Founding engineer

• Feb 2023 - Present

Founding engineer

• Apr 2022 - Nov 2022

Senior Software Engineer

• Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

Root AI (Aquiered by Appharvest April 2021) Improved software architecture for fruit harvesting robot (Virgo) resulting in higher pick throughput, deployability, maintainability, and ease of operations. Optimized motion planning and architected automated monitoring and data acquisition system for robots deployed across various cities. Implemented several new autonomy modes that improved performance on pick rate, pick success percentage, and other KPIs. Working primarliy in Python, bash, and C++. Along with using AWS, Ansible, and Terraform. Show less

Senior Software Engineer

• Jan 2020 - Apr 2022

Root AI (Aquiered by Appharvest April 2021) Improved software architecture for fruit harvesting robot (Virgo) resulting in higher pick throughput, deployability, maintainability, and ease of operations. Optimized motion planning and architected automated monitoring and data acquisition system for robots deployed across various cities. Implemented several new autonomy modes that improved performance on pick rate, pick success per Root AI (Aquiered by Appharvest April 2021) Improved software architecture for fruit harvesting robot (Virgo) resulting in higher pick throughput, deployability, maintainability, and ease of operations. Optimized motion planning and architected automated monitoring and data acquisition system for robots deployed across various cities. Implemented several new autonomy modes that improved performance on pick rate, pick success per

Software Engineer

• Sep 2019 - Nov 2019

Primary responsibilities involve creating systems to maintain and analyze operational data for drone flights. Individually, focused on improving infrastructure and system reliability, while making data useable and actionable. Working in Python, C++, and JavaScript. Re-architected and built new software processes to deploy American Robotics’ code automatically to the Cloud/AWS using Terraform and Packer to create a blue/green continuous deployment pipeline. Also, have been responsible for analyzing and finding interesting results buried in data that lives at the edge. Show less

Software Engineer

• Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

Member of a team whose primary responsibilities involve ensuring user events and conversions are properly tracked throughout Tapjoy’s systems. Individually focused on rebuilding and improving Tapjoy’s reporting ETL pipeline. Predominantly worked in Scala, Ruby (on and off Rails), and JavaScript. Rearchitected and built new software processes to move data into Kafka, along with archiving that data to AWS S3, to ensure these systems would be performant at the necessary scale. Due to data warehouse constraints, facilitated a Blue-Green deployment, to swap the ETL database from PostgreSQL to MemSQL, to guarantee continued function. Worked within the Agile Software Development Life Cycle with CI/CD. Show less

Sr. Software Engineer

• Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

Software Engineer/ Product Manager

• Apr 2017 - Feb 2018

Has built several HIPAA compliant applications using Ruby on Rails. Has deployed said applications through bare metal servers and more recently AWS. Has managed the process from start through production included designing UI along with building and packaging software for deployment, with uses on desktop and mobile devices. Has also been involved in the sales process interfacing with clients and tailoring app designs to fit needs. Functioned as policy and compliance officer on a ten-person team. Within team ran calls, meetings, and day to day operations while still finding time to make significant contributions to the code base. Experience as one of the founding members of a start-up team. Show less

IT Consultant/ Software Engineer

• Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

Functioned as a IT consultant responsible for building and deploying new applications. Focused on ServiceNow and AngularJS frontend to implement ITSM practices. Took on a variety of client-centered projects to build-out software for individualized needs. Had involvement with projects from inception to completion to facilitate customer success. Functioned as a IT consultant responsible for building and deploying new applications. Focused on ServiceNow and AngularJS frontend to implement ITSM practices. Took on a variety of client-centered projects to build-out software for individualized needs. Had involvement with projects from inception to completion to facilitate customer success.

Research Assistant

• Aug 2014 - May 2016

In the Van Hooser neural circuits lab I design electrodes for use in studying ferrets' vision processing. I am responsible for creating electrodes that are easier to manufacture and better at collecting clean data with higher signal clarity. In the Van Hooser neural circuits lab I design electrodes for use in studying ferrets' vision processing. I am responsible for creating electrodes that are easier to manufacture and better at collecting clean data with higher signal clarity.

Intern

• Aug 2011 - Jan 2012

During my tenure at MakerBot the company was still growing. As an intern this meant I had a wide range of responsibilities. I aided in everything from attending trade shows to programming. I also assisted in designing and building demo material- including turtle shell racers and track featured at the 2011 Maker Faire. During my tenure at MakerBot the company was still growing. As an intern this meant I had a wide range of responsibilities. I aided in everything from attending trade shows to programming. I also assisted in designing and building demo material- including turtle shell racers and track featured at the 2011 Maker Faire.