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Irvine, CA, US

• Leading the design and implementation of the self-service onboarding experience of the Empower Data Platform from Azure Marketplace to the UI, driving efforts to establish a comprehensive SaaS offering and addressing.
• Guiding the discovery and design for a flexible licensing and billing model, enhancing the product's market reach by offering variable pricing alongside traditional fixed contracts and ensuring seamless integration.
• Conducting research and providing detailed insights to assist in product designs and decisions on integrating client deployments of Azure services—including Fabric, PowerBI, and D365—into our platform.
• Spearheaded the design and development of the end-to-end solution for an enterprise AI/LLM chat application as a SaaS offering in the Azure Marketplace, laying the groundwork for the development of self-service.
• Pioneered a scalable document ingestion engine/pipeline, establishing a foundation for scalable enterprise RAG solutions leveraged by multiple consulting teams for client projects.
• Led the API development team, breaking down features into work items, setting sprint goals, and managing the ADO board to guide progress and ensure adherence to agile/scrum methodologies for efficient task management.

Glencoe, Illinois, US

• Started as the sole API engineer and rapidly transitioned to a full-stack development role, spearheading substantial enhancements to the frontend architecture using Angular.
• Managed the setup and maintenance of development, pre-production, and production environments on Azure, transitioning from manual deployments on EC2 VMs to a more efficient, containerized approach using EKS.
• Enhanced system security by developing robust authentication mechanisms with OAuth for cloud environments including GCP and AWS.
• Implemented third-party API integrations, including Stripe and Hubspot, and developed real-time communication solutions across multiple platforms (GCP, AWS, bare-metal).
• Led the integration of our system into Azure, using Terraform and Kubernetes to improve interoperability and deployment processes.
• Collaborated on prototyping an Augmented Reality experience via object recognition and tracking using machine learning, contributing to a key investment from Microsoft.

Skokie, Illinois, US

• Contributed to the integration and continuous enhancement of ultra-wideband tracking technology, setting up anchors and collaborating with technology providers to refine player tracking systems for VR environments.
• Developed a real-time visualization tool in Unreal Engine to monitor and troubleshoot anchor placements, enhancing system reliability and safety by addressing interference and tracking anomalies.
• Led the evolution of VR hardware from initial prototypes to final product, including designing and implementing custom game controllers and VR arena setups, enhancing gameplay interaction and system functionality.
• Spearheaded the upgrade to Samsung Odyssey VR systems, customizing hardware components and rewriting firmware for optimal functionality and system integration.
• Developed software for processing in-game videos to provide personalized video cuts post-game, thereby improving customer engagement and overall experience.
• Played a key role in developing an internal web application for managing arena operations, significantly streamlining workflow and increasing the efficiency of game setups and administration.

• Developed and launched a Quality Assessment and Compliance system, improving productivity by 50% and reducing errors by over 100% through enhanced operational procedures and system automation.
• Designed and implemented an Auditing system that streamlined the review process and supported significant organizational growth, leading to the creation of new supervisory roles and the doubling of staff within two.
• Automated the monitoring and auditing of over 50 video cameras, 150 HD cameras, and 500 sensors, significantly increasing efficiency in daily and quarterly checks, and reported critical issues to field engineers.
• Played a key role in integrating radar technology with ground sensors to track vehicle movement, reducing false positives in traffic monitoring systems and improving accuracy in violation detection.
• Prototyped an OCR system for license plate recognition to minimize data entry errors and enhance the accuracy of ticketing systems.