March 2021 - Present | Remote

• Creating solutions for pushing real-time updates of price information to stores through the Walmart chain

• Maintaining and improving a customized, large-scale stream processing application running on Apache Kafka and Clojure

• Adding visibility to production performance through grafana dashboards & alerts

January 2020 - March 2021 | Los Angeles/Remote

• Provide technical services to clients, such as backend software or web development

• Determine scope and outcomes for client projects

• Consulting for software installation and operations, hosting, recurring costs, etc

• Delivered such products as a scheduler for an interactive LED display at the LA Music Center, custom web applications, multiple client portfolio websites, and more

August 2019 - January 2020 | Remote

• Allows users to anonymously add and discover 'beacons' on a shared map, which detail local places and events

• Created mobile app using React Native/React-Redux with integrated analytics tracking

• Deployed infrastructure using docker-compose and cloud-native services like S3

July 2018 - August 2019 | San Diego, CA

• Created reporting integrations for Office365 using ReactJs, allows customers to create reports using tools they're already familiar with

• Implemented a search-by-location capability for govt business opportunities, allowing customers to easily find opportunities in places relevant to their business

• Eliminated wasted time and human error from manually deploying backbone architecture by automating with Azure RM templates, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes

• Deployed and maintained a set of polyglot backend REST API services which added critical features, including technologies implemented in C#, Java, and Python

• Used Kibana to identify search performance bottlenecks and improve customer experience

August 2016 - June 2018 | Seaside, CA

• Delivered quality instructional assistance to the Intro, Multimedia, and Web programming classes

• Advised students on technical considerations for python multimedia projects

• Collaborated on an engaging intro programming curriculum including in class labs, study sessions, and extracurricular activities

• Directed Peer-Led-Team-Learning sessions that improved student cooperation and practical problem-solving skills

May 2016 - August 2017 | Seaside, CA

• Synthesized original research in computer input peripherals

• Used data science methodologies/scikit to test signal processing and classification techniques

• Assisted in other VR/peripheral related projects in a cooperative lab environment, particularly in system administration/maintenance activities

July 2020 - August 2020 | Los Angeles, CA

September 2017 - January 2018 | Salinas, CA

• Technician assisting with refurb of computers for in-need community members

• Wrote software for automated hardware lifetime checks & issue reporting

• Assisted customers one-on-one in technical support and consultation

Winner of ATT 5G Hackathon – Best use of Cloud Technology

• Application that gives teachers realtime information on classroom attention, using computer vision and IoT devices. Consulted on the concept and provided guidance for using React Native

Github Repository/Jupyter Notebook Report

• Takes tweets from @realDonaldTrump and creates new messages. Uses preprocessing techniques in sklearn and an RNN-based text generator written in tensorflow

ACM Digital Library

• Novel gesture sensor intended for use as a general-purpose remote control

• Used multiple recurrent neural networks in a bagging configuration to classify gestures used by the Myo sensor

• Developed driver code for the sensor, recording framework for collecting gesture samples, implemented classification techniques

Demo on YouTube

• System that allows for multiple people to use an interactive projection surface at the same time

• Multiple leapmotion hand trackers on one machine, multiplexed through systemd-nspawn

• Doesn't require any virtual machines, fault-tolerant

• Can be used over the network or locally for interactive applications