About
Full stack software engineer with over 4 years of experience creating customized tools to process and analyze data in analytical chemistry labs. Proactive and diligent professional who enjoys creating innovative solutions to today's technical problems, pursuing value-adding opportunities, and learning new technologies. Currently based in Sunnyvale, CA.
Technical Skills
Languages - Python, JavaScript, Java, SQL, HTML, CSS
Frameworks and Libraries - React, Express, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Spring, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap
Databases - MySQL, MongoDB
Tools - AWS EC2, Linux, Git, Node, REST APIs, AJAX, OOP, NumPy, Pandas, GUI Automation
Assessment Highlight
Scored 600/600 on proctored Codesignal assessment
Projects
Webspace
A space for taking and organizing notes
- Notes can be edited and organized in a customizable grid layout. Notes autosave with changes.
- User registration/login provided by a Flask service API with token-based authentication that can be easily implemented across multiple apps or services.
- Implemented a generic caching model and repository for storing third-party API data.
- CSS animations and UI elements such as tooltips, popovers, and sync status feedback contribute to a great user experience.
Mazique
Web app for writing sheet music
- Used the MERN stack to create a highly responsive web app for viewing and editing sheet music.
- Defined JSON structure for song data inspired by the MusicXML specification.
- Created a layout engine that generates and places each symbol in an SVG document.
- Wrote a reducer function for processing all edits made to the music.
Experience and Education
Professional Experience
R&D Laboratory Technician
Chevron Energy Technology Company
Jun 2016 - Nov 2021
Richmond, CA
Richmond, CA
- Co-authored 8 peer-reviewed papers in leading energy journals (including Fuel and Energy and Fuels), 2 book chapters, and 1 patent.
- Developed a user-friendly Python/Excel VBA application that analyzes three-dimensional instrument data to rapidly determine the hydrocarbon content of soils for environmental remediation projects.
- Performed fuel oil testing supporting the development of a very low sulfur fuel oil that captured an estimated ~$45MM enterprise gross margin improvement in 2020, and co-authored its patent.
- Created various utilities supplementing laboratory software and data workflows that increased data quality, reduced reporting time, and saved hundreds of hours of analysis time per year (Python, NumPy, Pandas, PyAutoGUI, VBA, Tkinter).
- Implemented an image-matching algorithm ~20x faster than PyAutoGUI's method.
- Participated in two cross-functional data science teams as the primary programmer, results were published in two Energy and Fuels papers.
Education
Full-Stack Web Development Certificate
Coding Dojo
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
Sunnyvale, CA
Sunnyvale, CA
Graduated with honors in Python, Java, and MERN full-stack programs.
Bachelor's in Chemical Biology
University of California, Berkeley
2012-2016
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
