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Automation Developer
Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States

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  • Irobot
    Robotics Automation Engineer
    Irobot
    May 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 8 months)
    Working at IRobot with a team of Robotics engineers to automate IRobot's latest robot home navigation cleaning machines by composing automated scripts to perform automatic robotic functions for ensuring high-quality, error-free robots for customer usage. Applied principles of Automation and Quality Assurance to identify defects found in the robot and generate reports detailing issues for quick response. This project also involved developing automated test scripts in Python and C/C++ to automate test routines of the robot for quality-assurance. The following outlines the accomplished tasks below:
    • Wrote control software for IRobot's robot roomba vacuum cleaner to implement both mechanical and electronic functions within ROS2 Linux env
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    Online Computer Science Instructor
    CODING DOJO, REMOTE
    Mar 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years 6 months)
    As a Computer Science Online Instructor, I teach students various computer science courses conducting online services for scheduled sessions, maintaining student status and communication via blackboard, and grading students on a weekly basis. Main role involves conducting twice a week course session in lecturing students for about 2 hours and giving them time to work on exercises with questions along with reviewing student strengths and weaknesses and documenting improvements. Additional roles include the following: 1. Conducting live one-to-one sessions with students needing help with assignments. 2. Assessing curriculum and other instructional content for change proposal.
    3. Setting up curriculum to facilitate delivery of instructio
  • Sylvan Learning
    Online Instructor
    Sylvan Learning
    Jan 2018 - Mar 2021 (3 years 3 months)
    As a Part-Time Sylvan In-Home/Online Instructor, I teach students conducting online services for scheduled sessions, maintaining student status and communication via blackboard, and grading students on a weekly basis. Initially was in-person but transitioned to remote after
    Covid-19. Main role involves recording hours of session time and reviewing student strengths and weaknesses with respect to subject taught and documenting improvements needed along with setting up lesson plans agreeable with parent on behalf of student progress. Additional roles include the following:
    • Planning lessons for students using Sylvan Insight Assessment.

    • Establishing long-term relationships with families based on child's progress.
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    Game Developer (Contract)
    Walt Disney Sports
    Sep 2016 - Jan 2020 (3 years 5 months)
    Responsibilities:
    • Worked as a C++ Developer on behalf of EA Sports focusing exclusively on the design, development, and testing of 3D Games. Main role in this project includes the following:
    • Developed sports mobile and console games for XBOX, PlayStation, IOS/Android platform along with fantasy football utilizing OpenGL, DirectX, Play Fab, AR/VR with Unity3d, UnReal Delphi & FML in C++ & C#.
    • Developed shader work for field of view, camera projections to get geometric projections for vertex buffer.
    • Wrote 3D Models for different level simulations in UE4 using DirectX and OpenGL with Vulkan runtime library.
    • UE4 merges with blueprint.
    • Analyzed codebase of game app at beginning of project to unders
  • International Game Technology
    3D Game Programmer (Contract)
    International Game Technology
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2016 (2 years 3 months)
    Responsibilities:
    • Worked as a Game Programmer for client BrainCo on behalf of IGT and focused exclusively on developing 3D games to interoperate with their robotics system though electroencephalography. Main role in this project includes the following:
    • Developed game in Cocos2dx and DirectX using C++ with XCode IDE on MAC OS X.
    • Converted game from cocos2dx to unity3d to be playable on multiple platforms including Xbox, PlayStation, and mobile devices.
    • Optimized game-play functionality including graphic using Vulkan runtime library for enhanced graphical optimization and realism for various game services. The game allowed players to control focus level of central character using electroencephalogram and simula
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    eLearning Platform Support Engineer
    Career Success Coach (Contract)
    May 2011 - Mar 2012 (11 months)
    Analyzed project requirements and developed applications for the national merit scholarship corporation that is geared toward deciding what to award students with the greatest grade point average. Assisted in the systematic planning, analysis, design, and development of integrated, distributed systems tailored toward educational institutions. The client for this project is the computer aid incorporation sponsored by the national merit scholarship corporation. Main technologies used to develop and support the national merit scholarship for learners include a combination of relational database and web technologies comprising HTML, JavaScript, XUL, PHP, JSP/Servlets, Spring, Struts, Rest along with Maven as the main build automation tool for a
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    Online Curriculum Designer
    Part Bona
    Apr 2009 - Aug 2014 (5 years 5 months)
    Taught Computer Science and Mathematics as a substitute faculty Teacher for a two-year period.
    1. Developed curriculum for staff members involved in teaching both disciplines interchangeably.

    2. Integrated technological resources with support for Open up resources for both secondary and higher education students. 3. Focused on data-structures, mathematical set-theory, and discrete mathematics, which enabled students to perceive the deep relationship between computer science and mathematics especially in mastering both disciplinary fields. 4. Enhanced students' problem-solving skills with effective methods derived from the amalgamation of computer science and mathematics along with their intrinsic motivation.
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    Part-Time Online Private Tutor
    Online Wyzant Tutoring
    Apr 2009 - Feb 2012 (2 years 11 months)
    Worked as an Independent Contractor for the wyzant tutoring community, and was certified to teach and tutor students in mathematics, computer-science, reading & writing. Major Tasks/Accomplishments:
    • Earned satisfactory score(s) on pre-test and was certified to teach students in the subject areas of mathematics, computer science, and English reading & writing.
  • Rhode Island College
    Part-Time Tutor
    Rhode Island College
    Mar 2009 - Aug 2009 (6 months)
    Helped students with learning disabilities successfully complete technology, science, and math courses while giving them helpful pointers on how to master high-level concepts that were not perspicuous in the classroom. Also, engaged in mentor-ship programs for young children needing STEM support. Major Tasks/Accomplishments:
    • Effectively taught students the discipline of mathematics and computer science, which benefited them in succeeding academically.
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    Part-Time Private Tutor
    Brian Mcelroy Tutoring, Inc
    Jul 2008 - Jan 2010 (1 year 7 months)
    Helped students with math subjects especially with the preparation of SATs, MCAS, and other standard exams. Tutored students with learning disabilities, and helped them overcome abstruse subjects. Used appropriate academic principles and discipline to teach online.
  • Massachusetts Bay Community College
    Math Tutor, Work-Study, Intern
    Massachusetts Bay Community College
    Sep 2005 - May 2006 (9 months)
    Tutored students in mathematics at both institutions and earned a CRLA certification with higher salary pay, and was complimented on behalf of strong leadership skills and academic quality. Undergone work-study in Mass Bay Community College and an internship at CCRI for the computer science department; configured a database using technologies such as DBMS and Object-Oriented Programming to transfer database to the Visual Studios .NET Architecture and Oracle platform along with creating a website for the computer science department. Typed work-study documents using Microsoft Word Processor, researched new information about software products; the research helped the computer science department thoroughly develop new ideas that positively infl
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  • Keiser University
    Doctoral Degree & Eds in Instructional Design & Technology,
    Keiser University
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021 (4 years 1 month)
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    BS in Game Development & Simulation Programming,
    New England Institute of Technology (NEIT)
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 (1 year 1 month)
  • Keiser University
    MS in Education College Teaching & Learning,
    Keiser University
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 years 1 month)
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    AS in Game Development & Simulation Programming,
    New England Institute of Technology (NEIT)
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 (1 year 1 month)
  • Bellevue University
    BS in Computer Information Science – Technology Advancement Program,
    Bellevue University
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 year 1 month)
  • Wellesley College
    AS in Computer Science,
    Wellesley College
    Jan 2006 - Jan 2008 (2 years 1 month)