📍 Austin, Texas, United States
Linux Geek🐧. Deployed and provisioned cloud resources⛅ on AWS and GCP. Previously owned API documentation at Palo Alto Networks. Web3 Builder & EthGlobal Prize Winner 🏆
Blockchain & Web3
- Solidity on Etherem, Base, Arbitrum
- Cairo on Starknet
- Rust on Arbitrum Stylus
Full Stack
- Backend: Rust, C++, Python, C#
- Frontend: React
- Scripting: Bash, Python, jq
University of Nevada, Reno (2008 - 2012)
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
National School of Physics & Math (FIZMAT) (2003 - 2006)
Focus: Math & Computer Science
Experience
Web3 Builder
UnPin • Sep 2023 - Present
Worldwide | Remote
Actively participated in Web3 hackathons, including ETHGlobal, Starknet Winter Hackathon, dAGI, Lambda, EthOnline, and easyA. 🏆 ETHGlobal 2024 Prize Winner for CollaSwitch — an automated collateral swapper.
Hybrid Senior Technical Writer / Engineer
Palo Alto Networks • Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 yr 1 mo)
Santa Clara, California | Remote
Led docs-as-code transition and single-handedly migrated legacy API docs to a new domain. Improved accuracy and DX through CI/CD engineering in 30+ codebases. Collaborated with engineering teams to clearly expose backend systems via APIs. Wrote SDK code snippets in Go, Python, Java, and Node. Owned and maintained API reference docs.
Senior Software Engineer
Baker Hughes • Feb 2018 - Dec 2018 (11 mos)
Minden, NV
Contributed to the development of Scout portable devices for machine condition monitoring using C++, HTML5, Angular, and CSS. Also built a comprehensive testing framework in C# to validate system performance and reliability.
Senior Solutions Architect
Digital Fleet, LLC. • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 (10 mos)
Greater Chicago Area
Provisioned and managed AWS cloud infrastructure; rebuilt a legacy web app using Angular, Node, and MongoDB; created technical documentation and user manuals; mentored junior software engineers.
Senior Software Engineer
leadPops, Inc. • Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 (8 mos)
Greater San Diego Area
Led development of a marketing automation platform and end-to-end lead generation and conversion optimization suite using Angular, PHP7, and Zend Framework—empowering service-based businesses to capture, engage, and convert more leads.
Software Engineer
Adicio • Jan 2015 - Nov 2015 (11 mos)
Carlsbad, California
Enhanced an existing web app with new features, worked with product owners to prioritize the backlog, wrote Bash and Python automation scripts.
Software Engineer
PACCAR • Apr 2013 - May 2014 (1 yr 2 mos)
Chillicothe, OH
Launched a new ASP.NET responsive web app for mobile and desktop use, independently developed and released a dashboard application that aggregated data from multiple systems.
Software Developer
Quad/Graphics • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013 (8 mos)
Sussex, WI
Iteratively optimized and enhanced a Windows application, built integrations with other apps via APIs.
Software Developer / Research Assistant
Nevada System of Higher Education • Sep 2010 - Jun 2011 (10 mos)
University of Nevada, Reno – Brain Computation Lab
Assisted in deploying deep neural network models, performed Linux system administration, provided programming support for researchers by modifying Perl, Python, and Bash scripts.