Experience

Amazon.com Services, Inc

Software Development Engineer • July 2019 — Present

  • To be determined.

Starbutter AI

Software Engineering Intern • June 2018 — November 2018

  • Company Awards - Top fintech startup featured at Money 20/20; Featured at Google I/O 2018; Startup Innovation Spotlight Award, LeadsCon, 2017
  • Optimized chatbots on the Google Assistant, Facebook Messenger, and Amazon Alexa platforms
  • Designed internal API modules for Amazon Alexa platform. Developed 7 Skills using this codebase.
  • Created system for Amazon Alexa Flash Briefings, including: scheduled updates of content, test automation, and a system for creating backup content
  • Skills serve over 1000 users per day
  • Designed multiple websites that serve aggregated review scores for top Mortgage and Car Insurance Companies
  • Technologies used: AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, Polly, CloudFront), Flask, Chalice

Education

Univeristy of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • 2015 — 2019

Computer Science and Engineering Program
Cumulative GPA: 3.11

Significant Coursework

  • The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Data Structures, Machine Structures, Computer Security, Introduction to AI, Introduction to Machine Learning, Introduction to Databases, Operating Systems and System Programming, Foundations of Data Science, Introduction to the Internet (Architecture and Protocols), Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory, Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems

Saint Joseph's High School

High School Diploma • 2015

  • St. Joseph High School Academic Excellence Awards in Mathematics and Science

Skills

Languages

  • Python (Best)
  • Java
  • HTML & CSS
  • C

Frameworks

  • Flask
  • Chalice

Services

  • AWS

Project Development

Worked closely with coworkers to plan projects end-to-end and present ideas to Co-Founders.

Recognition

Boys State Selection

The American Legion • 2014

Regional and State Scholarship Winner

California Air Force Association Education Foundation for Aerospace • 2015

Raintree Award Winner

Santa Barbara Foundation • 2015

AP Scholar with Distinction

CollegeBoard • 2015

Associations

Engineering for Kids (E4K)

Treasurer & Web Architect • 2017 — 2019

E4K is a registered student organization on the UC Berkeley campus. The club plans a free science and engineering education event (E4K Day) for local, underprivileged elementary kids, mentored by UC Berkeley student organizations. As treasurer, I worked with the university to manage the club’s money, set the budget for the year, and work with members to obtain donations from private companies. As website architect, I was in charge of updating the website.The website is used to sign up volunteers, request private donations, and sign-up kids for E4K Day.

Eric Okerblom Foundation

Volunteer • 2013 — 2015

Volunteered at foundation that provides free healthcare to underprivileged community members.

Outside Interests

  • Sports (Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Baseball)
  • Video Games
  • Hiking/Backpacking
  • PC Building

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