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Freelance Engineer
Freelance (Self employed)Freelance Engineer
Jun. 2016• Built ERC-721 token-gated dashboard for content creators, a DAO-governed citadel concept, and visualizations of derivative open interest and volatility, saving 30 hours per week of manual work. • Published open-sourced high frequency trading risk manager and automated market maker liquidity pool arbitrage bot in Electron.js for 1000+ asset pairs. • Built Ethereum smart contracts for a faucet, transaction splitter, multisig wallet • Achieved top rankings with high-performance parametric propeller designs for Drone Racing League team sponsored by An Long Viet by producing 100% more thrust than main competitors. • Other projects: Powered glider propulsion integration (Desert Aerospace), Single-engine aircraft structural design (Sonex), Emergency services rescue drone (O'Qualia), Drone black box (Zeez), Air traffic web3 pay-per-route (AirWei)
CEO, CFO, CTO & Founder
Stealth StartupCEO, CFO, CTO & Founder
Jan. 2018• Lead ethical initiatives for sustainable development within the growing digital economy • Focused on investment opportunities with a heightened social and environmental impact
Adjunct Faculty
Santa Barbara City CollegeAdjunct Faculty
Feb. 2014 - Jun. 2016Santa Barbara, California Area• Instructor for DRFT 101: Intro to CAD (in AutoCAD) • Developed course curriculum for 3D modeling and 3D printing in the Drafting/CAD Department
Structural Analysis Engineer
Ventura Aerospace Inc.Structural Analysis Engineer
Aug. 2013 - Jun. 2016Westlake Village, CA• Crafted detailed structural substantiation reports for FAA certification under 14 CFR part 25 and part 43 with use of Finite Element methods in Femap NX Nastran • Earned recognition for meticulous and clear hand calculations in preliminary analysis of aircraft hardware structural adequacy. • Accelerated CAD design/drafting of structural components in PTC Creo for major aircraft alterations of DC-10, Boeing 737, Northrop T-38, and CRJ200 Cargo Conversion. • Promoted to Structural Analysis Engineer while also fulfilling the original Design Engineer position within 6 months of hiring. • Projects: DC-10 Firefighter (10 Tanker), Boeing 737-800 Cargo Conversion, Bombardier CRJ200 Cargo Conversion, Northrop T-38 Talon
Operations Engineer - NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
TYBRIN CorporationOperations Engineer - NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Jan. 2013 - Aug. 2013Edwards Air Force Base, CA• Directed and coordinated flight research engineering operations at NASA Dryden (renamed Armstrong) under contract, accelerating project milestones with a 50% increase in productivity. • Ensured greater quality support and higher levels of customer satisfaction for volcanic ash ingestion propulsion research program on Boeing C-17 aircraft test-bed, saving $2M in taxpayer money. • Supervised daily operations and managed up to 10 interns on Prandtl-D, a drone-based aerodynamic research test-bed, to achieve efficiency and carbon footprint improvements of 60%. • Completed instrumentation rack CAD designs and modal analysis in Creo to accelerate timeline of volcanic ash ingestion program by 3 months.
Business Development & Engineering Associate
UGEBusiness Development & Engineering Associate
Feb. 2011 - Jan. 2012• Directed pre-sales system engineering and budgets for 100+ monthly CRM leads from Spain and South America. • Tailored Matlab computational analysis code to validate field measurements and reduce sales lead times by 30-50%.
Aerodynamics Engineer
Daimler Truck North AmericaAerodynamics Engineer
Jan. 2011 - Aug. 2011Portland, Oregon, United States• Designed, analyzed and tested aerodynamic devices to identify reductions in fuel consumption and emissions >1%. • Maintained and cataloged data for analytics on water management and passenger comfort at Mercedes-Benz full-scale wind tunnel. • Prepared CAD designs and assemblies of scale-model trucks in CATIA v5 for rapid prototyping, ensuring 30% faster wind tunnel testing procedures. • Proposed aerodynamic design improvements for Daimler’s Super Truck showcase model to reduce fuel consumption by 10-15%. • Liaised between engineering teams at Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Germany) and Daimler Trucks (USA) for aerodynamic component design sharing and wind-tunnel testing of prototypes.
Staff Research Associate & Graduate Student Researcher
UCLAStaff Research Associate & Graduate Student Researcher
Jun. 2009 - Aug. 2010Greater Los Angeles Area• Developed computational Blade-Element tool to evaluate blade designs • Prepared research proposals to obtain funds for innovative wind turbine designs • Awarded research grant from the California Energy Commission’s EISG program
Wind Tunnel Research & Teaching Assistant
UCLAWind Tunnel Research & Teaching Assistant
Oct. 2008 - Jun. 2009Greater Los Angeles Area• Completed instructional wind tunnel instrumentation and calibrations • Directed aerodynamic design and wind tunnel testing course • Initiated wind turbine blade design efforts
Research Assistant
University of MiamiResearch Assistant
Feb. 2007 - Jul. 2008Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area• Programmed digital data acquisition and feedback-control with LabView for subsonic wind tunnel • Patented concept aircraft (QUEIA) for 2008 NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Program • Conducted CFD analyses to optimize concept airplane's aerodynamic performance
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