Experience
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Co-Founder / CEO, Sonr
2021 – PresentNew York, USA
Founded the startup and successfully led executive fundraising efforts, securing $4.7M in capital to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset management system leveraging decentralized identifiers (DIDs), WebAuthn, and IPFS.
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Mobile App Developer, Leidos
2020 – 2021Herndon, VA, USA
Engineered and deployed features for the official Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Mobile Passport application, a high-visibility tool utilized by millions of travelers to expedite entry into the United States.
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Data Science Intern, Unissant
2019 – 2019Herndon, VA, USA
Engineered and deployed a machine learning fraud detection model utilizing AWS SageMaker to identify irregular patterns in healthcare data.
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Software Engineering Intern, Hobsons
2018 – 2018Arlington, VA, USA
Architected a robust backend monitoring system using Java and the Spring Boot framework to track data synchronization between CommonApp documents and the Naviance platform.
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iOS Developer, Britetwist
2016 – 2019Ashburn, VA, USA
Founded an independent mobile app studio, driving end-to-end product development—from ideation and UI/UX design to full-stack programming—for three successful applications.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
B.S. in Applied Mathematics
Attended 5 MLH hackathons, published 3 apps in 3 years with over 1M downloads, and wrote 3 articles with over 120k reads. Coursework spanned linear algebra, number theory, topological data analysis, and vector calculus.