Experience

Lumafield

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Develop volumetric renderers, hardware drivers, and server backends for accessible industrial inspection. Develop volumetric renderers, hardware drivers, and server backends for accessible industrial inspection.



Studio Farahi

• Greater Los Angeles Area

• Software Contractor

  • 2015 - Present

  Create the "brains" for interactive garments and installations backed by Adidas, Steelcase, and Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry; and featured by outlets including WIRED, CNN, The Guardian, BBC News, Engadget, and CNET. - In under 130 hours, engineered complete simulation suite, control system, and wifi monitoring portal for display case that reacts to human emotions. Project presented to executives at Adidas headquarters. - Built visual calibration tool for tuning servo motors in 30 seconds (despite no prior servo experience). - Achieved 20x performance boost for generative animations using game development tricks. Show less



Lynxtool, Inc.

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Founding Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Designed, implemented, and documented the the render stack, IMGUI, and data tracing for an in-browser node-based programming environment and worked on the LLVM backend. Designed, implemented, and documented the the render stack, IMGUI, and data tracing for an in-browser node-based programming environment and worked on the LLVM backend.



Darklang

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • 2019 - 2020

  Led initiatives to unify user experience of revolutionary “live” programming environment for backend programmers, with goal of making coding 100x easier. - Developed, documented, and tested standard toolkit with which customers build software used by 10s of thousands of end users. - Introduced new programming paradigms and fixed biggest pain points during regular customer interactions. - Became go-to person to fix most complex problems. Led initiatives to unify user experience of revolutionary “live” programming environment for backend programmers, with goal of making coding 100x easier. - Developed, documented, and tested standard toolkit with which customers build software used by 10s of thousands of end users. - Introduced new programming paradigms and fixed biggest pain points during regular customer interactions. - Became go-to person to fix most complex problems.



Tender Claws

• United States
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer/Designer

  • 2015 - 2019

  Created foundational game systems, in-house tools, native plugins, custom servers, and prototypes for critically-acclaimed AR and VR experiences supported by Google and Oculus. - Developed prize-winning first prototype and core multiplatform architecture for award-winning VR game Virtual Virtual Reality, with 50k+ installs and majority 5-star ratings. - Spearheaded and lead development of multiplayer services and backend infrastructure for virtual reality live theater experience showcased at Sundance Film Festival and backed by Oculus. - Amplified the efforts of my talented collaborators; learning, using, and teaching languages, techniques, and pre-release technologies as needed. Show less



Carthage Games LLC

• Massachusetts

• Co-founder

  • Feb 2014 - 2015



Codecademy

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineer Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Designed, developed, and user-tested the initial prototypes for the project-based programming lessons that are now central to the company's subscription model. Designed, developed, and user-tested the initial prototypes for the project-based programming lessons that are now central to the company's subscription model.



Riparian Data

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer/Designer Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Developed production code for browser-based enterprise email client and co-designed the user experience. Developed production code for browser-based enterprise email client and co-designed the user experience.



LexisNexis

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• User Experience Research Intern

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  First to integrate speech recognition into iPhone app for lawyers. First to integrate speech recognition into iPhone app for lawyers.



The Miami Valley School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• iPhone Application Developer

  • 2009 - 2010

  Independently designed, developed, and delivered a web-connected iPhone app for parents and students. Independently designed, developed, and delivered a web-connected iPhone app for parents and students.



FIRST LEGO League

• Youth Mentor for Elementary Students

  • 2005 - 2007

  I co-instructed a robotics team that achieved state-alternate status. I co-instructed a robotics team that achieved state-alternate status.