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Smyrna, Tennessee, United States

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Creating a VR soft-skill training simulation that leverages AI to facilitate natural, dynamic conversations and assess user progress as they apply their newly acquired soft skills.- Contributing to creating a VR soft-skill training simulation that leverages AI to facilitate natural, dynamic conversations and assess user progress as they apply their newly acquired soft skills.- Design and implement a backend system that allows companies to assess employee soft skills proficiency, providing data-driven insights to optimize resource allocation and foster professional development-

Remote

-Designed, and taught bilingual curriculums in OOP programming (in multiple languages such as: Java, C++, and Python), and game development (in Unity, Roblox, and Godot). -Personalized each lesson plan to the specific needs of each student, ranging from beginner level concepts (variables, loops, control flow), to college level courses (runtime analysis, space complexity, algorithms, data structures)-Taught AP Computer Science, and AP Computer Science Principles with students scoring 4's or above-Boosted the number of students attending the online school in Panama by 20%, as I was the only tutor qualified to teach computer science, and attracting more students interested in the subject

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

– Designed and developed full-stack services for robots involved in 3D printing homes, enhancing operator control and optimizing data management from on-site machine data.– Improved full-stack system, boosting on-site machine efficiency and productivity by 5% through the development of a reusable algorithm integrated into various pathing solutions.– Created a Unity tool to generate visualizations for various pathings for the robotic operations, and the ability to render the final result of a floor plan.– Utilized Neo4j to design and maintain an asset management database for efficient storage and retrieval.

Remote

-Evaluated and designed crypto and stock data parsers in python, so that our team can use it for data analysis and testing for algorithmic trading-Created a trading bot using our services, to help aid users in using our algorithmic trading services-Maintained the full-stack system using Erlang/OTP for our website, as well SQL and AWS database to maintain the userbase, and keep records of the stock prices for our trading algorithm-Implemented Google Tags, to keep track of user activity on our website-Added visualizations and features to the front-end, such as comparisons between our algorithms performance versus QQQ

Empac, Troy, New York

-Integrated existing language learning tools into a web framework using React, Javascript, and Python for an online resource to aid students in learning Mandarin, out of the classroom-Implement techniques with user-generated data to create visualizations for games in order to facilitate language acquisition,-Documented and learned machine learning processing techniques for real-time sound.

Troy, New York

-Promoted to project manager, and pushed for various changes such as renaming our group to Eco Resilience Games. A decision influenced by our teams visits to IBM TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY for the annual Jefferson Project conference. -Presented at the IEEE GEM Conference at Yale University where I had the opportunity to discuss and share various ideas on how we can use technologies such as augmented and virtual reality to help improve peoples lives.-Oversaw upcoming projects before graduating such as: maintenance of the touchtable "World of Plankton", the virtual reality simulation "The Aquatic Messenger", and the start of new projects in augmented reality.

Troy, New York

-Developed games using various different techniques in virtual, and augmented reality with the aim to educate people on the importance of freshwater ecology, using the research from the Jefferson Project (a partnership with RPI and IBM)-Worked on optimizing "The World of Plankton", a touch table allowing users to interact with the freshwater ecology. This project is now on permanent display at the Echo Museum in Vermont.-Participated in presenting these projects at various conferences such as: North Country Climate Change Conference, Game Fest, and RPI events

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Ability to handle multiple duties such as scooping ice cream, handling fudge, restocking supplies, cleaning, and more• Demonstrated excellent customer service always engaging customers with a smile, while relaying relevant information about the various products• Analyzed the daily earnings, and calculated the profits at the end of the shift.

Empac, Troy, New York

-Collaborated on the Immersive Language Learning Environment (ILLE), a unique alternate reality experience combining various technologies such as Unity, IBM Watson, Xbox Kinect, and more. -Directly worked on researching and implementing the HoloLens to the overall system of the Situation Room Infrastructure (SRI) to be used as as a tool to help improve language acquisition for students-Researched various papers on the pedagogy of language learning, and found ways to apply these techniques to our overall system

Walnut Creek, California

-Worked as a staff counselor, focused on teaching children the basics of coding. -Lead various group activities to help keep children engaged, while making learning fun

Troy, New York

-Worked with the deans and assistant deans of the first-year experience, and upperclassmen coordinators, to ensure that for each orientation session we could move crowds of about 340 students, and 500 family members. -Engaged with all the incoming students and parents by leading ice breakers, talking to them about course options, answering concerns that students or parents had, and leading tours-Translated for Spanish speaking families, and lead private tours -Directed academic and residence hall tours, using my personal experiences as anecdotes for students and parents

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Games And Simulation Arts And Sciences

High School, Ged, Bachiller En Ciencias Y Letras

Activities and Societies: Debate Club, Science Club, Dead Pixel Society, Football TeamThe school is located in Panama City, Panama, and I.