Gary
Gerber
A retrospective in two mediums — jazz guitar & software
Gary Gerber works the seam between two crafts: by day building web applications and persistence architectures for the State of Utah, by night composing for large jazz ensemble and researching where signal processing, machine learning, and live performance converge. His studio for both is GuidoGerb Pioneering Labs for Logic & Creativity.
IT Analyst III, State of Utah
Dept. of Technology Services — web applications, database design & persistence strategies, React, Java Spring.
Analyst, Tomax
Java Persistence Architecture and web application development for retail platforms.
Analyst, University of Utah
J. Willard Marriott Library, Technology Assisted Curriculum Center — online education delivery tools.
a
Music Information Retrieval & DSP
Spectral analysis in service of composition, mixing, and jazz pedagogy.
b
AI & Machine Learning for Music and Art
Generative models with the human performer at the center.
c
Pure Web Technology & Rust / WASM
Zero-dependency wrappers around hardened WebAssembly cores.
d
Jazz Guitar Pedagogy & Composition
Notation frameworks and orchestral authoring for human performers.
M.M. Jazz Studies
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Most Outstanding Collegiate Guitarist
LIONEL HAMPTON JAZZ FESTIVAL, 1989
Governor's Award of Excellence
STATE OF UTAH, 2016
guidogerb@ggp:~$ whoami
GARY_GERBER
{{ cursor }}# jazz guitarist × software engineer — Utah, USA
$ cat profile.txt
Engineer for the State of Utah; jazz guitarist and large-ensemble composer. Founder, GuidoGerb Pioneering Labs for Logic & Creativity — research in music information retrieval, ML for art, and hardened Rust/WASM platforms for the open web.
$ cat experience.log --reverse-chronological
IT_ANALYST_III :: State of Utah
Dept. of Technology Services. Web apps, database design & persistence strategies, React, Java Spring. Governor's Award of Excellence (2016).
ANALYST :: Tomax
Java Persistence Architecture (JPA), web application development for retail. Salt Lake City.
ANALYST :: University of Utah
Marriott Library Technology Assisted Curriculum Center. Online education delivery tools.
$ ls research/
music-information-retrieval/
DSP & spectral analysis for composition and pedagogy
ml-for-music-and-art/
generative models, human performer at the center
pure-web-rust-wasm/
zero-dependency wrappers, hardened WASM cores
pedagogy-and-composition/
notation frameworks, orchestral authoring
$ tail -n 5 writings.md
$ grep -i "honors\|education" profile.txt
match: M.M. Jazz Studies — University of Utah
match: Most Outstanding Collegiate Guitarist — Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, 1989
match: Governor's Award of Excellence — State of Utah, 2016
$ printf "%s\n" contact/*
process finished — exit 0 · ℗ 2026 GUIDOGERB PIONEERING LABS
“A luthier shapes wood until it sings. I shape code and counterpoint the same way.”
Software engineer for the State of Utah; jazz guitarist, large-ensemble composer, and founder of GuidoGerb Pioneering Labs — where music information retrieval, machine learning for art, and Rust/WASM craftsmanship share one bench.
IT Analyst III · State of Utah
Dept. of Technology Services — web applications, persistence strategies, React, Java Spring. Governor's Award of Excellence, 2016.
Analyst · Tomax
Java Persistence Architecture and retail web platforms, Salt Lake City.
Analyst · University of Utah
Marriott Library Technology Assisted Curriculum Center — online education delivery tools.
Music Information Retrieval & DSP
Audio feature extraction and spectral analysis in service of composition, mixing, and jazz pedagogy.
AI & Machine Learning for Music and Art
Generative models and recommenders — the human performer always at the center.
Pure Web Technology & Rust / WASM
Zero-dependency HTML5 wrappers around hardened Rust WebAssembly cores.
Jazz Guitar Pedagogy & Composition
Notation frameworks and orchestral authoring for human performers.
M.M. Jazz Studies, University of Utah. Most Outstanding Collegiate Guitarist, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (1989). Governor's Award of Excellence (2016).
UTAH, USA · GUIDOGERB PIONEERING LABS FOR LOGIC & CREATIVITY · 2026