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Vancouver, Washington, United States

StudyWise: built an AI tutor with cutting-edge postprocessing capabilities giving the backend full control over the model's output, allowing it to present interactive experiences such as quizzes and learning suggestions. Presented in a beautiful UI using Next.js, shadcn/ui, and Tailwind CSS.Dumb Tech, Albert AI: building products using OpenAI models.

Portland, Oregon Area

Managed 3 globally-distributed teams developing and maintaining Adobe's core Marketo service, Marketo Lead Management, as well as a series of microservices and legacy applications. Working in unison with the Product, QA, and SRE teams, we built new features and integrations with the broader suite of Adobe products, while simultaneously resolving customer.

Greater New York City Area

Introduced a major overhaul of the Vi Trainer app on both iOS and Android, including subscriptions via in-app purchase, downloadable workouts powered by a backend service for mapping workouts to personalized content, and a complete UI refresh.Worked closely with Product and QA team leaders to ensure quality.

Remote

Combined the Android and iOS training logic into a Unified Trainer, allowing workout features to be developed only once, effectively saving thousands of man-hours per year.

Remote

Initiated development of the Vi Trainer app. Implemented in-run training logic, playback of audio content interleaved with heart rate, cadence and speed statistics, and connectivity with the Vi Sense earphones via BLE. Trained and managed up to 5 engineers, promoting industry best practices via code review.

Palo Alto, CA

Developed the Jive Chime for Android messaging app alongside a global team of engineers. Initiated cross-cutting architectural improvements including dependency injection via Dagger 2, unit testing with JMockit, and a memory leak investigation resulting in the resolution of a dozen memory leaks and a comprehensive strategy for leak prevention.Implemented.

Remote

Designed and implemented online solutions utilizing web application platforms such as Google Web Toolkit, Magento, and CodeIgniter.Developed custom backend and frontend architectures using MVC/MVP design patterns.Achieved valuable experience working in an agile environment for diverse clients.