Nathan Villagaray-Carski
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Co-founder / CTO
New York, United States
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Co-founder / CTOAgentFeb 2022 - Current (4 years 8 months)Proactive tax optimization for the modern investor- VP, Software EngineeringTwo SigmaJan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)
- Staff Software EngineerCadreJan 2020 - Dec 2020 (1 year)
- Senior Software EngineerCadreJan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)
- Software EngineerCadreAug 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 5 months)
- ATechnical ConsultantAutomata FoundryNov 2015 - Aug 2017 (1 year 10 months)Ran a one-man technical consultancy - I advised startups on technical projects, taking on development roles as necessary. Clients ranged from pre-seed startups building their first product to established YC-backed companies.
- DCo-founder, CTODataSightFeb 2014 - May 2015 (1 year 4 months)Developed a data analytics platform to help pharmaceuticals run clinical trials more efficiently.
We scraped public data, ingested third-party data, and integrated with our clients' historical clinical operations datasets to predict which hospitals and clinics would recruit the most patients the quickest. By recruiting patients quicker, clinical trials are completed faster, saving pharmaceuticals time and money. - Research AssistantMassachusetts Institute of TechnologySep 2012 - May 2014 (1 year 9 months)Adapted the control system for a robotic prosthetic ankle to better enable a professional dancer who received a transtibial amputation to perform rumba dance steps. Combined motion-capture and force-platform data to develop a control system that mimicked the behavior of an able-bodied dancer's ankle.
Publication: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135148
The project was also showcased in a TED talk by the head of the MIT Biomechatronics Group: https: - InternFacebookJun 2012 - Aug 2012 (3 months)Worked on the Notifications team, running various A/B tests to improve user experience and drive metrics
Worked on the Android app
Improved internal (developer-facing) tools - InternHubSpotJan 2012 - Feb 2012 (2 months)Worked on various developer-facing features and improvements to public HubSpot APIs
- InternMicrosoftJun 2011 - Aug 2011 (3 months)Joined the Windows Phone team to design and implement a performance feature for an upcoming release of the Windows Phone 7 OS.
Worked at a low level throughout the filesystem stack in the Windows Phone kernel. - InternAkiban TechnologiesJan 2011Developed scripts to test bulk loading large Drupal databases using the InnoDB engine into Akiban's custom database engine
Worked on bug fixes and optimizations for the bulk loader - Research AssistantMIT Senseable City LabSep 2010 - Dec 2010 (4 months)
- InternEyemaginations IncJun 2010 - Aug 2010 (3 months)
- MResearch AssistantMIT Distributed Robotics LabFeb 2010 - May 2010 (4 months)
Education
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- Master of Engineering (M.Eng, Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyJan 2013 - Dec 2014 (2 years)
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyJan 2009 - Dec 2013 (5 years)
Awards
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- MHonorable MentionMIT Mobile App CompetitionJan 2012
- MFirst PlaceMIT Autonomous Robotics CompetitionJan 2010
Publications
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- Design and Testing of a Bionic Dancing ProsthesisPLOS OneAug 2015