Westword
"...convulsive boom-bap..."
- Textura
"someone is going to make a mint ripping him off someday"
- Westword

Teaching & Workshops

Boulder Digital Works
gSchool
Metro State (Denver) / Center for Visual Art
Northeastern University
University of Denver
University of Colorado, Boulder :: ATLAS & CMCI
University of Colorado, Denver
Turing
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts

Speaking & Presentations

AIGA Colorado
Center for Integrated Arts Education (CIEA)
ConvergeSE
#curiouslyminded
Denver Startup Week
Develop Denver
Dinosaur.js
Full Stack Denver
Geekend
General Assembly
Google I/O
Pecha Kucha Denver
Refresh Denver
TEDxMileHigh
TWF (Poland)

Interviews & Articles

Colorado Public Radio WAVE/Interphase interview
CodePen podcast interview
University of Denver: "Emergent Digital Practices degree sets the stage for alum's creative innovations"
Thoughtbot's Giant Robots podcast #142: "The Power of Play"
NPR Morning Edition: "Denver Street Arcade Attracts Gamers Of All Ages"
HTML5Rocks.com: Roll It case study
Google Developers: Chrome Roll It

Employment

Hovercraft Studio
Director of Technology
April 2021 - present
Cacheflowe, LLC
Independent Creative Developer
August 2016 - present
Mode Set
Director + Developer
June 2011 - August 2016
Factory Design Labs
Director of UI Development
July 2005 - June 2011
3Si Holdings
Software Developer
July 2003 - June 2005
Clevermedia
Game Developer
June 2000 - September 2001

Education

University of Denver
B.A. Computer Science
B.A. Digital Media Studies
Minor: General Business
1998 - 2002

Select Quotes

"I've never seen Justin miss a deadline."
"He is just very pro and knows what he needs and can deliver."
"I can always rely on Justin to follow through on his commitments."
"He is the king of managing multiple projects!"
"Justin is an undeniable expert in the field of creative tech. I feel very lucky to work with him."
"[Justin] shows interest, listens well, is patient, and is generous with his time and his attitudes toward others."