Ian Watts Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Tutoring and partnering with students of varying ages and backgrounds in a variety of projects, from a 10th grader building an electric go-kart, a 5th grader building a robot, and a 20-year-old forging his career. Building out a course to guide the student while allowing them to make mistakes and learn their way. Working with the Curious Cardinals team to leverage AI tools to help tutors better perform their jobs.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pioneered a portable magnetic-modular grinder with smell-proof storage, minimizing parts & processes for sleek, lean design at competitive prices. Personally did end-to-end process including CAD, CNC programming & milling, finishing procedure, packaging, fulfillment, branding, content, Shopify design, patenting, taxes, & compliance.

Los Angeles

Developed a framed photo service leveraging conversational AI with intent classification for a picture to iMessage to tracking-number in less than a minute. MVP’d with Zapier then evolved to TS & Node with a Coda frontend.

Los Angeles

Boosted sales for a creator-driven brand by featuring selfies of select customers on an exclusive page, offering prestige within the community (1.1M followers). A Shopify purchase triggers the TS Node app to collect a photo with Twilio, moderate, auto-crop, & replace the background with Cloudinary, and upload to Webflow CMS.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Worked on a mechanical-magnetic clothing exo-skeleton for mixing, matching, and stacking clothing, allowing one to do more with less and adapt to their environment. Developed a linkage system using 3D printers, going through 9 major design revisions.Created a plan to bring the product to market in an engineering class.Abandoned the project after realizing it had become much too complex and grandiose, and manufacturing was going to cost much more than expected. Pivoted to Recreation thinking it would be a much easier project, yet again underestimating how difficult building things is.In this failure, I learned the importance of not getting too deep in rabbit holes and starting small before going too big.

Pasadena, Ca

Conducted research on the Department of Energy to identify groups with aligned research interests, while also analyzing organizational structures to find the best framework to develop advanced technologies. Researched Quantum Computing technologies and capabilities, from bleeding edge to currently available.

Santa Monica, California

Designed accessory and created manufacturing plans for aluminum and brass extrusions, Alcantara, and rubber parts in SolidWorks. Created prototype, using FDM and SLA 3D printers, which was showcased to investors. Presented to and collaborated with CEO throughout development process resulting in better management and decision makings skills.

Pasadena, Ca

Managed high school internship program, working with a group of 10 students and a school administrator to research relevant technologies and stakeholders.

Bachelors Of Science In Engineering (Bse), Mechanical Engineering, 3.24

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Phi, optiMize, Winterfest

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Activities and Societies: Built a lightbox to fill environments with dynamic light to influence mood & energy, especially at night..

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Activities and Societies: Varsity Lacrosse Captain, Robotics Team, Co-Founder of Hardware Engineering Club