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California, United States

Worldwide, Oo

Designing and engineering agentic AI tools into a large-scale open-source platform for government and private-sector data analytics tools (SEMOSS). United States Government Contractor, contract(s) held by Deloitte. Internal job title, Solution Specialist, GPS Strategy & Analytics, Artificial Intelligence & Data Engineering, United States Delivery Center.

New York, Ny, Us

Admitted to participate in a three month batch at the Recurse Center, a program based in New York designed to facilitate a large community of software engineers in collaborating / assisting one another in the development of experimental personal projects and the pursuit of independently-driven research in software development and computer science. (https://www.recurse.com/)

Sacramento, California, Us

Granted competitive studio space in the Verge Center for the Arts which houses 30+ visual artists including UC Davis and CSU arts faculty as well as professional artists whose work is featured in museums and galleries across the state. The mission of the Verge Center for the Arts is to extend the dialogue about contemporary art to the central valley by providing vital resources to practicing artist as well as offering arts education opportunities and hosting exhibitions.

San Francisco, California, Us

Position focused on being the lead Software Engineering instructor for hundreds of students as they worked through intensely competitive and challenging 6 month course. Parallel job duties required maintaining and developing software tools to assist staff in efficiently managing data regarding students and software engineering curriculum. Required regularly working with a wide variety of languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, React / Redux, NodeJS, Express, Flask, Ruby on Rails, Bcrypt, ActiveRecord, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, GraphQL, Apollo, Docker, NGINX, Alpine Linux, D3.js, jQuery, Bash, Pytest, RSpec, Jasmine, MochaJS and more.Additionally position allowed me to act as the primary manager for a team of 5-10 junior developers / software instructors, helping them in designing and building fully functional applications and developing instructional skills.

Kentfield, Ca, Us

Instructing Fine Arts students in finding ways to incorporate digital media and professional, JavaScript-heavy front-end portfolio websites into their studio practices as painters. Trained students in traditional techniques in oil painting as well as a full spectrum of wet and dry media including acrylic, pastel and charcoal.

Saratoga, Ca, Us

Instructing Fine Arts and Art History students in western art history and professional studio practices pertaining to painting and drawing expressively and from life. Employed actively from Spring 2018 to the present for instruction of advanced Expressive Drawing, Digital Drawing and Western Art History.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

From 2014-2017 concurrently acted as sole curator & manager for semi-autonomous Wylie & May Louise Jones Gallery on Bakersfield College's main campus during which time independently developed new Visiting Artist Lecture Program for practicing studio artists from Los Angeles, New York and greater West Coast (San Francisco, Alaska etc.).As an adjunct professor taught courses in Fine Arts department including Intermediated & Advanced Figure Drawing (Anatomy-Based), Drawing I & II and online courses (Canvas-based).Employment as Instructor and Gallery Director ended due to re-location to Northern California.

Ridgecrest, Ca, Us

Courses taught include Intermediated Painting I & II, Drawing I & II, 2-Dimensional Design as well as Western Art History I & II and online courses (Canvas-based). Taught at in a wide variety of satellite campuses in diverse under-served communities across Southern California including Ridgecrest, Tehachapi and Lake Isabella.

Los Angeles, California, Us

During regular seasonal breaks from teaching acted as Exhibit Technician working with regular full-time staff to monitor and repair all normal floor exhibits and install new / temporary exhibits. Included wood-shop / metal-shop fabrication / design work, mechanical and digital problem assessment / repair, shipping / receiving of artifacts with Registrars, training and experience in forklift / boom operation and regular close coordination with research / curatorial / operations / design staff from NHM and AMNH.Regular shift work ended due to increased teaching / course load.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Initially entered museum staff through Explainer Program in 2006 and gained experience through work in wide range of departments including Public Programs, Museum Store, Graphics and the Tactile Dome exhibit working closely with Special Events, Operations, Admissions and Education departments. After leaving Bay Area in 2010 for graduate degree maintained seasonal employment as a visiting muralist and part-time employee for the Tactile Dome.

Master Of Fine Arts

Bachelor Of Fine Arts

Engineering Foundations / General Education