# Al Tearjen > Solutions Engineer @ Wiz Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/altearjen https://consultalgorithm.substack.com/ My friends call me Al, like Al-gorithm. Excellence is not a skill or trait, it’s a habit. ## Work Experience ### Solutions Engineer @ Wiz Jan 2024 – Present | New York, NY code to cloud security ### Fractional CTO @ Consult Algorithm Jan 2023 – Present Helping startups go from 0-1 and rebuilding inefficient systems; building products that customers love. ### Senior Solutions Engineer @ Snyk Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 Enterprise/Named segment ### Technical Success Manager @ Snyk Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 Enterprise/Named segment Manage Fortune 500 enterprise accounts and ensure they are successful in adoption. Lead expansions and renewals. ### Founder & CEO @ Seize Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Techstars Seattle 2021 Company Platform to monetize on demand photography. Developed and executed product lead growth strategy to reach profitability. We were a pre-series A startup, so I had a wide scope of responsibilities. With an emphasis on product management, customer success & sales. Raised funding & led a small team. ### Software Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. This means customers of all sizes and industries can use it to store and protect any amount of data for a range of use cases, such as data lakes, websites, mobile applications, backup and restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices, and big data analytics. ### Software Engineer @ Bouncer Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States -Built a website in React and Flask, integrating video for demonstration videos to support the documentation of Bouncer's API. -Programmed critical pieces of software for startup's growth and iterating through multiple builds to get to design specification in agile environment. -Developed android application for experimental testing of Bouncer's credit card fraud detection API. ### Software Engineer @ Goldman Sachs Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 -Utilized Java and Maven to develop a currency related API service with an improved user experience that was used by 40,000 clients and was recognized by firm partners. -Implemented the API service with a proprietary language in the quality assurance system for proof of concept which eliminated 20% of all false missing data alerts. -Aggregated a global holiday calendar to alert users when specific foreign exchanges would be closed working with colleagues across 3 continents. ### Software Engineer @ Zillow Group Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California Learned Java, Kotlin, Dagger 2 and clean architecture principles in 10 weeks by shipping projects and tickets in sprints. Reduced testing time by 98% by automating feature flag process for product managers, quality assurance, and engineers. Increased app engagement and decrease low appointment by implementing Android slices to remind users to update their contacts. Produced Google Assistant capabilities for the application and mentored incoming college students on the best way to increase application engagement with Google Assistant. ### Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Davis,CA • Lead interactive office hour discussions for about 50 students three times a week for materials and energy balance, thermodynamics laboratory and introduction to MATLAB course to improve test scores and homework scores. • Graded modules and provide feedback to improving programing efficiency and data visualization for MATLAB course. • Built MATLAB course content by preparing code with different approaches to use as examples with a 4.71/5 Evaluation Score. ### Peer Mentor @ UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 • Mentored 15 junior transfer chemical and biochemical engineering as they transitioned to the quarter system at a large university. ### Project Manager @ Engineers Without Borders USA Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Davis Chapter • Managed group of 15 engineers and $13,000 budget to implement latrines for a 250 person Bolivian village. • Executed crucial preliminary steps of research for the design of sustainable sanitation infrastructure through household interviews and scientific experimentation. • Lead the design, development, and translation of educational materials for proper hygiene and sanitation practice for the village. ### Project Engineer @ RES (Renewable Energy Systems Ltd) Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Carmichael, California • Implemented new finance templates using VBA computer programming for macros on excel to increase efficiency in data visualization. • Created plan of the day templates to improve efficiency of workers at construction site and allowed project managers to have easier correspondence of workers' performance metrics. • Provided quality assurance with several substation construction projects in the early design phase by reviewing engineer’s comments for preliminary drawings to ensure consistency with change orders. ### Manufacturing Engineer @ Procter & Gamble Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Sacramento, California Area • Found the valuation of the chemical manufacturing plant and expected maintenance costs. Produced a scalable algorithm for short and long term investment planning. • Saved plant $5000 by standardized the troubleshooting of plate and frame heat exchangers and electric tracing within refinery processing. • Achieved automation processing capability in plant by implementing wireless efficient and scalable infrastructure and architecture for portable level indicators. • Designed plan to eliminate plant and instrument air losses within plant through utilization of ultrasonic clamp on flow meters. ### Chemical Engineering Tutor @ UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Sacramento, California Area • Instructed and facilitated a supportive environment to ensure 150 low division chemical engineering students were successful in the introduction to material and energy balance course • Utilized expertise in engineering to prepare supplemental lectures, assisted with class and general chemical engineering major questions • Used multiple teaching styles to help students understand complex concepts and chemical processes ### Manufacturing Engineering Intern @ PepsiCo Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Sacramento, California Area • Saved Sacramento plant 80% in breakage costs by implementing new breakage procedure • Eliminated all obstacles with transportation of raw material from offsite, by making space for it at production warehouse • Managed 50 front line employees to ensure sustainability in all completed projects including optimization of warehouse and production processes to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness • Shadowed engineering supervisors who oversee departments and gave solicited feedback on management styles ### Research Intern @ UC Davis Department of Food Science Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 • Published research paper with UC Davis Olive Center on optimal storage conditions of olive oil and how to predict shelf life • Assisted graduate students with various projects ### Student Assistant @ UC Davis Department of Microbiology Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 • Clean and autoclave glassware and other hard goods and make solutions and buffers. • Pour Nematode Growth Medium plates and spot with E. Coli OP50 • Follow sterile technique and all safety protocols ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science University of California, Davis ### Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering University of California, Davis ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alg0rithm --- Source: https://flows.cv/altearjen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/altearjen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29