Benjamin Alexander Email & Phone Number

Washington, United States

La Palma, California, United States

Fisker car configurator lead developer. • Spearheaded the development and enhancement and optimizations for the Fisker Car Configurator on IOS, Android, and Web platforms using Unity Forma.- Supplied optimization, architecture analysis, and performance improvements, reducing load timefrom 2 minutes to 40 seconds on low-latency connections, and 5 seconds on hardwired connections.- Introduced build scripts that reduce build and deployment time from 5 hours to 30 minutes.- Managed cloud storage on Amazon S3 and Unity Cloud to stream assets to users at runtime.Resulting in a reduction in load time for applications by 30 seconds, and increased customer interest. - Optimized runtime by utilizing KTX texture compression, resulting in a significant reduction inmemory usage from 500 MBs to 200 MBs.- Collaborated with UI, iOS, Android, Web, and DevOps teams to ensure smooth integration of theFisker 3D Configurator into various applications and websites, by providing seamless supportthroughout the process.- Communicated with Marketing, Product and Business teams to implement new features, andprovide quality of life improvements. Including but not limited to financing options, OriginalEquipment Manufacturer options, localization changes, and pricing updates.• Assisted in feature development for the Fisker Foundations software, designed to serve as a unified Infotainment Software for both present and future vehicles.- Rebuilt the Infotainment Software leveraging Android Automotive OS, Jetpack Compose and arobust architectural approach resulting in a 2x increase in KPIs. This overhaul led to a reduction inAPK size, from 790MB to less than 200MB, additionally optimizing memory usage from 800MB to500MB

Manhattan Beach, California, United States

• Influenced solutions and provided feature development for the Fisker Infotainment Software.- Collaborated on the creation and integration of the Unity 3D ADAS into the Fisker AutomotiveInfotainment Software, an achievement that made Fisker Ocean the world's first automotive vehicleto implement Unity in a production vehicle.- Assisted in the implementation and ongoing maintenance of essential features including Lane ChangeAssist, Lane Keep Assist, Wheel Scratch Assist, and Auto Park Assist within the Adas Platform.Engineered a VHAL to Unity messaging protocol leveraging JNI, seamlessly transmitting CAN datathrough the Android layer to Unity and vice versa.- Assisted in overhauling the software backend to improve CAN BUS read/write times from 300-500ms per CAN signal to 0.3-0.5ms per CAN signal.- Assisted in rebuilding the Infotainment Software architecture to be multithreaded instead of single thread leading to 2-3x performance uplift.

California, United States

Instructional assistant for Doctor Arturo Concepcion, Doctor Jennifer Jin, and Doctor Bilal Khan

United States

Tutoring Intro to Computer Science.

United States

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Computer Science

Worked towards transfer