Alejandro Garcia Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

- AI User Experience Research and Development: Within the Artefex narrative, I pioneered the development of Riven, a personalized AI designed to be a companion and creative collaborator. This groundbreaking project not only showcases the fusion of creativity and technology but also explores the potential of AI in enhancing personal and artistic expression.- Music Production: Composing and producing tracks that blend traditional elements with electronic music, showcased on platforms like Spotify and Youtube Music.- AI Art: Creating visual artworks using AI algorithms, focusing on themes like human emotion, technological integration, and personal narratives. - Digital Storytelling: Developing content that narrates the symbiotic relationship between humans and technology, and how it shapes our understanding of art and expression.

Redmond, Washington, Us

- AI Integration and Leadership: Successfully implemented AI features in our applications, leading frontend development efforts. Demonstrated expertise in quality assurance, bug resolution, and enhancing user experience.- Innovative Feature Implementation: Developed a reusable wizard pattern, streamlining data entry for users and establishing a foundation for future feature integrations.- Mentorship and Team Development: Played a crucial role in onboarding new team members, expediting their integration and performance within the team.- OpenAI Embeddings Project: Spearheaded the creation of an Insurance Chatbot leveraging OpenAI embeddings, showcasing the potential of AI in addressing key user needs and influencing our development priorities.- Advocacy for Diversity and Inclusion: Actively promoted mental health awareness, contributing to a more inclusive and supportive work environment. Shared personal experiences to foster understanding and reduce stigma around mental health issues.- Adaptability and Growth: Responded proactively to team changes post-layoffs, filling leadership gaps and adopting a more holistic approach to project management and feature ownership.Frontend Thought Leadership: Recognized for front-end thought leadership and a proactive approach to learning new skills in DevOps and backend technology, contributing to team versatility and efficiency.- Future Focus: Committed to pioneering new UI patterns with evolving large language models, fostering the adoption of conversational interfaces, and enhancing personal workflow productivity using LLMs.- Learning and Development: Focused on continuous growth in large language model applications, aiming to innovate and apply these technologies in user-centric UIs and backend integrations.

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Leadership in Front-end Development: Spearheaded the front-end efforts for Project Windcrest, a web application aimed at caregivers. Functioned as the front-end architect, collaborating closely with designers and product managers to craft an engaging user experience and ensure consistency across the application.- Tech Stack Mastery: Utilized an advanced tech stack comprising React, Apollo GraphQL, Docker, Microsoft Azure, and TypeScript. Played a pivotal role in building and integrating the GraphQL query layer on the front-end.- Feature Implementation and Strategy: Implemented numerous key features, including the care circle creation and invitation flow, general layout, settings section, and more, significantly enhancing the app's functionality and user experience.- Innovative Solutions and Knowledge Sharing: Developed an AuthService for streamlined authentication using the MSAL library, and introduced a FeedbackService for consistent user feedback integration. Actively shared expertise through pair programming and PR reviews, contributing to team knowledge and efficiency.- Impactful Contributions and Recognition: Recognized for delivering critical updates to the Windcrest Design system, contributing to product quality and robustness. Acknowledged for exceptional frontend architecture and coding, leading to a successful Alpha release of Project Windcrest.

Dallas, Texas, Us

– Improving developer efficiency, enabling more complex application features and reducing overhead of cross-training developers by spearheading a migration of Xamarin application to React Native– Increasing adoption of strong patterns, reducing use of antipatterns and training team on best practices as team quality champion with PR approval responsibilities– Reducing bug throughput, enabling code refactoring and providing visualizations of code coverage by implementing automated testing with Jest and test coverage reports in Jenkins pipeline using Cobertura – Providing team with framework to avoid common Javascript bugs by implementing conversion to Typescript across team repos – Improving overall success of team through mentorship of new team members

Dallas, Texas, Us

– Developed new features and improved code quality on Engage mobile application using Xamarin Native in C#, XCode Interface Builder and XAML– Implemented shared functionality between applications using AWS Lambda backend– Developed new features and improved code quality on Engage React web application– Improved deployment process using Jenkins CICD pipeline

Dallas, Tx, Us

– Uncovered defects and enabled characterization and final testing by designing and executing validation plans for analog front ends on battery packs in electric vehicles– Revolutionized validation process by developing a set of standardized libraries for automating lab bench equipment using Python, LabView and TestStand and designing a relay matrix testing ecosystem to automate test station reconfiguration– Provided team insight into device characteristics by analyzing data and creating visualizations using Python scripting and Spotfire– Stressed silicon and found design issues by creating “break the part” style tests and spread lessons learned across TI in presentation at Verification and Validation Conference