Experience

Vividly

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Currently scaling the technical infrastructure of a Series A startup. A few highlights include: • found a superpower: building the bridge between highly technical specs and complex industry needs • redesigned and implemented a real-time forecast tool in Rust to improve performance 1000x • completed a frontend/backend overhaul, migrating to Django/GraphQL/Postgres pipeline • fluency in functional React, Typescript, Python Currently scaling the technical infrastructure of a Series A startup. A few highlights include: • found a superpower: building the bridge between highly technical specs and complex industry needs • redesigned and implemented a real-time forecast tool in Rust to improve performance 1000x • completed a frontend/backend overhaul, migrating to Django/GraphQL/Postgres pipeline • fluency in functional React, Typescript, Python



Autio - Audio for Travel

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist

  • Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  Wrote over 600 of the app's 10,000 stories, highlighting the history and culture of America in mini-podcasts... all while traveling the country in a renovated van. Wrote over 600 of the app's 10,000 stories, highlighting the history and culture of America in mini-podcasts... all while traveling the country in a renovated van.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Journalist - Civic Data Design Lab, Urban Studies and Planning

  • May 2020 - Aug 2020

  Led the Missing Data Project, a group of 9 researchers who sought to highlight the impact of lackluster data through visualization.

• Grad Student Researcher - Future Ocean Lab

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Created high resolution 3D assets via experimental photogrammetry in a variety of marine environments• Developed an open-source pipeline to create immersive undersea experiences in VR and mobile AR apps• Designed an iPhone AR app with Unity and Swift for ship-to-classroom marine education• Assisted with hardware projects and hardware/software interfaces, including an underwater cave mapping system and deep sea 360 camera• Engaged in field work in Mexico, Galapagos Islands, SoCal, and aboard the NOAA vessel Okeanos Show less

• Instructor

  • Jan 2019 - May 2020

  • Led instruction for 5 sections of MIT class 6.UAT: Oral Communication• Personally coached over 100 students in the art of public speaking, leading workshops, designing curriculum, and critiquing talks • Produced a class podcast and interviewed hundreds of students• Promoted from TA to Instructor, a position held only by professors



Pixar Animation Studios

• Animation and Post-production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Director

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Analyzed lighting setups to optimize render time, memory allocation, and aesthetic beauty. • Worked on 219 shots of Incredibles 2 (10% of film) as a Lightspeed Technical Director. • Used a mix of Python, Katana, and Nuke to diagnose and fix technical lighting issues. • Feature Film Credit: Incredibles 2 • Analyzed lighting setups to optimize render time, memory allocation, and aesthetic beauty. • Worked on 219 shots of Incredibles 2 (10% of film) as a Lightspeed Technical Director. • Used a mix of Python, Katana, and Nuke to diagnose and fix technical lighting issues. • Feature Film Credit: Incredibles 2



MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives (MISTI)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Film Producer

  • 2017 - 2017

  Wrote, shot, and produced "Bloom Nepal" - a mini documentary about the future of Nepali education Wrote, shot, and produced "Bloom Nepal" - a mini documentary about the future of Nepali education



Pixar Animation Studios

• Animation and Post-production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Director Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Developed a set dressing Maya Python extension to allow modeling artists to scatter props faster. • Feature Film Credit: Cars 3 • Developed a set dressing Maya Python extension to allow modeling artists to scatter props faster. • Feature Film Credit: Cars 3



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Optimized ’bounce flash’ property for automated lighting in portrait photography • Designed an algorithm to detect facial orientation in C++ • Optimized ’bounce flash’ property for automated lighting in portrait photography • Designed an algorithm to detect facial orientation in C++



Infosys

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Designed and implemented a machine learning algorithm in Scala for OCR using Apache Spark • Designed and implemented a machine learning algorithm in Scala for OCR using Apache Spark



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Python Programmer

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015

  • Wrote scripts for data visualization to study coral reef microbiomes in the Apprill Lab • Wrote scripts for data visualization to study coral reef microbiomes in the Apprill Lab