About
Software engineer with expertise in building and deploying production systems, infrastructure automation, and machine learning applications. Recently graduated from Adrian College with a BS in Computer Science and currently working at Creek Enterprise, where I architect and maintain multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
My work spans full-stack development with Ruby on Rails, containerization with Docker, infrastructure automation using Ansible, and machine learning research in computer vision. I'm passionate about creating robust, scalable systems and exploring the intersection of DevOps and intelligent applications.
Experience
- Deployed and maintained an internal multi-tenant SaaS platform using Ruby on Rails, containerized with Docker and orchestrated via Ansible for production environments
- Delivered customer-facing features, security enhancements, and critical fixes for the SaaS platform, improving usability and reliability in production
- Applied test-driven development using RSpec for Rails features and bug fixes, and Molecule for Ansible roles
- Automated infrastructure with Ansible roles for provisioning server monitoring and configuring VMs on bare-metal hosts
- Set up software infrastructure, including Jenkins for CI/CD, Redmine for issue tracking, and server monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, Node Exporter, and cAdvisor
- Led design and implementation of a virtualized firewall on a bare-metal Linux server, including VLAN segmentation, WireGuard VPN, SSL certificates, and VM isolation
- Automated recurring maintenance and configuration tasks with PowerShell scripts, reducing manual effort and improving system reliability
- Administered user accounts and access controls in the Microsoft 365 admin portal
- Diagnosed and resolved hardware, OS, and network issues, including failed boots, BSODs, and VLAN misconfigurations
- Restored critical user data from backups with MSP360, ensuring continuity of cloud and on-premises services
- Detected and mitigated a network breach, implementing corrective actions to restore secure operations and prevent recurrence
Publications
Projects
Engineered a Flask backend delivering JSON APIs to a React frontend, supporting multi-user authentication, real-time WebSocket updates for a shared music queue, and MySQL database integration. Collaborated with a frontend developer to design and implement a seamless, end-to-end user experience.
Built a Django web application with a database and tag-based parsing system to organize historical records by class year. Developed robust search and categorization features for efficient archival management.
Developed a real-time computer vision system to detect American Sign Language gestures using Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, and MediaPipe. Created a custom dataset and implemented a testing pipeline to optimize model accuracy.
Education
GPA: 3.5/4.0
Certificate: Level I Applied Computing
Honors: Dean's List (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024), Outstanding Sophomore in Computer Science (2023), Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (2023)
Leadership: Adrian College Esports Team Captain (2022-2024), Adrian College Computer Club Founder, Mortar Board Honor Society, National Society of Leadership and Success