BS
Company

Valtech

Focused on
Distributed Data Systems on Databricks
Top skills
  • Distributed Systems
  • Performance Tuning
  • Data Engineering
Main tools
  • Databricks
  • PySpark
  • AI
About
Senior software & data engineer with 5+ years building and operating high-scale, production platforms. Deep expertise in distributed systems on Databricks, performance tuning, reliability engineering, and cross-team technical direction. Career highlights include cutting production compute by orders of magnitude on critical pipelines and leading pilots that resulted in multi-million-dollar investment decisions. Before moving into data engineering I built hardware and computer vision systems: PCB-based sensors, RFID moisture mapping, and a multispectral camera for an AgTech startup I co-founded. That range, from embedded systems to cloud-scale data pipelines, still shapes how I approach problems today. Have something you're interested in building? Please reach out! Masters of Science, Robotics w/ CS minor 2020-2022 @ Oregon State University Honors Bachelors of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015-2019 @ Oregon State University
Projects

ChairBot

https://www.charismarobotics.com/chairbot-research

Developed user interface to control a multi-robot system of ChairBots. Won best demo at HRI 2021.

  • Status: in progress
  • Flask
  • ROS
  • Research

WaTutor

https://watutor.com/

Managed technology development for this platform that enables video calling. A flexible low-code inspired design enables customizations to exploit opportunities in the B2B and B2B2C space.

  • Status: live
  • JavaScript
  • Startup

vSpectral Explorer

https://vspectral.com/

Built frontend and architected backend that processes hyperspectral images in the cloud. Contact for demo.

  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Startup

Modal Health Platform

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlQP7Ol95aU

Modal health is an approach to technology that is aimed at improving patient-doctor communication. It consists of an app, a dashboard, and a backend. The app allows patients to take photos of meals and record monitored metrics (such as weight or blood sugar). It also allow and reminds patients to take wellness surveys to track their health over time. The dashboard allows a doctor to view this information and track progress over time.

  • JavaScript
  • Startup

Agromo.AI Multispectral Camera

https://vspectral.com/

Understanding when and how much to spray pesticides is more of an art than a science, Agromo was founded to change that. By hybridizing spectral, weather, and scouting data, Agromo built an intuitive disease tracking platform to help farmers comply with best practices. I designed built a 3-D printed mount and a programmable controller for the multispectral camera. The mount had multiple adapters that allowed it to attach to various drones or pipes. At Agromo I was one of three co-founders. Agromo was accepted into the incubator program at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence where we worked for 9 months.

  • SolidWorks
  • Arduino
  • Startup

Sap Flow Sensor

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/397874

Built sap flow sensor using novel PCB based design. Led small team of other Undergrads. Presented work at AGU 2018. Worked within the OPEnS Lab @ OSU.

  • Arduino
  • PCB
  • Research

RFID Soil Moisture

https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/honors_college_theses/4m90f2174?locale=en

Evaluated low-cost, moisture sensing UHF RFID tags to build comprehensive moisture maps of agricultural fields. Wrote my undergraduate thesis on this work (see link). The project utilizes a arduino-controlled UHF reader and capacitive moisture sensing RFID tags. The end goal is to create a high-resolution moisture map of a field which will be used to alter irrigation practices and reduce water usage by an estimated 20%. Savings of this magnitude, if realized, would save approx. 23 billion gallons of freshwater per day across the United States. Applied and recieved funding from the DeLoach Work Scholarship and the URSA Engage program. Worked within the OPEnS Lab @ OSU.

  • Arduino
  • PCB
  • Startup
Work history

Valtech

Data Engineer / Full Stack Developer
2022 - present

HP Inc

Computer Vision Engineer Intern
2021

CHARISMA Robotics Lab @ OSU

Research Assistant
March 2020 - 2022

WaTutor

Backend Architect / Technical Lead
April 2020 - 2022

Modal Health

Full Stack Developer
June 2019 - April 2020

vSpectral

Full Stack Engineer / Co-Founder
2018 - 2020

Agromo.AI

Co-Founder
September 2016 - December 2013

OPEnS Lab @ OSU

Sensor Developer
November 2015 - 2019
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