Experience

Corgea (YC S23)

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present



FairPlay AI

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Engineer

  • May 2022 - Dec 2022

  - Led a team of 4 engineers to build a SOC2 compliant automated fair lending analysis product; first of its kind, completed and shipped to customers. I roadmapped the entire product development in JIRA. - FairPlay AI Inc had been manually crunching lending books through an ML model and using a graphic designer to build fair lending analysis (FLA) reports for pilot customers. I was specifically hired by the VP of Engineering to automate that workflow into an extensible application flexible enough to handle any bank or lender. - Fair lending analysis required computation of large sets of population data and geographical data against a company’s lending book and historical FICO data. We used dockerized deployment with full data isolation for individual customers as an expedient and elegant way to meet SOC2 compliance. - I worked closely with our data engineering org to adapt models into Jupyter notebooks to prototype. I also worked closely with regulators to ensure that our APIs were compliant. - Completed product was delivered to customers within 6 months; customer engagement time down to 30 minutes. Show less



Code Nation

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

• SF Bay Area Leadership Council

  • Feb 2020 - Oct 2022

  Advised non-profit on partnerships with SF Bay Area tech companies and policy briefs. Advised non-profit on partnerships with SF Bay Area tech companies and policy briefs.



Autodesk

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Engineer - Systems & Infrastructure Engineering, Autodesk Construction Solutions

  • Feb 2019 - May 2022

  Building out Services Architecture. De-monolithing. DevOps Automation. Case Studies: Systems Engineering Initiatives: SOC2, Authentication, Service Mesh - After Autodesk’s acquisition of several construction software companies there was a push to unify into a single product offering, Autodesk Construction Cloud. PlanGrids infrastructure was already quite strong and SOC1 compliant. We also needed to meet SOC2 and FedRAMP compliance in order to capture more market share. - Myself and a colleague noticed that feature teams had no time to update existing features and services to meet SOC2 and FedRAMP goals. We developed a hackweek project to make it easier for Python (Flask and FastAPI) and NodeJS developers to adopt newer APIs and deployment patterns using a PlanGrid service generator based on Yeoman. This hackweek project was quickly adopted by feature teams crunched under deadlines to easily port existing business logic and update security and infrastructure access patterns easily. This hackweek project matured into a nexus for new deployment patterns developed by the DevOps team and standard libraries developed by the System Engineering team. - The security team developed security standards and my team was tasked with developing standard libraries that met those requirements. Flask-Toolbox (with publicly useful bits ending up in Flask-rebar open source project) and Node-Toolbox are standard libraries adopted by every backend team. Set up an Istio Service Mesh and Envoy LUA filters that offloaded common patterns from microservices. - Leverage Spinnaker in an interesting way by breaking down long running Jenkins jobs, such as DB migrations and into Spinnaker pipelines - This was an extremely complicated project that was connected to everything and to deploy this with minimal-to-no disruption to other teams was a feat. Show less



PlanGrid, an Autodesk company

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Feb 2019

  Acquired by Autodesk (02/19) Primary responsibilities: Full Stack Development, Microservices & Backend Architecture, Growth UI and Data, Payments & Licensing Software Other responsibilities: Data Pipeline Maintenance, Project Planning, Database Council, Diversity & Inclusion Group Leader Projects - Self-Service Licensing - Event Driven Field Productivity & Collaboration - Onboarding & Self Driven Tutorials - User Verification - Micro-service Object Duplication - Micro-service generation and Spinnaker pipelines for deployment Case Studies: Team Purchasing, Delinquency and Fraud Detection - I came into the Growth team with prior e-commerce experience and was able to quickly integrate the correct payment processor and utilize Stripe’s advanced features to manage our relatively complicated subscription model. - I integrated Stripe into PlanGrid to allow customers to pay for license plans directly with a credit card and no prior engagement. - After a successful deployment of self-service purchasing of individual accounts I had to build out self-service for team licensing. In addition, fraud detection and prevention mitigation as well as delinquency detection were required. Workspaces and Project Asset Duplication - An existing feature, Workspaces, of PlanGrid started causing massive performance issues across the whole application. Upon investigation, I found that its way of accessing the database did not scale past a few workspaces. Moreover, I found other features that utilized similar patterns. - I architected a system that was modeled after manifests from Kubernetes with Workspaces utilizing UUID5 references to the original construction project’s assets. This solution saved on storage costs, reduced overall DB latency and allowed the original project owner to more easily add or revoke access to Workspaces users. It also simplified access patterns to Workspaces as mobile clients could now treat Workspaces as regular projects instead of making specialized queries. Show less



SiriusXM

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer @ SirusXM/Automatic Labs

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

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Automatic

• United States
• Automotive
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer - Full Stack

  • Sep 2015 - Apr 2017

  Acquired by SiriusXM Use-Based Insurance - Provide software for several national insurance providers - Multi-state with stringent SLAs Pay As You Drive - 2 month turnaround from business spec → accepting customers - Supports multiple providers and states - Stringent SLAs - Fully unit tested - Tied into logistics, customer gets device in under a week. Fulfillment - Tracking all products shipped out and providing fulfillment notifications to multiple Automatic services. - Supports Shopify and EDI Messaging with major fulfillment providers - Fraud detection integration React Application Framework: - Creates a repeatable pattern of UI with javascript and css allowing for rapid creation of custom views based on program enrollment (i.e. specific user enrolled in an insurance program or paying extra for crash alert monitoring) - Powered by cached data served from an internationalization ready api. Responsibilities: Full Stack Partner Programs Platform Microservices Front-end architecture Stack (Backend): Python Celery Flask Django DjangoORM Django Rest Framework SNS/SQS PostgresDB AWS - EC2, S3, Lambdas Stack (Frontend): JS ES6 Node React React Native SASS/CSS Webpack Gulp Babel Mocha Tools: AWS CloudWatch NewRelic PagerDuty Phabricator Sentry Jenkins Show less



Manifest, Inc

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  Acquired by Rakuten Building cool things with: AngularJS d3.js Rickshaw Python Flask HTML SASS/CSS Karma Jasmine Acquired by Rakuten Building cool things with: AngularJS d3.js Rickshaw Python Flask HTML SASS/CSS Karma Jasmine



SKU IQ

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer, Product UI Designer

  • Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  Lead Front-End/Ruby Engineer, Designer (UX and Visual) Designing amazing experiences for shoppers and merchants alike. Major releases every 2 weeks Responsibilities: UX, UI and Visual Design Front-End Development Mobile Design and Implementation (web + iOS) One-off client design work Engineering User & Market Research Iconography Photography and Photo Editing Frameworks: Rails PostgresSQL Redis elasticsearch jQuery bootstrap Langs: Ruby HTML CSS/SCSS Javascript Tools Used: Illustrator Photoshop InDesign RubyMine TweetDeck Google Analytics BugSnag Interesting Problems: "Freshness" DBs Search Algorithms Mapping techniques Massive push for SaaS and designing an end-to-end system for retailers Dynamically generated client sites Show less



Social Print Studio

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer/Developer

  • Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

  ● Created an in-depth ideation briefing for Art.com Labs including an A-Z analysis of innovative websites, core design principles, mockups of interactions for the next generation of Art.com applications. Visual mockups and a design brief were presented. ● Brought in to get 5 new products launched ● Mobile Design: Design of mobile applications DBLCAM, Print Studio and the SocialPS Mobile Store. ● Product Design & Management: Worked on the development of new print products, framed prints and photobooks. Worked with vendors to finalize specifications and logistics. Formed business relationships with local frame vendors to negotiate pricing and logistics. ● Web & Visual Design: Designed social referrals for Print Studio web application. Reply rules and templates for Desk.com. Assets for DBLCAM, Print Studio, Printstagram. ● Business management: Assisted in the process of restructuring how finances and assets are managed and prepared for the transition to using Advisor's services. ● Experimental projects: Finding potential for in-world products and services to augment the online experience. Show less



Cycle Design and Development Consultancy

• Engineering & Design Consultant

  • Mar 2012 - May 2013

  Design & technology consultancy pursuing better scientific and social collaboration and the preservation of culture around the world during the Internet age. Prototyping for a connected framework amongst NGOs and people on the ground. Majority of work involved collaboration with the Project Surya and Scripps Institute of Oceanography Commission on Short Lived Climate Pollutants. Design work and network folded into work on KA Lite platform. Helped found Foundation of Learning Equality & resident expert on low-cost computing and the geopolitics of under-served communities. Worked towards greater integration of software to hardware and enabling better performance & usability on cheap devices such as the Aakash tablet and Raspberry Pi. Presented a vision for using low cost computing as infrastructure to Khan Academy and businesses/non-profits from US, Mexico, India and Africa. Developed budgets and business partnerships for growing the organization. Designed old logo, brand and social media identity. Show less



Choir

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UX Designer & Researcher

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  Contracted and started work before seed funding on user flow and retention for the product, L↑FT (LIFT, www.discoverlift.com). Worked on understanding the the mood coaching ecosystem and figuring out resistance-free registration methods. Really focused on understanding the needs of users and who they are as people in order to build a fun and benevolent app community. Did further UX and visual consulting on the Choir mobile app which was released on the iOS App Store and well received; reaching markets not typically covered by the current mental health industry. Startup recieved seed funding from Social+Capital. Show less



Lybba

• Greater Los Angeles Area

• Interaction Designer

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

  Lybba is a 501c3 nonprofit, creating an online and mobile community where patients, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers can develop evidence-based models of care, cultivate community, and drive insights faster to improve the health of individuals. Worked on the C3N Project (www.c3nproject.org) and with Starkey Hearing Foundation (www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org). Both are non-profit organizations with truly inspiring missions. Clients from these organizations are high-action and very motivated. Working with them was invigorating and they warrant the best possible work, which I try to deliver every time. Part of my initial retainer involved being trained in the Cooper Design method (IxD). I also contributed to the social media strategy through the blog and Twitter account. Using Balsamiq Mockups and Adobe Fireworks, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Show less



D:GP The Center for Design and Geopolitics

• La Jolla, California

• Research Fellow

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  As a Research Fellow and Member I help with various projects and events. I am primarily involved in the creation of the Digital Energy and Environmental Design Standard (DEED). I focus on the integration of smart and efficient standards. Researched the power of design in the hands of governments, corporations and the people. Filmed footage in San Diego and India for a future documentary to be released by the Center as a series of short webisodes As a Research Fellow and Member I help with various projects and events. I am primarily involved in the creation of the Digital Energy and Environmental Design Standard (DEED). I focus on the integration of smart and efficient standards. Researched the power of design in the hands of governments, corporations and the people. Filmed footage in San Diego and India for a future documentary to be released by the Center as a series of short webisodes



Interactive Cognition Lab

• UCSD, California

• Engineer

  • Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

  I worked on the COVE project as a designer and programmer. Also helped with designing the workspace and setting up the framework needed to support the class based around it. I learned a good deal of what I know about Interaction Design through this experience. The class/project was structured around Agile Web Development, Ruby on Rails and Github. We also utilized different industry standard workflow tools. My contributions took form mostly in Ruby and HTML5. Integrated various open source modules, paper & digital design, interacted with users, did multilevel of analysis of user’s equipment, and wrote acceptance tests. I gained experience in front-end development, on-the-fly video conversion, server file management, and databases of crowdsourced tags. Tools I used in this experience: Git, Vim, PivotalTracker, 37 Signals suite of apps (Basecamp), and many open-source gems and tools. Project was under the MIT OSI License Show less



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher, Distributed Cognition Laboratory

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  I worked with Professor Edwin Hutchins. I worked on Python plugins for the ChronoViz ethnography software. The initial usage of the software was to assist in the training of pilots through both simulator and real flights tests. I had to analyze airplane black box data to find meaningful patterns that signal the state of the human pilot. In some sense I had to ethnography on ethnography. I created code that automatically converted black box and ethnographic data into video annotations about the state of the human pilot and/or virtual airplane. I learned Python and Cocoa to work on this project; I also re-familiarized myself with dev tools in Mac OS X for this project. I learned a lot of what I know about ethnography and Distributed Cognition through this experience. Show less



Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Information Systems Tech I, Special Projects Engineer

  • May 2008 - Sep 2009

  Hired to lead a project to digitize form documents and make a system that allows for easy search and retrieval. Performed contextual interviews in researching the problem and breakdowns. Determined the problem and watched how users in different departments handle the current paper versions of the documents. Final product was a intranet browser-accessible interface the served up the documents to any workstation in the hospital, speeding up the process of billing, testing and filing. Project finished and deployed within a summer period (under 3 months). Also carried out regular systems administrator tasks. Rehired the next summer (2009) where I added more features and continued work as a systems administrator. Added a customized search engine and further streamlined the document upload process. Acted as sort of a precursor to Electronic Medical Record. Also conducted regular IT/IST duties. Show less



UC San Diego Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2009

  I tutored for the class CSE 12 (Data Structures and Object Oriented Programming) as part of the Undergraduate Tutor Program. This included one-on-one help, review sessions and grading of tests and assignments. I helped students with mastery of Java/C/C++ and object oriented data structures such as linked lists, hashtables, and trees. I tutored for the class CSE 12 (Data Structures and Object Oriented Programming) as part of the Undergraduate Tutor Program. This included one-on-one help, review sessions and grading of tests and assignments. I helped students with mastery of Java/C/C++ and object oriented data structures such as linked lists, hashtables, and trees.



City of Saratoga

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Youth Commissioner

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2007

  As a City Council liaison, I reached out to the youth community and provided a place for constructive activity such as art events, professional lecture series, and concerts for local bands. Worked with city council to make sure proper funds were being allocated to youth initiatives. Some of the events I spearheaded included the professional lecture series where we had guests from local companies (such as Pixar) come and answer the questions of curious teenagers. Lobbied for the creation of a teen center to city council and planning commission. Show less



Mosaic Journalism Workshop

• San Jose, CA

• Photojournalist

  • Jun 2005 - Jul 2005

  A very selective program where a few young journalists and even fewer photojournalists (only 4 were selected from thousands of applicants from the Bay Area). The program was sponsored by the San Jose Mercury News, San Jose chapter of the California Chicano News Media Association, the Castellano Family Foundation, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, San Jose State University and other Bay Area media outlets and foundations. Mentors from the program came from the Mercury News, Sacramento Bee and San Jose State University. The two-week program is held on the San Jose State campus, where students will work in the university’s newsroom and live in the campus dormitories. At the end of the two weeks, students will have learned the basics of reporting and writing under the guidance of professional Bay Area journalists. They will have spent hours tracking down real-life sources such as politician, celebrities, lawyers and police officers. They will see their bylines or photo credit line published in their own newspaper. Photojournalists were mentored by Pauline Lubens, a war-photographer and Pulitzer prize finalist. Photos were taken in multiple venues: sports, on public transport, on-the-move, formal occasions, in conference settings. My work produced for the Mosaic newspaper was also published in the San Jose Mercury News. The link provided is a mirror of the original site which was once parked at www.mosaicworkshop.org. Show less