Greetings! I'm a results-driven, highly detail-oriented tech enthusiast with a passion for projects that have a meaningful impact.
While studying at the University of Oregon, I co-founded a promising startup, Apiara, and proudly served as its CTO.
● Redesigned the Guardian project, a vital self-service internal application for AWS resource access using AWS Security Groups
○ Achieved 95% reduction in access removal time through engineering of admin dashboard using Python Flask
○ Strengthened compliance auditing through the engineering and integration of a custom Python AWS S3 logger
○ Migrated with zero downtime to a new production Kubernetes cluster utilizing ArgoCD
○ Enhanced deployments and security via transition to Helm and Hashicorp Vault from Kubernetes manifests and secrets
● Modernized organization-wide AWS Terraform infrastructure, leading to reduction of infrastructure updates by at least 66%
○ Increased security posture by ensuring timely updates through Bitbucket CI/CD pipeline for Terraform, including alerting via Slack/email for discrepancies
○ Eliminated downtime through the removal of unneeded rebuilds with custom bash scripts that reorganize state files
● Enhanced production Kubernetes deployment reliability through improved CI/CD pipelines with rollout status checks
● Built self-service transient token generation web app for critical data science application that secured Okta configuration details
● Architected and engineered an alternate monetization system for the internet that leverages users' personal devices as endpoints on a crowdsourced Content Delivery Network (CDN)
○ Managed development and production AWS environments
○ Built server-side coordination layer in Go utilizing AWS EC2, Redis, and PostgresQL
○ Built platform frontend in Typescript, React, and Electron
● Saved thousands of dollars by swiftly identifying and rectifying a critical AWS infrastructure issue within 12 hours of launch
● Launched the network with the capability to serve 151.2 TB/month from the participation of only 176 nodes
● Pitched to regional and national VC firms; selected as a top 7% startup nationally resulting in interview with Y-Combinator