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Cedar Park, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Full-time full-stack lead developer for the NASA IRIS Project• Led the development of the Intelligent Response and Interaction System (IRIS) guided conversation voice assistant machine learning application in Python, TypeScript, and C++• Utilized GitLab CI/CD Pipelines to maintain real-time systems and ensure consistent user experiences and satisfaction for both On-Prem (Docker) and Cloud (AppDat) deployments• Rebuilt the Flask webclient to use Webpack and NPM to efficiently organize and serve static files and packages• Redesigned the microservice architecture using Creational Design Patterns for consistency in service functionalities, communications, and testability

United States

• Conducted the labs for the Computer Science II Java-based course, with an emphasis on best programming practices• Led tutoring hours each week to assist students with homework, labs, tests, projects, and software engineering topics• Served as a Teaching Assistant for a variety of different Senior Design Capstone projects- reviewing and providing feedback their documents, assessing their work progress, and managing their Agile-Scrum project framework

Redondo Beach, California, United States

Interned with the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) Project• Transformed MATLAB code to C code, created Python GUIs, created C test software• Constructed, troubleshooted, calibrated, adjusted, tested, and maintained equipment, components, devices, and systems in a large project environment• Conducted and analyzed SonarQube software tests and classified the results to create a prioritized bug-fixing list

Daytona Beach, Florida

• Answer phone calls and greet Student Union visitors• Answer a wide variety of questions from visitors, which can include students, faculty, staff, and the outside community• Use proprietary software to log the use of publicly available items such as table tennis equipment, and video gaming equipment

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Assisted the professor with grading homework, coding assignments, and exams• Tutored for the class working to increase the students’ understanding of Python

Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Area

Interned with the REALM Project at NASA's Johnson Space Center• Developed Python scripts using Redmine that aggregated and analyzed data from 3 distinct databases to assist NASA's Mission Control Center• Created an Angular full-stack web tool to display database information and delivered it to NASA Inventory and Stowage Officers (ISO) for use in the Mission Operations Center• Provided software engineering services on systems that support NASA's International Space Station (ISS) and Lunar Gateway and helped find over 500 lost items

Austin, Texas Area

Interned on the SHASTA Network Management Team• Decreased workload and increased productivity for the team's Quality Assurance Tester• Developed network testing tools and robots using Bash and Python scripting and stress-tested the service for 48 continuous hours discovering a multitude of bugs• Participated in design with a mentor in an Agile-Scrum Development environment• Developed network domain expertise, working with a small on-site development team

Master Of Science - Ms, Software Engineering, 4.0/4.0

Activities and Societies: ERAU Microgravity Club :: Vice President, President, Student Leader - Annual competitor in the NASA Micro-g NExT.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: ERAU Microgravity Club :: Vice President, President, Student Leader Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.

Dual-Credit Enrollment, Astronomy

Dual-credit classes taken during high school: - Astronomy - U.S. History 1900-Present - English Composition I - U.S. Government - English.

High School Diploma, Computer Science, 4.969 Weighted Gpa

Activities and Societies: Distinguished Achievement Graduate PSAT National Merit Scholar Class Rank: 63/506 Science Fair Marching.