I am a former medical device engineer turned software engineer, developing skills in front-end development. Acquired skills in build tools, quick prototyping, new frameworks and cross-browser testing.

I am currently residing in the Bay Area, California, USA. I’m open to local or remote work.

• 2018-current
  Clear Labs Senior Lead Application Engineer

  • Experienced team manager engineering empathy with team members, relaying communication with all stakeholders, and reviewing code quality

  • Conducted kaizen and other continuous improvement meetings including brown bags with team members to promote knowledge sharing

  • Clear Dx WGS

    • Built on top of the Clear Safety product to launch a new product, Clear Dx WGS, a comprehensive WGS (Whole Genome Sequencing) platform to accelerate detection of infectious disease outbreaks
    • Ran accessibility fixes and reports to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA
    • Patched security fixes through use of Content Security Policy (CSP) and other security headers
    • Earned a certification in ISO 13485:2016 (QMS)
    • Stack: Same as Clear Safety

  • Clear Safety

    • Joined the team as a application developer role, architecting, designing, and developing the Web Application for Clear Safety, a product for food safety testing using NGS (next-generation sequencing)
    • Managed continuous, quarterly releases including features like smart scheduling, data visualization, and data analysis
    • Assisted in designing and implementing a full design system, modular to create hi-fi screens and quality user experiences for developers
    • Stack: React, Redux, Styled-Components, d3, Docker, Nginx, GCP, Jest, Cypress, Workbox, Storybook

• 2014-2018
  Inform Senior Front-end Engineer

  • Digital Media Exchange Dashboard for customers and internal employees for all of Inform’s Services
    • Joined my team as a lead front-end role reviewing design and interactions and developing the UI infrastructure in React
    • Facilitated usability testing to determine weak points of the application to improve in the next development cycle
  • Wordpress Plugin
    • Developed Inform’s Wordpress plugin for customers to embed videos without leaving the Wordpress environment
  • Insights Dashboard for publishers to understand their content using Reverb’s services
    • Developed dashboard for Insights using Angular with customized data visualizations using d3

• 2014-Current
  Freelancing

  • Craft By Zen
    • Developed and wrote for my personal website and blog.
  • MedicareMojo
    • Incorporated IBM Watson NLC services for Q&A app for medicare information
  • FamiliesUSA
    • Developed chloropleth map with interactivity for learning about new Medicare changes

• 2012-2014
  Lumenous Device Technologies Application Engineer

  • Facilitated job orders from raw material to end product to customer specs
  • Engineered custom tooling and fixtures for manufacturing customer-specific parts
  • Implemented lean manufacturing practices

• 🚌 2014 - 2014 Dev Bootcamp Web Development

• 🚌 2008-2012 Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo B.S. Biomedical Engineering

• 2017 - 2021 Hackbright Academy Mentor and Guest Lecturer
• 2019 Eat Real Festival Volunteer
• 2016 Papers Club Event Coordinator
• 2015 ML Group Event Coordinator
• 2014 Coding Club Facilitator
• 2014 HTML5 Developer Conference Volunteer
• 2012 The Crucible Volunteer
• 2010 - 2012 QL+ (Quality of Life +) Treasurer
• 2008 - 2009 Cal Poly Language Opportunities and Outreach for Kids Teacher