Experience

CultureX at MIT

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Software Engineer--Contract

February 2024 - Present

  • Architected and optimized high-performance ML pipelines on AWS using EMR and PySpark, processing 10M+ rows daily with 99.9% uptime
  • Developed scalable RESTful APIs using AWS API gateway linked with Lambdas, handling 100+ requests per minute
  • Implemented efficient data storage solutions using MySQL and MongoDB, reducing query times by 40%
  • Optimized AWS infrastructure (EMR, S3, EC2, SageMaker, Lambda) for cost-efficiency, reducing monthly expenses by 25%

Boston College IT Department

Boston, Massachusetts

Graduate Technology Consultant

May 2023 - April 2024

  • Provided expert consultation to over 600 staff and faculty members, enhancing technology proficiency and productivity.
  • Managed regular maintenance for approximately 200 computers, optimizing performance and bolstering security.
  • Assisted in the integration of 25+ computers onto JAMF software in various departments.

Projects

C++ Chess Engine

WIP Chess Engine from scratch in C++.

BinToDec Website

A website I made for gamifying learning binary conversion.

Education

Boston College

Boston, Massachusetts

Master of Arts in Political Science

August 2022 - May 2024

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

August 2018 - May 2022

Recent Blog Post

RE: Doing Stuff: My First Web Dev Project

9/10/2024

Hey, I wanted to share something I've been working on lately. I finally got around to making my first web app from scratch, and it's been quite the e...

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