Experience

Building and testing various software. Developed React Native mobile application for photo sharing and project management. features included (but not limited to): image markup, project organization, maps, todos, organization management, offline-aware upload flows.

Conducted in-depth product research and development in a multi trillion dollar industry.

Built various full stack web apps used for small to mid size businesses in this industry.

Built a handful of in house tools leveraging SOTA image, text, and video generation.

Technical experience: TypeScript, React Native, React, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, REST API design, Zod validation, JWT-based auth, AWS S3, AWS Cognito, CloudFront signed URLs, Twilio, OpenAI APIs, Claude APIs, fal.ai, FFmpeg, Docker, Vercel, Render, Vitest, Jest, Supertest, and various CI/CD workflows (github, etc.).

Backend work included designing relational data models, authentication flows, multi-tenant organization/project structures, role-aware access control, file upload pipelines, image/document storage, admin review queues, smart intake flows, audit logging, rate limiting, and automated test coverage.

Frontend work included building mobile-first dashboards, React Native camera and editing flows, image markup tooling, project and organization management screens, delivery tracking tables, sheet/modal workflows, offline-aware UI states, and responsive product prototypes.

Founder of Tapd, building mobile software and supporting product development for usetapd.com / Tapd IG / Download the app!.

Competed in Union College’s SparkLab Program, where Tapd secured $20,000 in seed capital and won first place in the pitch competition among the eight teams that advanced through preliminary judging.

Independently developed an MVP iOS application for live demo in Swift, using Firebase for user authentication and profile management and NFC technology to support physical tag-based app blocking and device management.

Engineered a full-stack mobile application now on TestFlight using React Native and Node.js/Express, with RESTful APIs for complex data models, a PostgreSQL database hosted on AWS, AWS Cognito authentication and authorization, AWS Lambda serverless operations, and a CI/CD pipeline for testing and deployment.

Led user testing to improve first-time user experience and key app functionality based on feedback, and independently developed the website, landing pages, and ecommerce platform.

Worked to scale operation to universities and consumers mainly on the east coast.

Worked as an independent contractor on a confidential full-stack SaaS prototype for agentic document review, project collaboration, and workflow management.

Built and extended TypeScript services across a React frontend and Node.js/Express backend, using PostgreSQL, Prisma, Auth0, S3-style document storage, Zod validation, and Vitest integration tests.

Worked with AI-powered document analysis features, including document classification, structured extraction, citation validation, verification passes, risk-report generation, chat over project context, and entity/relationship graph exploration.

Gained experience building in a fast-moving client environment where product requirements, security considerations, cost modeling, and prototype velocity all had to be balanced.

Alongside my cofounder, I created Campus Research Bridge. Campus Research Bridge connected businesses and college students, so that businesses could get feedback from their target demographic, and so college kids could earn a little extra cash for their participation.

Led in-person focus groups during the 2023-24 academic year, providing clients with in-depth reports based on data collected from student participants before, during, and after each session.

Helped clients develop a more nuanced understanding of their customer base. For example, contributed insights that helped Curtis Butler finalize pricing and packages for the career coaching business he launched shortly after the focus group.

Oversaw engineering of a full-stack web application built with Django, React, and MongoDB to conduct online panel discussions and surveys with participants in the research pool.

Participated with a board of advisors that mentored my knowledge of management, business intelligence, legal operations, market research, and software development.

(We also helped college students earn a little extra beer money)

Data science intern with PlayStudios in Tel Aviv, working with a product team on analysis, experimentation, and production data science workflows.

Completed survival analyses in Python on simulated user data, studying playtime and engagement patterns for a subsection of users within PlayStudios applications to support 5% longer average sessions.

Participated in daily standups and product team routines, observing how data scientists and developers coordinated with the rest of the team to deliver product impact.

Collaborated with the Data Science Lead to maintain and deploy the A/B testing inference platform and statistical engine, using MLflow for experiment tracking, model management, and deployment automation.