Resume
EDUCATION
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Major: Bachelor of Arts Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence Concentration, December 2008
- Minor: Artificial Intelligence, June 2007
-Machine Learning Development: Developed a novel 3 tiered neural-network based spam filtration system
- Advanced Game Development Project: Developed a 3D space-shooter in Microsoft c# using the XNA Framework for deployment to PC and Xbox 360
-Facebook App Development: Developed a folksonomy based peer rating system in Facebook for a Databases class project.
Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California
- One of five students selected for Rotary Club leadership program.
- Governor’s Scholarship for Math and Science.
WORK EXPERIENCE
10/08 – Present CitizenGroove LLC, Cleveland Ohio
VP of Products / CTO / Programmer
o This is the first company I have ever started. The website is a social network targeted at musicians, music listeners, and music industry members. It is innovative in that the information is structured after the way musicians work, instead of how programmers think.
o Founded company
o Developed integrated Actionscript 3 Media-Player with AJAX/Jquery Playlist
o Architected entire system
o Developed and built interactive Force Directed Graph based browsing component in AS3
o http://www.citizengroove.com
06/08 – 09/08 Multiverse Networks, Mountain View California
Facebook Application Architect and Developer
o Multiverse Networks is a maker of a 3D Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) platform called “Multiverse”. At the time of my employ, they were working on a world to demonstrate the power of their platform called “Places”. The Flash app I built for them was intended to connect this 3D world to Facebook to act as a sort of interactive advertising and game expansion.
o Designed application to connect to a larger online game
o Developed Flash-based frontend in Actionscript 3
o Usage of Facebook Markup Language
o Usage of AJAX and JSON for connective purposes
01/07 – 06/08 Case Western Virtual World’s Project, Cleveland Ohio
Software Engineering and Conceptual Designer
o My job was to be the all around capable programmer and problem solver for the projects academic lead Jared Bendis. This meant that my assignment would vary from month to month, both conceptually and technically.
o Building a “massively multi-user” online world for teachers and students
o Creation of virtual world building software
o Creation of synchronized multi-monitor, multi-video player
o WorldCraft “massively multi-player game engine” experience
o Helped invent a mechanical rig for taking repeated stitched panorama photographs in a grid series
06/07 – 08/07 NASA, Mountain View California
Mission Control Software Engineering and User Interface Intern
o For my second NASA internship I worked for the Information Technology sector. X-Search group had built two separate massive search engines to help manage NASA’s enormous databases full of unregulated critical technical data. It was my job to reconcile the input and output differences of these two search engines, and wrap them in a new frontend that allowed them to function as a single seamless software entity.
o Integration between XML/AJAX with c#/Microsoft mySQL (multithreaded)
o Prototyping of conceptual user interfaces for improvement of Mission Controller efficiency
o Information-specific search strategy development
06/06 – 08/06 NASA, Mountain View California
Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Intern
o In order to test a concept on 4 dimensional function based flight control patterns, a physical proof of concept was in order. That proof of concept was a 13 foot wingspan remote control aircraft with an onboard QNIX computer controlling its flight. However, monitoring an aircraft up to 15 miles away is non-trivial. It was my task to conceptualize and build a system that would allow a remote observer to monitor and possibly intervene and control the aircraft.
o Development for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
o Creation of onboard wireless communications package and ground station to communicate with and visualize vehicle
o Configuration of point to point wireless hardware
o Integration of ground station with “Google Earth” for 3D mapping
06/05 – 08/05 Hedgestreet, San Mateo California
Software Engineering Consultant Intern
o Creation of new online Flash based Economic Calculators
o Creation of an Internal Communications Dashboard
o Graphic Design work including Icon Development
o CSS template design and creation
o Competitive analysis and presentation
03/05 – 05/05 Middleware Engineering Group, Cleveland Ohio
Student Software Engineer - Blog@Case Service
o CSS template design and creation
o Integration with MovableType
o Enhanced site navigation controls
o Implementation of newly integrated features
o Converted all features to modularized tags
o Maintenance of work / personal Blog
01/03 – 3/05 Mojok Studios, Walnut Creek, California
- Company Co-founder
- Movie and Sound Recording business – funded through custom T-Shirt sales.
- Entered into 2003 Las Lomas Film Festival.
- Designed and built interactive Flash/Php/XML based website.
06/01 – 09/04 Scoutcraft Director, Camp Wolfeboro, Bear Valley, California
- Boy Scout summer camp counselor for outdoor and pioneering programs.
- Managed staff of 5 counselors for 2 summers.
- Merit Badge counselor for 10 merit badges.
01/04 – 06/04 TechQuest Group, Walnut Creek, California
- Provided PC desktop and networking consulting services to assigned clients.
- Designed, built, and administered the company’s website.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout - collected 3631 books for literacy center
$1000 Grand Prize Winner – Cell phone Film Festival - 2007
Project Hazon – lead an informative media based project.
SKILLS
Computer Programming:
- HTML, Flash Action Script, PHP, XML, C#, XNA Framework, C++, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Django Framework, Jquery
Computer Skills:
- Linux, LAMP, Microsoft Office, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Flash, FlashDevelop