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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed self-service tools for business users with S3, DynamoDB, and Spring MVC to eliminate 3+ weeks of turnaround time• Refactored hard-coded configs across four different services to a central datastore in order to phase out unnecessary code changes• Created endpoints to support bulk operations in order to reduce latency and improve efficiency of large-scale requests

Austin, Tx, Us

• Developed a web app with Django, Flask, and MySQL to assess signed vocabulary knowledge in hearing-impaired children• Implemented password hashing with bcrypt and API authentication with JSON Web Tokens to ensure secure API access• Configured Docker containers for consistent local development and efficient remote deployment on an Amazon EC2 instance

Austin, Texas, Us

• Developed a mobile app with React Native to help users classify recyclable materials with pictures from their camera• Managed the integration of Google Firebase to store captured images for further model training on a growing dataset• Implemented local storage of allowed recyclable materials in the user’s area to reduce redundant database queries

Foster City, California, Us

• Developed a web app with Angular, Spring Boot, and MongoDB to provide a version control system for Excel workbooks• Created an in-place edit page to give users a more seamless approach for modifying workbooks and creating new versions• Adapted an algorithm from Paul Heckel to efficiently identify differences in rows between various workbook versions

Austin, Texas, Us

• Mentored students interested in Python and machine learning for a project aimed at diagnosing Malaria in low-resource countries• Trained Tensorflow object detection model that identifies individual red blood cells to develop a broader classification model• Configured a Docker container with our dependencies for use on Google Cloud VM instances to improve model training times

Dublin, Ie

• Utilized AWS Glue and Apache Spark to generate analytics about ticket costs and tour margins for resource management• Automated mock website bookings using Python and Selenium to catch deployment bugs and ensure basic site functionality• Wrote a parsing script for a log file in Python to fix product mapping errors between our products and a third-party distributor

Dublin, Ie

• Managed the integration of a third-party testing service and collaborated with developers to triage bugs for sprint planning• Constructed Confluence workspaces for stakeholders to improve the transparency of our Agile development process• Generated documentation and sample API requests to improve integration efficiency of third-party ticket distributors

Austin, Texas, Us

• Developed an Android app that integrates with an Arduino to serve as a child vital signs monitor for low-resource countries• Improved the efficiency of Bluetooth data transfer between Arduino and app by implementing custom 16-bit serialization• Utilized deserialization to graph data points for ECG and display heart rate, temperature, and blood pressure values

Piscataway, Nj, Us

• Built a robot with a team to compete in a sumo robot competition using IR line sensors, an IR distance sensor, and a TM4C microcontroller

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Exercised organizational skills, handled cashier services, and ensured customer satisfaction

Bs, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Minor, Business

High School Diploma, Science Career Cluster