About me

  • 💾 I work as a Technical Lead for Innovation Initiatives of Cal Poly Pomona overseeing projects and integrations serving 30,000 students, faculty and staff
  • 👨‍💻 I just finished my Master's degree from Cal Poly Pomona, CA. I studied Computer Science.
  • 💾 I worked as a Digital Credential Specialist overseeing badging efforts integrations with LMS
  • 💻 I make an array of software projects and worked on many interesting and rewarding internships.
  • I worked as Interface Lead in aerospace projects such as Northrop Grumman Collaboration project

What I'm doing

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    Cloud Solutions

    Proposing high performing and cost effective architecture for cloud services.

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    Web development

    High-quality development of sites at the professional level.

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    Mobile apps

    Professional development of cross platform applications.

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    Research

    Trying new solutions to existing problems in a scientific and methodology.

Testimonials

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    Akash Jami

    The way he manages his team, taking responsibility in each and every stage of the development process was fabulous. He never takes a back step in educating his colleagues " I have learnt many things which are unrelated to my domain because of him. It was a great time working with you. Thank you!!!

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Resume

Education

  1. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

    2022 — 2024

    A 2-year Master of Science Degree in Computer Science, working towards a Master’s Thesis by performing research in the areas of interest stated.

  2. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology

    2018 — 2022

    A 4-year comprehensive bachelors study which I successfully completed with First class Distinction.

Experience

  1. Technical Lead

    June 2024 - present

    Lead various technical projects for office of innovation initatives and be part of advisory board and committees' that help discover and reccommend new softwares to license.

  2. Digital Credential Specialist

    Aug 2022 — May 2024

    Managing and integrating of applications, for platforms such as Badgr, Canvas and Parker Dewey, to issue over 10,00 badges over multiple departments.

  3. Interface Lead

    Aug 2022 — April 2024

    Leading team discussions and facilitated decision-making on key interface elements and functionalities to create a robust interface for mission-critical operations. Presented final interface design to project stakeholders and secured approval for implementation and integrate it with other vehicle teams.

  4. Programmer Analyst Trainee

    Feb 2022 — Jul 2022

    Finished 100% of training on Data Engineering and Cloud operations. Implemented various Data Engineering concepts of Apache Spark with various internal evaluations. Communicated various business solutions on cloud practices and services provided by Google Cloud Platform;

  5. Programmer Analyst Trainee

    Feb 2022 — Jul 2022

    Finished 100% of training on Data Engineering and Cloud operations. Implemented various Data Engineering concepts of Apache Spark with various internal evaluations. Communicated various business solutions on cloud practices and services provided by Google Cloud Platform;

  6. Cyber Security Intern

    July 2021 — August 2021

    Identified flaws in common network configurations across the 40% of the campus by finding vulnerabilities by penetrating the network. Recommended security measures and created threat models, documented a more secure network model with better advantages using existing hardware.

  7. Web Development Intern

    Feb 2021 — July 2021

    Helped increase user visits to the web application by 66% from previous implementations. Minimized operational costs by offering cloud based solutions for hosting and deployment on AWS. Led development team of size 10 in mapping business requirements to internal and external products

My skills

  • Full stack development
  • Mobile Application Development
  • Data Privacy and Security
  • Cloud Services

Projects

  1. Self hosted AI

    2023 — 2025

    I host my own llama models with rag functionality to know my information and create a knowledge base about my professional work. Using open source solutions on a virtualized environment it is efficient and sits in my house private from any cloud provider.

  2. Digital Credentials

    2022 — 2024

    I have been involved and advocating to the use of digital credentials as I started my master's program. Now I lead the technical aspects of the program along with various other programs at Cal Poly Pomona. I handle the approval process for all the badges across the university.

    1. Presented a table talk on "Badge me if you can" for the Badge Summit 2024 at University of Colorado, Boulder
    2. Accepted to presented at ePIC 2024 at Paris, France

  3. PolyX (Polytechnic eXperience)

    2022 — 2024

    PolyX is a university wide initiative to which requires repository of all courses deemed to be polyX and various technical works to manage,approve and organize showcases to support over 500 students concurrently.

  4. Northrop Grumman Collaboration Project

    2024

    This project is a multi disciplinary collobartion I lead the interface for the entire project that consists of displaying vitals, camera feeds and operating of 6 different types of unmanned vehicles designed and created by aerospace and mechnical engineers at both the Cal Polys.

Grants

  1. NSF INVESTS

    2024 - Present

    I was tasked with carrying forward and achieving the goals set by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant towards Cal Poly in creating and researching the usage of Alternate Learning Records (ALR) for students' career success.

Contact

Contact

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