Summary
Controls and backend engineer with a strong Python and TypeScript background, building automation systems and backend services for industrial and AI workloads. Recent work includes PLC/SCADA integrations, a vulnerability tracking platform, and local LLM/RAG infrastructure to support engineering teams.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Present
M.S. Computer Science
Graduate coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge-Based AI, Deep Learning (NVIDIA DLI), and ongoing Computer Vision.
University of New Hampshire
May 2019
B.S. Electrical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Post-graduate work in Radar Systems
Certifications
- NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute – Fundamentals of Deep Learning (2025)
- NVIDIA DLI – Applications of AI for Anomaly Detection (2025)
- NVIDIA DLI – Building AI-Based Cybersecurity Pipelines (2025)
- NVIDIA DLI – Generative AI with Diffusion Models (2025)
Experience
Controls Engineer · Wood PLC / CEC Controls
2019 – Present
- Designs, programs, and maintains PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems for automotive and water infrastructure projects, emphasizing reliability and clear documentation.
- Developed Watchtower, a FastAPI + PostgreSQL service that ingests CSAF/JSON feeds to track vulnerabilities across installed control panels.
- Built and manages a self-hosted DeepSeek LLM server and RAG pipeline to surface engineering insights from local specs and SAT/FAT artifacts.
- Collaborates with senior engineers and IT to meet uptime, safety, and cybersecurity expectations across multiple client sites.
Electrical Engineer · BAE Systems
Apr 2019 – Jul 2022
- Collected and analyzed test data to validate advanced defense hardware under demanding environmental conditions.
- Automated lab workflows using MATLAB, Visual Basic, and Excel macros, reducing manual effort for cross-functional teams.
- Contributed to environmental qualification setups and reviewed technical documents and schematics for compliance.
- Reverse-engineered legacy modules to resolve long-standing failures and document root causes.
Selected Projects
Aura – Personal AI Assistant
Personal · FastAPI, SQLite/PostgreSQL, Push Notifications, LLMs
Mobile-oriented assistant for tasks, short and long-term goals, and daily messages. Currently paused while being re-scoped as a focused Kipso AI agent.
ARC Reasoning Agent
Academic · Python, Search, Abstraction
Modular agent for the ARC benchmark using transformation pipelines and heuristic search to solve grid reasoning tasks.
Technical Skills
Languages & Web
- Python, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Node.js, React, Next.js, HTML, CSS
- Object-Oriented Programming
Data & Tools
- SQL, PostgreSQL
- MATLAB, VBA, Excel Macros
- Git, Linux, Visual Studio Code, PyCharm
Engineering
- PLCs, HMIs, SCADA
- Electrical schematics & product testing
- Lab instrumentation & test automation