Work Experience

R

Rumor

Nov 2025 - Present
Software Engineer
Building core mobile features and scalable event systems for Rumor’s 50k+ user event‑hosting platform.
  • →
    Built core React Native features powering Rumor’s event‑hosting platform, improving mobile UX for 50k+ users.
    React Native
    Mobile
  • →
    Developed scalable APIs and event workflows for RSVPs and guest lists supporting high‑volume events.
    APIs
    Workflows
    Scalability
S

Siramai

Jan 2024 - Nov 2025
Founding Engineer
Intel & UpHonest Capital–backed. Launched an agentic e‑commerce OS with vector search and adaptive ranking, optimized infra for low latency, and shipped Gemini multimodal search for conversational and visual discovery.
  • →
    Launched agentic e‑commerce OS handling 2k+ daily queries with vector search and adaptive ranking.
    Vector Search
    Retrieval
    Ranking
    Agents
  • →
    Optimized Postgres+Redis pipelines and caching layers, cutting p95 latency by 30%.
    PostgreSQL
    Redis
    Caching
    Latency Optimization
  • →
    Deployed Gemini multimodal search enabling conversational and visual product discovery.
    Gemini
    Multimodal
    Conversational Search
    Vision
U

UCSD Health

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025
Founding Engineer
Designed and deployed a clinical‑grade AI dietician platform integrating into the hospital system with personalized nutrition models and vector search.
  • →
    Designed and deployed a clinical‑grade AI dietician platform, integrating within the hospital system.
    Healthcare
    Compliance
    Deployment
    Next.js
  • →
    Developed personalized nutrition models and vector search pipelines to deliver tailored diet plans at scale.
    Personalization
    Vector Search
    ML Models
    Pipelines
A

AbbVie

Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
Software Developer
Automated ETL for 120k+ regulatory documents and delivered interactive Tableau dashboards for R&D; added Streamlit monitoring and scaled pipelines 4× while cutting wrangling time 80%.
  • →
    Automated ETL workflows embedding 120k+ regulatory documents; built interactive Tableau dashboards for R&D.
    ETL
    Tableau
    Python
    Embeddings
  • →
    Reduced document wrangling time by 80%, added Streamlit monitoring tools, and increased pipeline throughput 4×.
    Streamlit
    Monitoring
    Performance
    Automation

Partners & Investors

U

UCSD Medicine
Partner

2025 - Present
Partner with CulinAI (CSL)
Partnered with CulinAI at UIUC CSL on the AI nutrition engine in collaboration with Chef James Briscione and Prof. Lav Varshney.
U

UpHonest Capital
Investor

Investor in Hanger
Investor supporting Hanger's AI-powered centralized shopping platform.

Research Experience

N

Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Apprenticeship

Sep 2025 - Present
Nanotechnology Researcher
Optimizing quantum material energy with carbon nanotubes, building on ionic Coulomb drag principles for nanofluidic semiconductor channels (Nano Energy, 2023; doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108860).
  • →
    Modeled ion–electron Coulomb drag coupling to predict open‑circuit voltage and short‑circuit current in Si nanochannels.
    Nanofluidics
    Coulomb Drag
    Device Physics
  • →
    Designed CNT‑integrated channel architectures targeting higher momentum transfer and energy harvesting efficiency.
    Carbon Nanotubes
    Energy Harvesting
    Simulation
C

Coordinated Science Laboratory

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025
Software Developer
Built end-to-end AI nutrition engine using Next.js, GPT-4o, QDrant vector database, and LangGraph to generate medicinal recipes. Working alongside Food Network Chef, James Briscione & White House Fellow, Lav Varshney, collaborating with UCSD Medicine.
  • →
    Built end-to-end AI nutrition engine using Next.js, GPT-4o, QDrant vector database, and LangGraph to generate medicinal recipes.
    Next.js
    GPT-4
    Vector Databases
    LangGraph
  • →
    Collaborated with Food Network Chef, James Briscione & White House Fellow, Lav Varshney, and UCSD Medicine.
    Cross-functional Collaboration
    AI Development
    Healthcare Integration
B

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
Artificial Intelligence Research Assistant
Built a real‑time React+Flask experiment platform for 40‑subject human–AI interaction studies with resilient analytics and incident recovery.
  • →
    Built a real‑time React+Flask experiment platform for 40‑subject human–AI interaction studies.
    React
    Flask
    Realtime
    WebSockets
  • →
    Instrumented analytics pipelines and handled incident recovery without session loss across multi‑user runs.
    Analytics
    Resilience
    Observability
    Data Pipelines
E

ECE Department, UIUC

Jan 2024 - Jan 2025
Artificial Intelligence Research Assistant
Developed MPC+RL pipeline coordinating simulated autonomous vehicles in SUMO, achieving 18% lower traffic delay; refactored DDPG for 25% faster, more stable convergence.
  • →
    Developed MPC+RL pipeline coordinating AVs in SUMO, achieving 18% lower traffic delay.
    MPC
    Reinforcement Learning
    SUMO
    Python
  • →
    Refactored DDPG algorithms, improving convergence speed by 25% and stability across experiments.
    DDPG
    TensorFlow/PyTorch
    Optimization
    Experimentation
U

UofI Civil Department

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Computational Materials Research Assistant
Analyzed experimental data, resulting in development of a new concrete mixture, by reducing clinker in cement. Utilized Python & Random Forest models to predict the impact of composition on durability, reducing carbon emissions by 10%.
  • →
    Analyzed experimental data, resulting in development of a new concrete mixture, by reducing clinker in cement.
    Materials Science
    Data Analysis
    Experimental Design
  • →
    Utilized Python & Random Forest models to predict the impact of composition on durability, reducing carbon emissions by 10%.
    Python
    Random Forest
    Sustainability

Clubs & Organizations

I

Illinois Business Consulting

Oct 2023 - Jan 2024
IT Consultant
Led projects for Lubrizol's market entry into the pipefitting industry and simplified insurance language for Equitable. Collaborated closely with CIOs and CTOs to deliver actionable insights and strategic recommendations.
  • →
    Conducted market analysis and developed a go-to-market strategy for a new product line in the pipefitting industry.
    Market Research
    Strategic Planning
    PowerPoint
    Client Presentation
  • →
    Used NLP techniques to simplify complex insurance documents, making them more understandable for customers.
    Python
    NLTK
    Text Summarization
    Data Analysis
s

sigPWNY Component Team

Dec 2023 - Mar 2024
Software Engineer
Integrated UART functionality into medical devices for eCTF competitions. Enhanced security for x86 architectures using Rust and C, focusing on safe memory development and secure communication protocols.
  • →
    Developed and implemented a secure UART communication protocol for an embedded medical device.
    C
    Rust
    Embedded Systems
    Serial Communication
  • →
    Contributed to securing x86 architecture firmware by implementing memory-safe coding practices in Rust.
    Rust
    x86 Assembly
    Cybersecurity
    Firmware
N

NOBE Tech Lab

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
Frontend Developer
Operate website for 30+ clients using React, Node.js, Vercel; built custom forms, pricing calculator, and artwork design tools.
  • →
    Built and styled responsive UI components for a cross-platform mobile app using React Native.
    React Native
    Bootstrap
    JavaScript
    UI/UX Design
  • →
    Translated Figma mockups into functional application screens and integrated them with a Python Flask backend.
    Figma
    Flask
    REST APIs
    Frontend Development