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Work Experience

• Programming Manager, DarkTower

  Feb, 2024 - Present

  Leading the re-architecture of our social media analysis tools toward a new, more sustainable monetization model (Continuation of prior role)

  • Securing partnerships with organizations interested in our online safety technologies

  • Leading development of dark web scraping tools to provide early warnings for ransomware attacks

  • Studying online election interference in order to identify and combat it

  • Began development of a re-designed data model and delivery process to unite cross-platform data

• Software Engineering Team Lead, Computer Forensics Research Laboratory

  Dec, 2022 - Jan, 20241 year 2 months

  Leading the development of capture and analysis software for identifying criminal activity on social media

  • Led research and implementation of facial recognition search over our social media photo dataset, enabling new investigation methods

  • Improved speed and consistency of CI/CD, with added support for our databases and automated version tagging to aid rollback

  • Trained incoming developers on our systems, technologies, and development methodology to onboard and iterate rapidly

• Software Engineer, Computer Forensics Research Laboratory

  Oct, 2018 - Dec, 20224 years 2 months

  Database and systems administration, devops, backend development, archicture, technical leadership.

  • Led technical projects key to signing several important contracts, including a $750,000 contract based on our Twitter data

  • Designed and deployed PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch instances, allowing efficient data retrieval and full text search

  • Designed and contributed to many capture and analysis applications to enable and improve investigations

  • Automated deployment via Gitlab CI to Docker production enviroment, resulting in faster iteration and more uptime

  • Maintained and administered a pair of high performance CentOS servers serving as the backbone of our software and services

Projects Experience

• ilo Muni: Google Ngrams for Toki Pona

  - Present

  Graph trends in how Toki Pona is used, for research and fun!

  • Near comprehensive coverage of public sources of written Toki Pona

  • Many options for analysis and comparison of words in different magnitudes and contexts

  • Accessible interface with sensible defaults and sample queries as example-driven tutorials

• sona toki, 'Language Knowledge'

  - Present

  A Python library for determining if a given message is in Toki Pona

  • Implements the best known heuristic for detecting Toki Pona among semi-arbitrary text, enabling research and natural language processing projects

  • Highly customizable algorithm to suit the preferences of different speakers

• lipu Linku: A Toki Pona dictionary in a site, bot, and api

  - Present

  There were dozens of differently thorough and opinionated dictionaries for Toki Pona. Now there is one, with many supporting tools to help anyone use it.

  • Connected frontend with Crowdin for up-to-date translation availability in over 50 languages

  • Created a reproducible environment for bot development and deployment

• ilo pi toki pona taso: Tool for only Toki Pona

  - Present

  A Discord bot that reminds you to speak Toki Pona! Now with features!

  • Responds instantly in >40 servers, including the >14,000 member 'ma pona pi toki pona'

  • Provides customizable practice for newbies and events for servers throughout the community

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