Work Experience

• Evaluated phone AI agent platforms (Bland, Synthflow, Retell) for prospective clients
• Set up Airbyte connector and ETL pipeline for a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system to automate data flow into customers' OpenAI Assistants
• Created tool that matches PDFs to parts in PLM system and uploads the PDFs
• Implemented proof-of-concept FastAPI microservice that uses AI to classify items

• Made certain features in the YouTube Android App perform better on low-end devices, and increased reach of certain features on high-end devices
• Added dimensions and metrics to the data warehouse to measure impact
• Wrote hooks for round-tripping device performance classification data between microservices

• Integrated Mediapipe into server-side Editor service (C++)
  • Co-wrote pairs of operators (Calculators) for phone GPUs and server CPUs
  • Authored initial effects graphs, including selfie segmentation / background blur
• Various migrations: added column to database table primary key, static workflows to in-house Go / Golang framework, Python middleware to C++, MySQL to Spanner

Co-ops and Internships

• Worked on Encircle's Android, iOS, and Web applications
• Reworked server code to send HTML emails (previously only plain-text) and automatically unsubscribe bouncing email addresses
• Set up phabricator (code review) and jenkins (continuous integration) servers

• Developed Python/Flask server endpoint to store and tag teacher-written questions
• Co-developed front-end for teachers to write, edit and tag questions

• Built custom control in JavaScript and the Google Closure Compiler for basic audio editing
• Updated Python logic and MySQL database schema for YouTube audio swap

• Pair-programmed to port an app for a large motion picture exhibitor to Android tablets
• Also worked on a Ruby on Rails app and a Blackberry (Java ME) app for clients

• Built internal dashboards using internal tools for product managers within Facebook
• Ran ad-hoc queries in Hive/Hadoop to answer questions about Facebook users' Android and iOS devices

• Built a gradebook in Silverlight for teachers
• Assisted with UX testing on mobile (iOS) development project
• Configured and ran a video live stream for a webinar and discussion panel
• Built dashboards using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

Awards

Hobbies

I ran a book club from 2019 to 2022, and was a makerspace coordinator at Google from 2015 to 2024. I am a casual player of Blood on the Clocktower, and other board and video games.

Education