Joaquin Valencia Email & Phone Number

Glendale, California, United States

• Oversee the development and deployment of AIVA Connect, a modular AI platform for major brand hotels and healthcare providers.
• Conduct product demonstrations to key stakeholders at major brands and healthcare institutions as part of the sales process.
• Collaborate with property teams, including Directors of IT, Reservations, and Front Desk, in hotels, as well as healthcare professionals, to deploy the product and customize AI responses to meet specific requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement client-specific AI configurations and enhancements for both hotel and healthcare clients, actively contributing to the development process.

Orange, California, United States

• Spearheaded the design and development of an iOS companion app for the researched-based psychology book written by Dr. Amir Raz, Director of The Brain Institute.
• Collaborated closely with Dr. Raz and Senior Research Engineer to implement their vision for the app, which included recreating web-based experiments correlated with book chapters.
• Responsible for the full lifecycle of iOS app development, from conceptualization to implementation and testing.
• Ensured seamless integration of book content and interactive experiments within the iOS app interface.

• Improved the realism of a virtual reality (VR) driving simulator environment built with Unity, focusing on enhancing the visual elements of the city environment.
• Maintained VR equipment and hardware to ensure proper functionality of the simulator.
• Collaborated with team members to enhance the overall driving experience, with the goal of creating a simulator suitable for use in DMVs and driving schools.
• Contributed to the institute's research efforts to develop a realistic driving simulation environment for safer practice without the risks of actual road driving.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Alumni of Phi Kappa Tau fraternityMinor in Game Development Programming

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