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CEO and Founder @ The Motive App Motive is a mobile application startup I created that helps friends compete in fitness challenges. I manage a team of 5 while leading product design, technical implementation, and marketing. We partnered with 10 fitness trainers to use our app to help over 150 clients stay active during the Covid-19 pandemic. Fremont, California, United StatesSystem Integration Engineer @ Nest Automation engineer for the Nest home security device product line: automating power analysis for the security devices, creating software tools for internal engineers to connect to and debug devices, and running the Nest robotics lab, which used robots to test device functionality. From September 2015 to February 2017 (1 year 6 months) Palo AltoSoftware Engineering Intern @ Nest Automation engineer for the Nest home security device product line: program robots to open and close doors and windows to test security device functionality and program tools to measure the security device power consumption and estimate battery life. From June 2015 to September 2015 (4 months) Palo Alto, CaliforniaCEO and Founder @ Excelerate Test Prep Software I developed software that helped students raise SAT scores up to 300 points. I led a team of 5 engineers, 4 salespeople, and 1 accountant that sold over 1,000 licenses of test prep software to test prep centers and donated licenses to local schools. We shut down due to competition from large test prep companies. From June 2013 to June 2016 (3 years 1 month) Berkeley, CAUndergraduate Research Assistant @ Berkeley Lab Robotics design engineer for the SWARM lab: Built a pick and place robot for nanotechnology probes to attach onto a data reader. From January 2014 to June 2015 (1 year 6 months) Berkeley, CATechnical Consultant @ Voyager Consulting VC is a student-run, business organization at UC Berkeley that provides strategy consulting. As a technical contributor, I proposed gaming company partnerships for our client Aerospike based on technical factors. As a consultant for the NBA, I proposed cities & marketing strategies to increase their presence in India. From March 2012 to May 2015 (3 years 3 months) Berkeley, California, United StatesDesign Verification Engineer @ Apple Design verification engineer for iPad and AppleTV consumer product lines: ensure that the display chip functioned without errors. From May 2014 to August 2014 (4 months) Cupertino, CASoftware Engineer @ NetSpeed Systems Software engineer on the software simulation of the computer chip: create and patent the software module that mimicked computer chip behavior to simulate network traffic patterns over time. From April 2013 to September 2013 (6 months) San Jose CAHardware Engineer @ VIOLIN Systems Hardware engineer on the logic design of the memory chip: create a program that would autogenerate low-level chip logic designs based on high-level constraints. From May 2012 to August 2012 (4 months) Mountain ViewSports Editor @ Smoke Signal Sports editor for the award-winning Mission San Jose High School newspaper: journalist for local news stories, photographer for school events, and layout designer for sports pages. From May 2010 to June 2011 (1 year 2 months) Mission San Jose High SchoolSenior Software Engineer at TensorFlow @ Google Engineer on the Google Core Developer team, whose primary project is the open-source machine learning framework TensorFlow. I design cloud infrastructure, create data pipelines using Apache Beam and Flume for software health metric collection, develop the API, and overhauled the TensorFlow C++ to Python layer. I also attend machine learning conferences to pitch TensorFlow to companies and students internationally. Mountain View, CaliforniaSoftware Engineer IV at Google Brain @ Google Engineer on the Google Brain team, whose primary project is the open-source machine learning framework TensorFlow. I design open source tooling, upgrade the API, and provide consulting to Google subsidiaries about deploying machine learning. I also attend machine learning conferences to pitch TensorFlow to companies and students internationally. From May 2018 to September 2020 (2 years 5 months) Mountain View, California, United StatesSoftware Engineer III at Google Brain @ Google Engineer on the Google Brain team, whose primary project is the open-source machine learning framework TensorFlow. I created nightly releases for TensorFlow, designed a GitHub customer-service bot, and determined which platforms TensorFlow supports. From February 2017 to April 2018 (1 year 3 months) Mountain View, California, United States