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Boulder, Co, Us

Boulder, Co, Us

Westminster, Colorado, Us

• Worked on dynamic spacecraft simulator team (C++, python, KVM) for various buses (1300, 500, 300)• Integral to several R&D initiatives on topics such as kubernetes-in-space, onboard geolocation, onboard AI/ML using GPUs, etc (golang, docker, k3s, tensorflow)• Migrated simulator team from svn to modern GitLab CI/CD pipelines that run on EKS (git, aws, terraform)• Popularized our CI/CD approach, which eventually adopted by all of space software• Decoupled simulator build requirements from runtime requirements, allowing it to cross-compile in the cloud rather than with limited on-prem resources• Containerized simulator which, because it runs on obscure ppc64be architecture, required bootstrapping the entire container ecosystem (patched golang compiler, custom builds of Docker and k3s, from-scratch base images, etc)• Containerized ground software so it could participate in pipelines• Built Kubernetes "power cloud" of IBM PowerPC servers to run test-like-you-fly ground/flight/sim integration pipelines• WorldView Legion FSW became heavy user of the integration pipeline, going from tens of manual tests per week to thousands of automated tests• Started new software-in-the-loop simulator for next-gen 300 bus satellite architecture based on cFS• Often called in to advise on hard bugs (particularly multi-threading)

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Worked on TrulySecure (tinyurl.com/jyakp55), a multi-modal biometrics SDK that combines face and voice recognition into one system. Productized research algorithms into cross-platform, performant, and easy-to-use APIs.• Designed APIs in C++, with high-level APIs generated with SWIG for Java (Android, Win/Mac/Linux), Objective-C (iOS, Mac), Python (Win/Mac/Linux), C# (Win/Mac/Linux)• Ported to many platforms/compilers including Android NDK, iOS, Mac, Windows, tizen, AOSP, and many flavors of Linux• Built out CI system using GitLab, Docker images, and Windows VMs• Wrote platform sales demos for Android (Java, gradle), iOS (Objective-C), and Win/Mac/Linux desktop (C++, Qt)• Designed high-level Android API to save clients the work of wiring camera/microphone and running enrollment/authentication GUIs• Used AWS Cognito and S3 for logging• Worked on free Android “AppLock” demo, now with 100k+ installs (tinyurl.com/goz8hnb)• Designed and deployed audio/video data collectors onto Amazon Mechanical Turk using both desktop web and a custom Android app.• Designed and built in-house neural network library for high-performance inference on unusual platforms

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Led a team to expand our C++ Speech SDK to a myriad of languages/platforms, with a consistent and easy-to-use high-level API generated with SWIG and Ruby scripts. Languages/platforms include: Java (Android,Desktop), Objective-C (iOS), C# (Unity,Desktop), JavaScript (FlasCC,emscripten,PhoneGap), ActionScript (FlasCC,ANE), Ruby (Desktop), Python (Desktop).

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Moved company away from an installed Speech Engine in favor of a no-install, in-Flash deployment using the Alchemy cross-compiler (later FlasCC/Crossbridge). Enterprise customers loved this, as they no longer had to perform system-wide Speech Engine upgrades. Won an internal company “Stella” award for my efforts.• Wrote high-level ActionScript Speech API that gave agnostic access to various Speech Engine deployments including Alchemy, Air Native Extension (ANE), server-based (RTMP), and the legacy installed version.• Conceptualized and implemented “web reading-tracker” prototype, a tool to turn any text-and-audio webpage into a language-learning lesson. Led to the patent application, “A Method and System for Reading Fluency Training”.• Implemented server-based Speech Engine prototype using RTMP and Red5.• Greatly reduced speech bugs (especially regressions) by implementing software best-practices, such as continuous integration, unit-testing with valgrind, etc. (Jenkins, CMake, Ant, UnitTest++, valgrind)

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

•Created SMS hotline for reproductive health facts (freewebs.com/sexedtext) with open-source software (LAMP, Ubuntu, PlaySMS, Kannel). Adapted software using PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and mySQL. Developed deb package installer for Ubuntu..•Taught computers, math and english in two high schools; facilitated teacher trainings throughout the country.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Developed TI-SmartView 1.0 and 2.0, a cross-platform calculator emulator for Windows and Mac OS X.• Developed multi-threaded middleware component of TI-Navigator 1.0 wireless classroom system.

• Developed system to aggregate and display web pages of weather data from stations scattered across the state using C++/CORBA/HTML.

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Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science

Bs, Mathematics