Resume

• Machine learning
• Computer vision & perception
• Reinforcement learning
• Embodied AI & robot learning
• Simulation & sim-to-real
• Multimodal / vision-language models
• Robotics software
• Embedded systems
• AI products

• Multimodal AI

  Vision-language and vision-language-action models as interfaces between human intent and machine behavior.

• Computer Vision & Perception

  Detection and perception pipelines that hold up outside the dataset — YOLOv8 in practice, sensing under real constraints.

• Reinforcement Learning & Simulation

  PPO locomotion training and evaluation in Isaac Sim / Isaac Lab, with attention to what transfers and what doesn't.

• Robot Learning & Autonomy

  Navigation and control stacks where learned components meet classical robotics — and the evaluation to tell them apart.

• Systems Integration

  Multi-machine topologies: GPU inference, relay/control nodes, camera streaming, and SDK-level velocity control as one system.

• Embedded & Edge Systems

  FPGA, PCB, and microcontroller work — the layer where compute budgets, timing, and physics stop being abstractions.

• AI Product Prototyping

  Turning capability into products with real users and real constraints, informed by formal entrepreneurship training.

• VLA Navigation · Booster K1An 8B vision-language-action model, a three-machine inference relay, and a humanoid that walks toward natural-language goals.
• PV Hotspot Inspection · SawyerTwo industrial robots revived from a lab closet, a YOLOv8 model trained on 1,682 thermal images, and mAP@0.5 = 0.985 on hotspot detection.
• Hexapod · NASA ChallengeAn 18-DoF walker with emergent Kuramoto-CPG gaits and IMU heading-hold autonomy — competed on the dunes, then learned to dance.
• PPO Locomotion · IsaacPPO locomotion policies and benchmark-style evaluation in Isaac Sim / Isaac Lab, with sim-to-real transfer as the point, not an afterthought.
• Inference Relay SystemGPU workstation, relay/control node, and robot — turned into one control loop with defensible interfaces.
• KDUR Data PlatformA deployed data platform for Fort Lewis College's radio station — 60+ daily users — with an applied-AI research layer for search and royalty integrity.

• President & co-founder, Entrepreneurial Ventures Association — grew the organization from zero, led an 8-person executive team, ran a campus pitch competition allocating $1,500 in micro-grants, and brought the NASA Venture Program to campus (2023–24)
• Student representative, Strategic Implementation Committee — one of four students working alongside the college president, trustees, and deans on executing the FLC 2025–2030 strategic plan (2025–26)
• Team lead, NASA Colorado Robotics Challenge — led a 4-person team end-to-end on the autonomous hexapod (2025–26)
• STEM tutor — mathematics, physics, and programming (2024–25)
• Volunteer, Children's Cancer Research Fund — six years managing the chip competition at a memorial golf tournament that has raised $175k+

Product judgment — entrepreneurship training treated as responsibility: build for real constraints and real users, not for applause.

• 2nd place — Physics & Engineering Symposium, Fort Lewis College (robotic PV hotspot inspection), Sep 2025
• Dean's List — 4.0 GPA most recent semester
• Katz School of Business Leadership Award — signed by the FLC president and dean, Apr 2024
• New Registered Student Organization of the Year — Entrepreneurial Ventures Association (as president & co-founder), 2023–24
• Certificate of Entrepreneurial Education — NMSU Arrowhead Center Studio G program, Feb 2024