Charles Nelson Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

Orem, Utah

Worked as a software engineer on Blip Billboard's Django backend. Blip Billboards operates a marketplace for digital and static billboards across the US and Canada. Along with a senior engineer I evaluated and improved Blip's ad scheduler. This included:- Investigating direct algorithm improvements to improve the value provided to customers- Optimizing the scheduler code to be more reliable and performant- Creating tools for nontechnical staff to diagnose customer issues and… Show more Worked as a software engineer on Blip Billboard's Django backend. Blip Billboards operates a marketplace for digital and static billboards across the US and Canada. Along with a senior engineer I evaluated and improved Blip's ad scheduler. This included:- Investigating direct algorithm improvements to improve the value provided to customers- Optimizing the scheduler code to be more reliable and performant- Creating tools for nontechnical staff to diagnose customer issues and increase spend- Internal outreach giving other departments a better understanding of internal product functioningAs the only assigned developer I:Integrated Blip's service with the Adomni ad network- Ensured compliance with Adomni's recordkeeping needs- Extended Blip's backend to handle a new source of ads- Laid a foundation for both companies to collaborate on further projectsBuilt subscriptions feature- Helped design an addition to the business model with customer pain points in mind- Extended payments infrastructure to accommodate new types of transactions- Created a framework to integrate new product types as the company grows Show less

Pasadena, Ca

Built a system to transfer and view data from the Owen's Valley Radio Observatory which enabled researchers to monitor the status of a new instrument.- Developed an understanding of the instrument in order to organize data and visualizations - Worked with remote technicians to coordinate needs and maintenance of the software- Created documentation for future maintenance by permanent personnel

Pasadena, Ca

Continuation of work with the Clemons lab

Pasadena, Ca

Working alongside a graduate student I built the initial implementation of the IMPweb service. The service provided biochemists access to a machine learning model that had success in predicting expression of integral membrane proteins in laboratory settings.