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San Diego, California, United States

Exceeded state-of-the-art results in handwritten text recognition and decreased character error rate by 35%. Deployed demo on AWS using Docker and Starlette.Optimized production model with parameter quantization and TorchScript serialization compressing size 10x and accelerating inference 63%.Forecasted sales (Rossman, Corporación Favorita) and recommended movies (MovieLens) to explore structured data techniques: feature engineering, statistical analysis, PCA, random forests, KNNs.Classified/segmented images (Seedlings, Dog Breed, Planet, VOC2012, Carvana) and analyzed text sentiment (IMDB) to model unstructured data using: augmentation, transfer learning, CNNs/RNNs/Attention.Authored technical and non-technical articles to disseminate research and solidify understanding of core concepts. Featured on Towards Data Science, top-ten Medium publication. Surpassed 1,400 total views.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Refactored flagship Rails platform serving 500+ concurrent users to decrease load times and server costs. Simplified and standardized dependencies to reduce technical debt and tighten security. Added substantial new features, fixed bugs, and improved test coverage all while reducing total lines of code.Collaborated on an Agile team to build a distributed, multi-tenant eLearning solution significantly reducing time-to-market and infrastructure cost per client.Implemented, tested, and documented RESTful APIs for mission-critical integrations. (SSO, payments, distribution, analytics, etc.)

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Designed, developed, and launched a private social networking site to showcase web development skills.Features included: secure logins, remote image uploads to AWS, background processing, stateful model behavior, private messaging, AJAX rating system, automated testing, email integration.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Launched tech career with online courses at a fraction of the time/cost of postgraduate study.Leveraged newly acquired skills (shell scripting) to scrape, download, and collate online video lectures thereby reducing monthly expenditures.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Coordinated a staff of 40 employees, 12 trucks, and up to 25 jobs per day.Extended business reach with new marketing pamphlets targeting senior residential communities. Responded to customer feedback by instituting new daily maintenance protocols which increased crew efficiency and expedited departure time by ~25%.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Generated business plan, built website, and managed social media presence for local community-based time-trading network. Pitched in MassChallenge Incubator Program advancing beyond 350 other teams.

Adapted to diverse cultural, budgetary, and logistical challenges during extended travel through New Zealand, Australia, South and East Asia, France.Volunteered at local farm in the Philippines to help clear flood debris after typhoon and harvest crops.Sustained travel as: Head Cook/Kitchen Manager, Line Cook, Dishwasher, Night Porter, Receptionist, Construction and Agricultural Laborer, Fuel Station Attendant, English Language Tutor.