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Seattle, WA, US

• Architected E-commerce product that serves 100,000+ consumer and business customers. Lead development across 4 teams and 8 distinct services. development across 4 teams and 8 distinct services.
• Tech Lead for platform microservices used across AWS, including event distribution service that orchestrates 100s of TPS across 20+ services. TypeScript, AWS CDK, GraphQL.
• Develop front-end code and corresponding end-to-end tests. TypeScript, React, Jest, Webdriver.io.
• Mentor and advise engineers within team and org, conduct code reviews.

Seattle, WA, US

• Developed Java backend code and contributed designs to a registration API for telehealth product.
• Maintained operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations and operational reviews.
• Created audit service that reduced engineering effort required for most common customer issue by 90% and enabled better customer outcomes by supplying Customer Service with data required to help the customer.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Lead a team of infrastructure/backend engineers focused on developing the next generation of highly-scaled online live events software.
• Implemented highly-available, high-traffic architecture for Brandlive's live events platform.
• Migrated Brandlive's architecture from single-server to a distributed AWS architecture using IAC tools. Developed CI/CD pipeline.
• Contributed and reviewed code (React/node/TypeScript) and documentation for Brandlive's flagship product.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Re-engineered a user registration, tracking, and comments system capable of handling online events of up to 2M users. Grew Brandlive's maximum audience capacity for live online events 10x.
• Leveraged AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, SQS, EFS, Redis) and traditional web hosting architectures (EC2 instances, ALB, AutoScaling groups) to develop a highly-available, performant and secure solution.
• Developed testing methodology using open source serverless-based technology to validate system performance.

Portland, OR, US

• VisualCalcs.com
• Developed an in-browser CAD application that calculates the structural properties of beams for aerospace and civil engineering.
• Implemented this full stack application including a JavaScript/HTML/CSS client side with CAD drawing functionality. Authored an API that accepts JSON representations of the user's input and performs numerical analysis.

Portland, OR, US

• Authored structural analysis for a major radome installation on upcoming Airbus aircraft. This analysis, which typically takes four months, was submitted to the FAA in less than 2 months due to use of VBA and Python to.
• Designed and substantiated structural repairs and modifications for major US carriers.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Designed and implemented assembly system enabling the user to constantly glue a 5mm optical prism to the end of a bundle of fiber cables with +/-.05mm positional tolerance.
• The system involved actuated motion, machined components, high-magnification optics, a GUI (VBA), and a UV-curing adhesive dispenser. The project was completed under budget and with all stretch goals met.
• System was integrated into the manufacturing process of their flagship military avionics component

Portland, OR, US

• Designed, prototyped and tested components for use in the powertrain of the premier Freightliner vehicle.
• Used Python to automate interaction between legacy information systems and Excel.

• Performed and recorded with multiple groups, managed a teaching studio, and taught lessons and classes.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Music Performance