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San Francisco, California, United States

Curtsy is an app that makes it easy for women to buy and sell clothing from their phones.Key Contributions:• Developed an automated clothing moderation system using machine learning techniques, including tabular classification, image classification, and natural language processing using LLMs. This system efficiently identifies items requiring manual review by humans, resulting in a 70% auto-approval rate and instant listings on the app. This improvement eliminated the previous 4-6 hour approval process for each item, enhancing operational efficiency and accelerating the item listing process.• Led the complete rebuild of Curtsy's legacy web application by transitioning from vanilla JavaScript and jQuery to React and Next.js, aligning it with our iOS app's capabilities. Utilizing Next.js features like Automatic Static Optimization, code splitting, and prefetching, we achieved a 2.5x boost in page load speeds. Accessibility improved by 45%, and the app now adheres to best practices. This upgrade increased development speeds fivefold, enabling the launch of capabilities previously only available on iOS, such as web-based selling and personalized item feeds.• Architected Curtsy’s Closet Import feature, enabling seamless wardrobe imports from other clothing resale marketplaces. This system uses a queue architecture and custom-trained LLMs for generating detailed item descriptions to help boost item sell-through rates. This strategy enabled the import of 6.4 million items in the first year, ensuring wardrobes are current across all marketplaces and improving user experience.• Served as product lead for Curtsy's Resale-as-a-Service initiative, a platform enabling clothing brands and retailers to launch their own resale marketplaces. This initiative encourages sustainable practices, reflecting the expanding focus on eco-consciousness within the fashion industry.

St. John’S, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

BenchBoss provides college and youth basketball coaches with statistics & analytics that maximize player development, while improving team performance.Key Contributions:• Oversaw the end-to-end design, development, and implementation of cross-platform software systems using Angular and Ionic frameworks.• Played a key role in leading software development tasks and upholding high standards of software quality within the team. Introduced Test-Driven Development, A/B Testing, Scrum, and effective code review practices.• Successfully rebuilt and enhanced the frontend from AngularJS to Angular 2.x, while also revamping the Scala backend REST API. This transformation resulted in a high-performing and modular Single Page Application (SPA).• Took charge of system deployment and maintenance, leveraging AWS, App Store, and Google Play for seamless distribution and ongoing management.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

B4 is a state of the art booking engine that allows the online customers of independent & non-branded hotels and resorts to purchase accommodation (and other services) with ease.Key Contributions:• Managed diverse web programming and database migration tasks, utilizing C#, .NET, HTML/SCSS, and JavaScript.• Played a vital role in updating deprecated code and dependencies to the latest versions, while also rebuilding outdated classes to seamlessly integrate with reworked framework structures.• Streamlined quality assurance tasks through the usage of JIRA and Confluence, enabling faster deployment of new products and software updates.• Effectively communicated with customers through phone and email, ensuring timely scheduling of their software updates to the latest versions.

St. John'S, Newfoundland And Labrador

Led a small team of developers and UI/UX designers through the process of building a portfolio of mobile applications for iOS, using Objective-C and Swift.