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Pasadena, Ca, Us

North Hollywood, Ca

- Mix real-time audio for over 30 acts during live open mic nights, providing high-quality sound for both in-person and broadcast audiences.- Manage front-of-house (FOH) and broadcast sound, ensuring clear, balanced audio for live events and remote listeners.- Record and backup all performances in Pro Tools, maintaining audio quality and consistency across acts.

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Provide professional audio recording and mixing services for clients and personal projects, delivering tailored sound solutions across various genres.- Collaborate with clients to enhance their audio projects, offering technical expertise and creative input to achieve their desired sound.- Built and maintain a fully equipped home studio capable of producing high-quality audio for recording, editing, and mixing.

Pasadena, California, United States

Empowered AI/ML developers by translating user stories into actionable solutions, streamlining workflows, and improving the developer experience. Led community events and meetings, enhancing team collaboration. Produced video tutorials and technical documentation, accelerating tool adoption. Partnered with engineering teams to improve tooling CSAT by gathering and analyzing user feedback, driving product improvements.Key Achievements:- Developed a highly-rated NLU Modeling Bootcamp… Show more Empowered AI/ML developers by translating user stories into actionable solutions, streamlining workflows, and improving the developer experience. Led community events and meetings, enhancing team collaboration. Produced video tutorials and technical documentation, accelerating tool adoption. Partnered with engineering teams to improve tooling CSAT by gathering and analyzing user feedback, driving product improvements.Key Achievements:- Developed a highly-rated NLU Modeling Bootcamp (4.5/5), simplifying developer onboarding.- Authored documentation that increased the adoption of a cost-saving model evaluation tool from 8% to 55%.- Co-created an experiment framework tool with an LLM Scientist and Software Engineer, automating model testing workflows, standardizing reports, and enabling easy sharing of results. Show less

United States

Built strong relationships with Alexa developers through regular community engagements, arranging presentations, and facilitating meetings with modeling teams. Compiled insights into "Voice of the Developer" documents, which were presented to software engineering leadership and influenced development priorities.Managed the model release prioritization process during critical periods, meeting deadlines for high-impact features. Streamlined experiment scheduling and feature review… Show more Built strong relationships with Alexa developers through regular community engagements, arranging presentations, and facilitating meetings with modeling teams. Compiled insights into "Voice of the Developer" documents, which were presented to software engineering leadership and influenced development priorities.Managed the model release prioritization process during critical periods, meeting deadlines for high-impact features. Streamlined experiment scheduling and feature review processes, enhancing team efficiency and ensuring timely delivery of solutions.Key Achievements:- Documented insights that drove the delivery of a highly requested feature, benefiting over 40% of AI developers.- Improved the UX of sign-up spreadsheets, cutting completion time by 50%.- Received recognition for managing an emergency situation with stalled deliverables. Realigned priorities, assumed responsibility for canceled releases, and established a pre-freeze release period to prevent future issues. Earned internal acclaim: “Thank you for bringing order to a chaotic situation…” Show less

Paadena, Ca

Defined and implemented technology strategies for STEM programs. Initially served as a STEM Program Coordinator, where I launched a 1-to-1 laptop program for 400 high school students, ensuring compliance with safety regulations like CIPA. Promoted to IT Manager after volunteering to manage the Robotics program, which supported 200 students and their teachers across 7 campuses. Organized a yearly cross-campus Robotics competition that secured sponsorships from Honda and the Pasadena Rose Bowl… Show more Defined and implemented technology strategies for STEM programs. Initially served as a STEM Program Coordinator, where I launched a 1-to-1 laptop program for 400 high school students, ensuring compliance with safety regulations like CIPA. Promoted to IT Manager after volunteering to manage the Robotics program, which supported 200 students and their teachers across 7 campuses. Organized a yearly cross-campus Robotics competition that secured sponsorships from Honda and the Pasadena Rose Bowl Foundation, enabling upgrades to the latest LEGO robotics models. Show less

Los Angeles, Ca

Supported 500 users across offices in Los Angeles and New York. Led initiatives for server virtualization with VMware, backup automation, and tooling development. For instance, implemented a Diskless Remote Boot in Linux (DRBL) cloning system, increasing imaging capacity from a static 4 computers per day to a scalable 8 per hour.

Pasadena, Ca

Delivered "white-glove" technology consulting services for residential and small-to-medium business clients. Follow-up surveys consistently ranked my customer delight score among the top 10% of consultants.