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Durham, North Carolina · 2026

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Arizona Foundations

01 · Arizona Through 2014

Fountain Hills

Mathematics
Competitions MathCounts · American Mathematics Competitions
Summer Programs Michigan Math & Science Scholars · Camp Euclid
Advanced Coursework AP Calculus AB & BCLinear AlgebraCategory Theory
Early Coding
Languages & Coursework JavaPythonAP Computer Science
Project Euler 77 problems solved
Teaching & Tutoring
BASIS Peer Tutoring Math · Physics · Chemistry
Private Tutoring Paid one-on-one tutoring
English in China Paid English tutoring
Early Internships
St. Joseph’s Hospital Neuroscience research
iCrossing SEO · Test-driven development · Open source
Mayo Clinic Interactive FileMaker e-book · Bug fixes · Server installation
Music
Piano Ages 4–11
Clay Church Music Team Acoustic guitar · Lead guitar · Violin · Vocals
School Ensembles Violin in orchestra · Bass in BASIS Jazz Band · School performances · National competitions
Chess
Rated Tournaments 101 tournaments nationwide · 50+ trophies and awards
Peak USCF Rating 1768
North American Open 3rd place · Las Vegas · 2010
Leadership
Leadership Council Designed advertising and apparel · Organized school events
National Honor Society Four years of community volunteering
Athletics
Swimming Local swim meets
Tennis Local tournaments
Table Tennis Weekly local club

02 · Illinois 2014–2018

Evanston

Northwestern Computer Science BS + MS in four years · Magna cum laude
Systems & Theory Computational Geometry · Algorithms · Programming Languages · Operating Systems · Digital Forensics
AI & Modeling Artificial Intelligence · Machine Learning · Deep Learning from Scratch · Multi-Agent Languages
Games, Music & Interaction Game Development Studio · Human-Computer Interaction · Machine Perception of Music & Audio
Robotics & Physical Systems Robotics Laboratory · Cyber-Physical Systems
NetLogo Developer Paid developer role under Professor Uri Wilensky
Core Engine JavaScalaLazy agent-sets
Performance 60% faster agent selection
Internships
AZPack Built a Google Apps Script shift-reporting system · Hundreds of monthly uses
NASA · Johnson Space Center Migrated Space Radiation Analysis Group tools from ColdFusion to Drupal
Ford Motor Company Built an internal business application · JSF · PrimeFaces · Java · SQL Server
Selected Projects
Asymmetric Platformer Two-player Unity game · one of the studio’s most favorited games
Mobile Apps Selfie mood tracking · wardrobe-generated outfits
Audio Cross-Synthesis Fused music with voice
Research Rover Wi-Fi Raspberry Pi rover · Paid research project
Robotics First place in Northwestern’s 2015 and 2018 Design Competitions
VeggieBot · 2015 $1,000 prize · Sorted cubes in live robot checkers VeggieButt · 2018 Autonomous block gathering
Quadruped Wall following · Mapping · Path planning · Machine-learning orientation · Feedback control
Hackathons & Tech Competitions 10+ events in six US cities
Color Improviser Taught blues through color and keyboard · 1st place at Music Hack 2016
Chicago Google Games 1st place · 2016
Recipe Vision Texted ingredient photo → recipes by SMS · Top 10 at WildHacks 2016 Rice-Cooking Robot App-controlled rice and water dispenser · WildHacks 2017
ITA Tech Challenge Top 50 finalist · 2017
Teaching
Teaching Assistant Introductory Programming · Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
Gateway Science Workshop Peer mentor

03 · Washington 2018–2022

Seattle

Microsoft
Azure Allocator Software Engineer I & II
Patent US 12,184,559 · Reducing placement conflicts between concurrent VM allocations
Performance 50%+ fewer allocation collisions and retries
Scale Millions of placement decisions per day · Terabytes of operational data
Songs App
500+ Songs Lyrics and sheet music
Web · iOS · Android Hundreds of users per month
Teaching & Mentoring
Microsoft Software and Systems Academy Mentored transitioning service members and veterans
Mentors in Tech Mentored students from smaller colleges
CodeDay Labs Guided a two-student summer project
Youth Coding Club Co-supervised weekly sessions
Python Course Designed and taught an eight-week high-school summer course

04 · Ohio 2022–2024

Cleveland Heights

Ten-Month Christian Internship
Bible Study Intensive study · Weekly Bible projects and presentations
Church Service Served at local events and regional conferences
Gospel Outreach Cuyahoga Community College · Case Western Reserve University · John Carroll University · Kent State University · Findlay
BibleGo A Bible study tool for commentary and original-language insights
Old and New Testament New Testament in six months · Full Bible in one year
AI Pipeline 17 commentators · Source-linked summaries
Digitization 28 volunteers
Reach Hundreds of users per month

Current coordinates

Durham,
North Carolina

Today, I work on Azure infrastructure and help build up the saints in the church in Raleigh-Durham.