Ian Katzton Email & Phone Number

South San Francisco, California, Us

- Skilled in communicating and breaking down technical content for a non-technical audience- Developing strategies to engage middle and high school students in an age of limited attention span- Quickly assessing skills and challenges of each student in order to develop a individualized learning plan

Portland, Oregon, Us

- Backend engineer on Agile team, developing and supporting APIs and ETL data pipelines for HealthSparq's SaaS web application serving 90 million users- Collaborated with external clients to redesign a data pipeline process, reducing the number of rows ingested from ~30 million to < 1 million. Designed and implemented new functionality to quickly comply with upcoming federal mandates, while simultaneously improving tests and error reporting in existing code. Maintained ownership of new pipeline by supporting the launch of the process, as well as post-launch validation and defect resolution with client- Designed and developed a flexible and extensible mock data generator to replace crucial demo datasets no longer accessible, as well as lay a foundation for future mock data needs- Improved code quality by refactoring, debugging, adding unit/integration tests, performing code reviews, adding documentation, and implementing established design patterns and best practices- Mentored junior engineers, maintained strong lines of communication with both manager and product owners, and quickly adapted to new teams and technologies to support changing business needs- Tools included Java, Spring, Python, AWS, EC2, S3, Lambda, GCP, Dataflow, Apache Beam, Airflow, CI/CD, Clojure, Docker, SQL

Portland, Oregon, Us

- Front-end web development building a greenfield, customer facing Single Page Application using the Angular TypeScript framework- Worked in a self-directed fashion to build out Angular web app, while conducting research and proof-of-concept work for features including asymmetric encryption, Redux inspired state management with RxJS/NgRx, Google Custom Search, SEO, and Google Analytics

- Back-end web developer on an Agile team developing B2C and B2B eCommerce and marketing solutions which generated up to one million dollars of retail revenue daily - Tools included Java, SQL, Spring MVC, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Git, JIRA, RESTful web services, JSON, XML, and Hybris- Duties included building web services, interfacing with third-party integrations, product catalog management, construction of HTML pages, data migration from legacy systems, and defect resolution - Experience across five projects for different clients

Fort Collins, Co, Us

- Tutored 20-40 university students per week on a walk-in basis at The Institute for Learning and Teaching at Colorado State University for General Physics I and II, Physics for Scientists and Engineers I and II- Provided ad hoc support for students in math and engineering courses- Achieved College Reading and Learning Association tutor certification

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Participated in undergraduate research in Randy Bartels’ optics laboratory at CSU. Improved a fluorescence spectrometry imaging system.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Participated in undergraduate research in Mingzhong Wu’s magnetics laboratory at CSU. Analyzed ferromagnetic samples using a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer.

New York, Ny, Us

Tutored online at middle school, high school, and college levels.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics, Computer Science

Deep Learning Foundations