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Santa Clara, California, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

• Co-founder and CEO of defense industry start-up focused on Electronic Warfare (EW) jamming detection and countermeasures. Patent Pending• Raised $2m in funding: awarded Department of Defense STTR Seq. Phase 2 [$1.3m], Phase 2 [$750k] and STTR Phase 1 grant [$50k]• PI (Principal Investigator) for all grants. Led a team of ∼10 across multiple organizations developing a mobile ATAK app for warfighters to detect andcommunicate instances of radio jamming; improving efficiency on the field by 90%.• Successfully pitched the business case at multiple field testing events and garnered extensive support from executives across the Air Force andPentagon such as Air Combat Command A3J, 805th Test Squadron, and Special Warfare Directorate HQ to sponsor our company.• Fostered business relationship with PhDs at Duke ECE Dept. & Applied ML Lab to develop jamming classification ML algorithms. Delivered productrequirements, built out simulation platform for data generation, and managed delivery + integration of model to meet Air Force requirements.• Collaborated with defense prime Booz Allen Hamilton and led integration work between their Nexus backend platform and our frontend.• Managed the partnership with Notch Inc, a leader in metamaterial solutions that enable antennas to be electronically controlled for beamforming,to build out our portable direction finding solution.• Led the integration work with multiple mesh network companies (Gotenna, Somewear) to allow data collected on our edge platform to be collectedacross nodes for jammer localization and building a heatmap of the EW spectrum status.

North Reading, Ma, Us

- Innovated in tote palletization process by exploring the Mixed Reality space for efficiency improvements and data flow visualization opportunities- Designed, developed, and tested a mixed reality application for the Microsoft HoloLens 2- Integrated the HoloLens 2 device with AWS for a cloud based infrastructure- Demoed results and garnered key stakeholder interest for future development opportunities in the Mixed Reality Fulfillment Center space

Durham, North Carolina, Us

- Utilizing edge computing, machine learning and Unreal Engine to optimize object recognition- Explored the impact of POSE information in advanced computer vision detection algorithms like YOLOv4- Developed an automated platform in Unreal Engine 4 to collect POSE data of photo-realistic ArchViz scenes- Summarized key findings and results in Independent Study Research Paper

San Jose, California, Us

- Automated functionality to reduce email analysis time which improved efficiency by 20% and saved at least 10 hours weekly- Developed and engineered 3 automation solutions to streamline the workflow of security analysts- Challenge was to increase efficiency as email analysis was consuming the entire work week- Integrated various backend services through APIs and authored technical documentation

San Jose, California, Us

- Spearheaded the development of new front end technologies resulting in improved workflow experiences- Partnered with a global team to overhaul the design of the internal case tracking tool- Improved case tracking efficiency by 70% for Support Engineers using a customized framework- Showcased my project to company executives and employees and received several accolades

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Advise students with technology solutions for their needs. Provide after sales support on computers and peripherals.

Successfully programmed our robot in Java and reached the World Championships in Houston.Collaborated to create a code library for our team's future use. Used power tools to precisely manufacture our robot's mechanical parts.Presented to judges about our team to win the"Innovation in Control" and "Excellence in Engineering" awards.Held a leadership position for 1+ years.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Captured ultra-high-speed videos up to 300K fps and collected data of a trap jaw ants mandible strike to measure and analyze forces, energy, and power densityApplied the captured data to create statistical models and conclusions based upon their filmed motionCo-authored a research paper “Tick Tock Tiny Impacts: A novel pendulum mechanism for measuring energetics of trap-jaw ant strikes”Presented research to the project stakeholders (Department of Defense) and received accolades for the work

Bachelor'S Degree, Bs Electrical & Computer Engineering / Bs Computer Science / Finance Minor

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science, Specialization In Machine Learning

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