🎓 MS CS @ Georgia Tech (Data Science) | 💼 ML Engineer @ Pattern | 🏆 9x Hackathon Champion
🔗 Website • 📧 [email protected] • 📱 385-283-7793 • LinkedIn

• Full stack software engineer & AI researcher (web, mobile, ML/AI)
• 4x U.S. Patent holder in AI: content gen, video gen, robotics, GUI
• 7x Guest Speaker at World Class AI & ML Conferences including Nodes 2025, MLCon 2025, MLOps 2025
• 9x 1st Place Hackthon Winner at national AI & ML & Robotics Conferences
• Built production ML systems generating $10M+ value, saving $6M+, and speeding ops 87%
• Passionate about AI/ML (PyTorch, TensorFlow), Robotics, and web dev (Next.js, React, TypeScript)
• Veteran with leadership, training, and ops excellence (U.S. Army, ARCOM x2, Best KATUSA)

• 🥇 1st – 2025 Innovation Cup Accelerate 25 (Portal)
• 🥇 1st – 2025 Innovation Cup Accelerate 25 (TrendVision)
• 🥇 1st – 2025 Utah AI Hackathon
• 🥇 1st – 2024 justbuild.ing Hackathon
• 🥇 1st – 2024 BYU Capstone ML
• 🥇 1st – 2024 BYU ACM YHack (Benny Award)
• 🥇 1st – 2023 BYU ITCSA (Robotics)
• 🥇 1st – 2022 BYU ACM YHack
• 🥇 1st – 2017 DIPA IoT Hackathon (Korea)
• 🏅 Pattern 2024 Employee of the Year (1st of 1,780)

Pattern (2023–Present) – ML Engineer

• Reduced manual data collection by 95% by developing an end-to-end robotic photography system with a C++ Crow and Python FastAPI backend for automated image capture with Sony SDK featuring at AWS re:Invent 2025
• Generated $10M+ in value for 200+ brands by architecting and launching TrendVision, a production-level generative AI marketing platform from scratch
• Cut operational costs by $6M and accelerated ticket resolution by 87% by building a RAG-based AI support system using OpenAI (GPT-4o) and Snowflake
• Streamlined global content workflows for 20+ engineers by deploying a company-wide AI brief editing tool using Streamlit and Snowflake

Iris AI (2024–2025) – Software Engineer

• Boosted user engagement by 27% by architecting a scalable AI reminder API using AWS Lambda, SQS, and OpenAI, while resolving over 20 critical bugs in Apple LiveChat and Twilio handling 2M messages

Sandia National Labs (2023–2024) – ML Engineer

• Achieved 89.7% accuracy in multi-label intrusion detection by building "insyt," a DistilBERT-based tool deployed as an open-source PyPI package and HuggingFace model

Converus (2023) – Software Engineer Intern

• Delivered a 12-feature analytics dashboard ahead of schedule (Next.js, TailwindCSS, Firebase, GraphQL)
• Integrated Split.io, Google Analytics, and internal ad tracking into analytics dashboard, resulting in a 15% reduction in manual report generation time

BYU DRAGN Lab (2022–2023) – Research Assistant

• Invented a 1st place-winning AI farming robot (Python, C++) and developed a full-stack app (Flask, React) for an Amazon Alexa Competition Finalist LLM

BYU Broadcasting (2022–2022) – Software Engineer Intern

• Reduced Video Stream Save Service CI / CD Time by 40% resulting in faster delivery of content to users with Docker

🎤 Guest Speaker

• Prompt Engineering 2025 - "AI-Powered Content Automation for E-commerce Success"
• Nodes 2025 - "Knowledge Graph–Driven Feedback Loops to Optimize TikTok Shop Video MarketingKnowledge Graph–Driven Feedback Loops to Optimize TikTok Shop Video Marketing"
• MLCon NYC 2025 – “From Model to Market: Deploying Generative AI Video & Audio Systems at Scale”
• MLOps 2025 - "TrendVision: An End-to-End Guide to AI-Powered Marketing Video Generation SaaS Deployment"
• Global Data & AI Conf 2025 – Full-stack AI App Deployment with Terraform + FastAPI
• AUTOFARM 2025 – Robotics + Agriculture AI
• BSidesSLC 2025 – “LLM-Powered Intrusion Detection”

🧑‍⚖️ Hackathon Judge

• University of Utah (Jun 2025) – “A Breadth of Fresh Air” AI Hackathon
• JustBuild (Mar 2025) – Multi-Modal AI Hackathon

🎓 Student Leadership

• Georgia Tech (2025–Present) – Student Advisory Council
• BYU KBSA (2023–2024) – Tech President
  • Built KBSA’s first official website (Next.js, Supabase)
  • Led multi-channel event marketing + LinkedIn

1. Cross-Channel AI Marketing Gen (No. 108028-35)
2. Automated Content Creation (No. 108028-12)
3. Image Gen for ML Training (No. 108028-39)
4. Robotic Photography Interface (No. 108028-46)

U.S. Army – Operational Specialist (Jan 2019 – Sep 2020)
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea • Eighth Army NCO Academy

• Coordinated operation orders, wrote manuals for unit task performance, and trained 1,800+ soldiers annually (BLC & KATUSA)
• Evaluated operational performance during major training exercises
• Supported mission-readiness for a 20-person unit

Notable Awards & Honors

• 🥇 ARCOM (x2) – Army Commendation Medal from LTG Bills & Eighth Army HQ
• 🏅 General Paik Sun Yup Leadership Award – For contributions to the non-commissioned officer corps
• 🏆 Best KATUSA of the Year 2019 – Republic of Korea Army Support Group
• 🎖 Challenge Coins – 8A CG, ROKA Commander, NCOA Commandant (x2)
• 🔫 Weapon Expert, 💪 PT Master
• 🎓 Distinguished Honor Graduate – KTA, Honor Graduate – KATC
• 🥇 Iron Soldier Award