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Salt Lake City, UT, US

- Architected a Graph-Of-Thought Inspired, agentic, conversational logic tree: Designed and implemented the system to handle advanced, objective-based conversations with LLMs, enhancing the depth and relevance of interactions.- Built RecSys algorithms to present our LLM chatrooms to teachers. - Built RAG Systems: Integrated a Retrieval-Augmented Generation.

• Led full-stack projects from requirements gathering to production withtechnologies like React, Angular, Restful APIs, gRPC, graphQL, Next.js, Vercel, Postgres, S3,Typescript, Python, Tailwind, and more.
• Built deployment pipelines, testing/code quality automation, andmonitoring systems using GitHub Actions, Jasmine, and Firebase.
• Managed off-shore development teams.
• Designed and implemented multiple modern system architectures
• Translated intricate technical project requirements into actionable userstories.

• Founded & Launched a product that made $60k of ARR (Bootstrapped)
• Led a team building an advanced dynamically generated form submission product with Multi-tenanacy, RBAC access, and real-time updates using React, Next.js, Graphql, and Postgres.
• Managed the complexities of end-to-end project life cycles, includingrequirement gathering, stakeholder expectations, timeline estimations, riskmanagement, and delivery.
• Identified, scoped, and prioritized technical projects based on businessvalue and impact.

• Enforced processes and aided in rapid development best practices andcode quality.
• Standardized processes facilitate Onboarding and knowledge sharing.
• Guided the creation of the technical backlog.
• Improved AWS & Cloudflare CI/CD for Node.js microservice application
• Defined team mechanisms to enhance team delivery, operationalexcellence, and engineering focus
• Aligned business-driven projects with our long-term architectural vision

• Worked with Facebook Crypto team to build a Tokenization toolingdashboard using React, Tailwind, Sass.
• Worked with Facebook to build opensource.fb.com, a React & Next.jsproject.
• Implemented an NPM package of readily usable, branded & themed, ADAcompliant UI Component library using Angular, Storybook and Tailwind.

Park City, UT

• Migrated a high-profile site from JQuery to React leveraging 99% codecoverage to ensure no reduction in user experience.
• Optimized Automated build process using Jenkins and Ansible.
• Contributed to initiatives to establish solid Testing practices by refiningautomated testing in the build pipeline.
• Supported various RESTful teams with APIs written in Java, Scala, &Python

Park City, UT

• Contributed features and helped maintain Node.Js back-end building full-stack features.
• Handled Build pipelines, Unit test setup, and gained valuable knowledge ofwhat maintainable code means
• Migrated a mapping application from Angular/Google Maps toReact/Mapbox into a modern React SPA. Optimized information from GIS data to higher speed rendering times.

Salt Lake City Area

- Contributed to the full stack development of the BandForge platform leveraging Angular and Node.js, engaged in robust debugging, and implemented feature enhancements.- Actively participated in rigorous code reviews and pair programming sessions with senior developers, reinforcing best practices.- Engaged in Agile and Scrum methodologies, including daily.

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