Jun 2018 – Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Developer Advocacy and Community Outreach
• Actively and continuously help community members with technical Q&A across various channels
• From ideation to hosting monthly technical session “StreamSets Live: Demos with Dash” and “Sources And Destinations: A Data Engineering Podcast”
• Helped launch new StreamSets Community platform and data engineering focused contests
• Editorial Board -- Crowdsource, oversee and manage technical content produced by the field and community members
• Technical Content -- Published technical blog posts on topics ranging from modernizing Hadoop data ingestion to migrating batch and streaming workloads to cloud data warehouses and data lakes to Machine Learning and Data Science. Also produced several “snackable” how-to videos.
• Long-form -- Co-authored “Data Engineer’s Handbook”
• Snowflake Partnership -- Played a critical role in GTM for StreamSets and Snowflake partnership including StreamSets Engine for Snowpark
• Partners and Customers -- Collaborated on partner technical training and customer deep dive sessions with members of Deloitte, NRMA, Telstra, Contexti, HorizonX, etc. in Australia
• DataOps Summit -- Curated and managed technical tracks for the DataOps Summit 2019 and 2021

Jan 2018 – May 2018 · 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed familiarity with real-world data science applications and principles
• Worked on various ML regression and classification projects & algorithms using diverse datasets
• Capstone project: Natural Language Processing & Sentiment Analysis
• Created models to classify texts as "toxic", "severe toxic", "threatening", "insulting", "hateful" and/or "obscene"
• Implemented and evaluated several models including CNN
• Built web application that uses the persisted models -- using Flask, Python and auto-deploy on Heroku via GitHub
• Technical Report: https://github.com/iamontheinet/datascience/blob/master/NLP_Sentiment_Analysis/NLP_Sentiment_Analysis_Technical%20Report.pdf

May 2016 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Developed guided walk-through of Deep Learning with Apache Spark and Intel’s BigDL
• Authored big data and data science related technical blog posts
• Built voice-enabled interface between Amazon Alexa and Big Data platform
• Delivered hands-on workshop covering stages of a typical big data analyses and data science workflows in retail -- from data ingestion to analytics
• Market Basket Analysis using Hive, Spark and Spark MLlib

Sep 2015 – Feb 2016 · 5 mos

• Collaborated with tech leads of various Big Data platform modules and Marketing team to revamp technical documentation and website
• Provided guidance and input on developer experience with regards to modules installation and usage

Apr 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mountain View

• Co-authored and delivered instructor-led "Aerospike For Developers" hands-on training (in Java, C#, and Node.js) for NoSQL database
• Published sample applications and technical blog posts

Apr 2012 – Apr 2014 · 2 yrs · Palo Alto, CA

• One of the lead Ruby on Rails engineers of Jiff platform. Product owner of Freshology's iPhone app using the agile development process, Scrum. Gathered customer requirements and technical API information, leading the iOS and QA teams to deliver the app on time.
• Created QA and release schedules, and served as release manager, driving the process to get the app approved in the iTunes store.
• Wrote product stories, acceptance criteria and planned sprints
• Met aggressive deadline to ensure the Freshology app gets approved in the iTunes store
• Served as technical product lead for a goal setting Web portal for employers

Dec 2011 – Apr 2012 · 4 mos · Milpitas, CA

• Improve Web UI and its performance.

Aug 2008 – Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• Combining creative and technical skills to design and develop end-to-end solutions for some of the core components of this rapidly growing Web 2.0, consumer-focused startup.
• Payment Processing and Subscriptions: Developed logic and code to integrate with PayPal and CyberSource for credit card payments and recurring monthly subscriptions
• Mobile Payment Processing: Integrated PayMo to offer payment via SMS/Text
• Social Networking: Integrated Facebook APIs and Meebo client enabling chat and gaming notifications in real time.
• Usability and User Interface: Utilized powerful and unobtrusive Javascript libraries and AJAX techniques decreasing friction and creating an intuitive and smooth user experience
• Translations: Designed and created a framework that allows site and language administrators to translate text into other languages either in portal mode or in-line mode throughout the web site
• Virality: Integrated with Octazen to enable users to view and import their contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, AOL/AIM, Hotmail, and LinkedIn
• Created gifting functionality that enables members to purchase and send virtual goods to other members.

Oct 2005 – Aug 2008 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• LignUp provides web services-based VoIP Communications Application server targeting enterprise, service provider, carrier, ISVs and Web 2.0 markets.
• Developed demos, POCs, and applications with aggressive timelines. Conducted developer trainings worldwide to demonstrate the ease of development with LignUp APIs.
• Demonstrated great flexibility, creativity and deep knowledge to deliver solutions as required by the business needs of LignUp and its partners
• Collaborated with ISV’s and other enterprise prospects to create solutions and support application integration efforts. Provide critical input, feedback, ideas, as well as an initial architecture and code to engineering, to incorporate and productize web services.
• Provided application consulting services to customers and developers
• Co-created a demo application that won an award at O’Reilly’s Emerging Telephony 2007 Conference
• Pioneered a Salesforce.com application resulting in sales revenues in Japan and the US
• Programmed a developer sandbox that generates sales, media attention and shortens sales cycles by 3-5 months
• Conducted developer training that helped customer Ancestry.com launch voice feature in weeks
• Demo applications shorten sales cycles by 30% and gains media attention

Mar 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr 7 mos

• • Led a team of 6 students to create the foundation for content repository portal that manages and shares content produced by Neumont University stakeholders.
• • As a.NET architect work with faculty and students in architecting, designing and developing leading edge Microsoft .NET software solutions that can be applied to the students educational experience and expand Neumont University’s contributions to the field of computer science.
• • Teach and mentor students in best practices of information modeling, database development and software engineering by using current technologies as working examples. Maintain current practice and understanding of the latest advancements in computer science specifically in the leading-edge technologies from Microsoft.
• • Prepare curricular materials, such as design documents, code examples, and frameworks to assist faculty and students in obtaining maximum efficiency in the classroom.

Jan 2003 – Mar 2004 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Helps companies secure business operations throughout all layers of the enterprise, exposing cause-and-effect relationships between strategy and business processes.
• One of the lead Microsoft .NET consultants on genesis project developed for Colorado Dept. of Labor and Employment (CDLE). The solution caters to UI services and requirements of CDLE, including setting up liable and non-liable employers, keeping track of non-financial and financial information, processing and posting tax returns and payments, calculating penalties and interests, etc.
• Developed business tier classes and web services that interact with Seibel CRM application

Jun 1996 – Dec 2002 · 6 yrs 6 mos

• • Worked as lead analyst and designer for the integrated Juvenile Information Management System (JIMS) managing different aspects of petitions/cases that may be filed for various offenses such as, Delinquent, Neglect & Dependency, Adult, and Unruly. Involved in analyzing and designing parts of the integrated adult court Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) that handled cases for General Sessions, Criminal Court, and District Attorneys