# William Dalessandro > Founder - Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence Meetup Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/williamdalessandro Experience with AI and software development. Electrical Engineering background. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ SusCode (Open Source) Jan 2024 – Present • Took advantage of the Acorn AST simple walker algorithm to build Abstract Syntax Trees due to the data structure’s ability to retain the syntactic structure of source code, allowing for deeper static analysis of potential telemetry with contextual reference • Used React Hooks to create stateful panels in the VS Code DOM for each extension’s scan results which updated based on event listeners living in useEffect hooks, avoiding memory leaks and matching the dynamic nature of the file searches to quickly and efficiently display information to the user • Highly optimized file scanning of a user’s installed extensions by using Node JS readstreams that would serve data in small asynchronous chunks as opposed to the default behavior which blocks code execution as a large single payload is prepared, improving speed efficiency by nearly 30-50% and reducing memory usage by 90% with larger files (1GB+) ### Automated Ingredient Validator For Importing Products to Japanese Markets | Software Engineer @ Open Source Jan 2024 – Present • Utilized LangChain to perform vector retrievals for an LLM to complete and carry out complex tasks that involved parsing tabular data as HTML structured information, making high level inferences upon the data present and the data inputted • Made use of the Unstructured API as a data retrieval source to parse PDFs and feed data to the LLM due to its accuracy and use of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) with cheaper costs compared to a product such as Amazon Rekognition • Developed an AWS serverless backend that interacted with AWS API gateway to make the code available online with API keys for security and access to rate limits for extra security and potential protection against spam/endpoint abuse ### JawsomeMart | Software Engineer | Ecommerce Platform @ Open Source Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 • Used Vite to pack up the frontend with Hot Module Replacement and tree shaking capabilities in the development and production workflows respectively, providing a rapid feedback loop for developers increasing productivity and a memory efficient bundle size for quicker deployments to production • Led Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices in the team by devising comprehensive Jest and Vitest testing strategies for the entire stack, achieving over 92% test coverage and ensuring the successful functionality of frontend React components and Express API routes • Leveraged MongoDB to store and manage large volumes of order and product data, utilizing its flexible schema design and built-in sharding support to enable efficient scaling and high availability ### Founder @ Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence Meetup Jan 2016 – Present | Greater New York City Area • Running this meetup in order to have in-depth discussions with researchers and developers in the field, provide technical presentations, and build a network of professionals looking to share their knowledge. As a broad and growing field, the applications are endless! ### Senior Software Engineer @ Bitcoin Venture Space Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 • Utilized AWS serverless to host Node JS Lambda functions for the backend API infrastructure to have access to memory auto scaling and AWS’ trusted availability, making the codebase nimble and highly scalable for production level traffic • Orchestrated Bitbucket pipelines for CI/CD, SourceTree for version control with a rebase focused git workflow allowing smooth PR merges and better enabling thorough commit audits by the development team • Led the creation of a chatbot written in JS on GCF (Google Cloud Functions) making use of Google Cloud Task Queues to stop duplicate events from being queued while preserving message order, streamlining the entire main trading process for the company and allowing CSRs to finish trades 70% faster • Co-led a year long TypeScript refactor of the codebase from JS due to the extreme value of type safety that is especially important in financial services, allowing us to eliminate and catch many bugs before even leaving local testing • Formulated methods of Service Decomposition, optimizing the Lambda functions by breaking up monolithic lambdas into smaller logical parts, cutting the deployment size that was originally near the 250MB maximum by nearly 30% • Spearheaded and led the creation and secure development of Bitcoin and Lightning wallets that incorporated unique methods of RBF batching to minimize network transaction fees • Introduced functional tests suites in Jest using database mocks and Selenium for E2E tests that would run through multiple potential order flows with ~70% coverage increasing code reliability and bug ousting within the lambda APIs and frontend ### Software Engineer @ Bitcoin Venture Space Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 • Formatted a Python script that creates reverse VPN connections between Linux Debian/Ubuntu Virtual Machines hosted through GCE (Google Compute Engine) in a hub and spoke connection model, streamlining the complex setup of the instances and allowing secure connections between them. • Created an automatic emailer using Sendgrid’s Python API with a one time download link that increased the security and handling of VPN connection links. ### Lead Developer @ Lenox Group Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 • Created the Lenox Green Bond Platform with a team of decorated professionals and entrepreneurs- worked with the Fijian government to give low income working citizens access to capital through crypto smart contracts • Used Metamask for Ethereum integration with smart contracts written with Solidity, MySQL, and Selenium for automated testing • Coordinated team interactions with Git, Trello, Bitbucket, and TDD to create a robust and secure platform • Created 3 unique technologies with one that combined AI and Blockchain by tokenizing the output of an RNN fed quotes from philosophers and ex-presidents. The other technologies worked by tokenizing unique strings in ERC-721 smart contracts ### Software Engineer @ GoFlyFirst Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 • Used Django to build an MVC app that included Google OAUTH, used Ajax/Jquery for creating a form previewer, Sendgrid Dynamic Templates used to populate HTML templates written in Handlebars JS. SourceTree/Github/Heroku for version control and website hosting/deployment. ### Algorithm Developer @ Autonomous Maze Solving Robot- Senior Design Project Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 • Worked with a team to design an autonomous maze solving robot and was responsible for developing the maze solving algorithm. The algorithm was designed to let the robot solve the maze and then determine the shortest path to the solution. This project involved heavy use with micro-controllers and coding in C. ### President @ IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Beta Pi Chapter Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | The City College of New York • IEEE-HKN is the Honor Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Held a number of events in order to keep the club's history and traditions alive. Delegated responsibilities, planned, and networked at events to help keep the club strong. Had a fantastic executive board that helped with every step along the way. ### Research Assistant @ Yale University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 • Worked remotely for Professor Peter M. Aronow and gave helpful discussion on the published paper "The Regression Discontinuity Design Under Interference: A Local Randomization-based Approach." Credit is shown on page 132. Gave input on other papers and also helped revise the manuscript "Theory of Agnostic Statistics." This experience helped to establish a foundation in data science. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering The City College of New York Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ### Basic Home Electrical Wiring Certification CUNY Hostos Community College Jan 2015 ### Locksmith License Certification in Locksmithing and Safe Repair CUNY Hostos Community College Jan 2014 ### Security Guard Training Pre-Assessment and On-the-Job Training Certifications CUNY Hostos Community College Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/williamdalessandro --- Source: https://flows.cv/williamdalessandro JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/williamdalessandro/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01