Work Experience

Professional experience and contributions.

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Rumor

Nov 2025 - Jan 2026
Software Engineer Intern
Building core mobile features for Rumor's 50k+ user event‑hosting platform.
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    Built and shipped core React Native features (guest lists, RSVPs, creator discovery) used by 50k+ users, improving mobile performance and navigation speed by 30%.
    React Native
    Mobile
    Performance
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    Developed scalable backend APIs for high‑volume event workflows, reducing user drop‑off during event flow by 25%.
    Node.js
    APIs
    Scalability
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Curator.to (formerly Siramai)
Intel-backed
$1M raised

Jan 2024 - Nov 2025
Founding Engineer
First founding engineer; built agentic e‑commerce OS and no‑code framework used by 4+ enterprise clients.
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    Designed agent workflows atop ContextOS processing 2k+ daily queries with vector search and adaptive ranking; helped raise $1.0M.
    Vector Search
    Agents
    ContextOS
    Fundraising
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    Optimized Postgres + Redis ingestion + analytics stack, increasing throughput 4× and cutting p95 latency by 30%.
    PostgreSQL
    Redis
    Caching
    Performance
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    Shipped Gemini multimodal search enabling conversational and visual product discovery for enterprise clients.
    Gemini
    Multimodal
    RAG
    Production ML
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UCSD Health

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025
Founding Engineer
Led DevOps + ML workflows for clinical‑grade AI dietician platform serving 200+ patients.
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    Built subgraph DAG + RAG pipeline (LangChain, QDrant vector DB) for dietary recommendations, improving accuracy by 22%.
    LangChain
    RAG
    Vector DB
    Healthcare AI
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    Deployed production Next.js platform with GPT‑4o integration, handling clinical compliance and HIPAA requirements.
    Next.js
    GPT-4
    DevOps
    Healthcare Compliance
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AbbVie

Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
Software Engineer Intern
Built ETL insights dashboard for oncology research teams, reducing document processing time 80% across 120k+ reports.
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    Built an ETL insights dashboard for oncology research teams, reducing document processing time 80% across 120k+ reports.
    ETL
    FastAPI
    Python
    Embeddings
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    Upgraded ingestion + analytics stack (FastAPI + Postgres + S3), increasing throughput 4× for R&D pipeline.
    FastAPI
    Postgres
    S3
    Performance

Partners & Investors

Collaborations and backing.

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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.
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UpHonest Capital
Investor

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

Research Experience

Academic and laboratory research work.

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Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory

Sep 2025 - Jan 2026
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).
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    Modeled ion–electron Coulomb drag coupling to predict open‑circuit voltage and short‑circuit current in Si nanochannels.
    Nanofluidics
    Coulomb Drag
    Device Physics
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    Designed CNT‑integrated channel architectures targeting higher momentum transfer and energy harvesting efficiency.
    Carbon Nanotubes
    Energy Harvesting
    Simulation
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Coordinated Science Laboratory

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025
Software Developer
Led DevOps + ML workflows for AI dietician platform (merged with UCSD Health project above).
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    Built subgraph DAG + RAG pipeline (LangChain, QDrant vector DB), improving dietary recommendation accuracy by 22%.
    LangChain
    RAG
    Vector Databases
    LangGraph
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    Collaborated with Food Network Chef James Briscione & White House Fellow Lav Varshney on clinical AI nutrition engine.
    Cross-functional
    AI
    Healthcare
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
AI Research Assistant
Built real‑time React + Flask platform for multi‑user LLM interaction research (40+ study subjects).
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    Built real‑time React + Flask platform for multi‑user LLM interaction research (40+ study subjects).
    React
    Flask
    WebSockets
    LLM
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    Ensured zero‑loss message reliability via WebSockets + analytics logging for human–AI interaction experiments.
    WebSockets
    Analytics
    Resilience
    Real-time Systems
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Illinois AI Group (ECE Department)

Jan 2024 - Jan 2025
AI Research Assistant
Integrated RL agent into MPC framework for autonomous EV routing — 18% lower traffic delay in open‑world simulations.
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    Integrated RL agent into MPC framework for autonomous EV routing in SUMO → improved control accuracy 25%.
    MPC
    RL
    SUMO
    Python
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    Achieved 18% lower traffic delay in open‑world simulations using ROS, C++, Python.
    ROS
    C++
    Autonomous Systems
    Simulation
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Civil & Environmental Engineering Department

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Materials Research Assistant
Developed sustainable concrete mixture using ML to predict durability — reduced carbon emissions by 10%.
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    Analyzed experimental data and developed new concrete mixture by reducing clinker in cement.
    Materials Science
    Data Analysis
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    Built Python + Random Forest models to predict composition impact on durability, reducing carbon emissions by 10%.
    Python
    Random Forest
    ML
    Sustainability

Clubs & Organizations

Student organizations and teams.

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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.
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    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
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    Used NLP techniques to simplify complex insurance documents, making them more understandable for customers.
    Python
    NLTK
    Text Summarization
    Data Analysis
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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.
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    Developed and implemented a secure UART communication protocol for an embedded medical device.
    C
    Rust
    Embedded Systems
    Serial Communication
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    Contributed to securing x86 architecture firmware by implementing memory-safe coding practices in Rust.
    Rust
    x86 Assembly
    Cybersecurity
    Firmware
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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.
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    Built and styled responsive UI components for a cross-platform mobile app using React Native.
    React Native
    Bootstrap
    JavaScript
    UI/UX Design
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    Translated Figma mockups into functional application screens and integrated them with a Python Flask backend.
    Figma
    Flask
    REST APIs
    Frontend Development