Resume
Professional Summary
Beginning with my path to fluency in Japanese, I have continually sought out difficult subjects to learn and master in an efficient manner. This mindset has given me the ability to grow rapidly in the fields of backend web development, blockchain contract development, Computer Graphics, and Machine Learning while also leading me to start a thriving private Japanese tutoring business that I ran solely.
My portfolio demonstrates my ability to learn difficult, brand new topics through hard work, smart thinking, and a calm mind in the face of an overwhelming amount of knowledge required to become proficient.
Languages and More
- Python, Typescript, SQL, C++, Sui Move, and Java. I have also used Ruby, Swift, Metal, and Lua as well
- I have worked with many libraries and frameworks including Django, React, Docker, Git, NestJS, Flask, FastAPI, OpenGL, WebGL, Metal, and more
- I have used both PostgreSQL and MySQL databases
- I have used AWS services for a variety of tasks
- I have done development work on both Linux and Mac systems
- I am familiar with general security practices and concepts
Work Experience
Founding Engineer at Artifact Systems Inc. (Jan 2025, Nov 2025)
- Artifact Systems Inc. was a startup that explored many ideas in the realm of AI and machine learning
- I was primarily responsible for backend development and AI research
- I picked up many beneficial practices and further honed my skills in software development
- I learned how to use LLMs as a powerful tool to help me work faster and more efficiently. I have learned different practices to better guide LLMs towards useful outputs
- I built a custom data pipeline using AWS services to collect large quantities of data and process it
- I learned how to work with my teammate to take a pitch deck our CEO gave us and bring it to life
Blockchain Developer Internship in Japan at Parasol Technologies (Summer 2024)
- Parasol is a blockchain company that helps Japanese gaming companies connect their games to the Sui blockchain
- Parasol has since been acquired by Mysten Labs, the company behind the Sui blockchain
- I was a part of the development team that built the Sui Move contract for an online multiplayer game for a very large Japanese gaming company
- I primarily worked on Sui Move contracts, but also worked on the Typescript backend that acted as the middleman between the client's game and the blockchain
AI-based Linguistic Feature Extraction University at Buffalo Internship (Summer 2023)
- I was a part of a research group under a professor for 10 weeks during the summer of 2023
- The goal of my project is to use AI-based methods to extract relevant information from speech data for the purpose of disease detection
- My specific role was Mispronunciation Detection and Diagnosis (MDD) with another undergrad as a partner
- I was responsible for training a replacement to do my job when I left
- A variety of data science techniques and machine learning models involving support vector machines, transformers, acoustic models, and forced-alignment were used as a part of the project
Private Online Japanese Tutor (2020-2024)
- I manage every aspect of my business alone
- My advertising is done online through different services and also through my website
- When a student contacts me, we discuss how they would like to be taught, their goals, etc. My goal is to make the student happy and satisfied with what they are receiving
- Students generally pay on a per-lesson basis electronically. All payments are monitored by me
- I managed a group lesson with three separate kids. Managing kids with separate schedules and work ethics was a challenging and rewarding work experience
- When lessons do not go to plan I have to improvise to provide an interesting and helpful lesson to my students
- Lessons happen at the same time every week as agreed upon unless otherwise notified. I require 24 hours notice of any cancellation. Students are sent a reminder email the day of the lesson
- Every student has a unique lesson plan due to differing goals and preferences in their learning method, but a student always starts with the basic writing system (kana) followed by basic grammar and other language learning advice
Education
- Computer Science at Sonoma State University (2024)
- I am fluent in Japanese (mostly self-taught)
- Spent 6 months in Tokyo in 2019 learning in a Japanese Language School
- GPA – 3.9 (4.0 in STEM classes)