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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 and.