Experience
Education
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL
B.S. in Computer Science (AI Concentration) and Psychology | GPA 4.00/4.00
Professional Experience
Founding Software Engineer · Vulcan (Y Combinator S25)
Created automated scraping tools to amass 200,000+ state statutes across multiple states.
Integrated Anthropic tooling with legislative data to build an autonomous regulation workflow with 50+ tools, including vector search and context-aware document editing, now deployed in CA, TX, WV, and GA state governments.
Founding Software Engineer · Nyck.ai (AI Procurement Startup)
Developed LLM output testing, evaluation, performance tracking, Supabase integration, and CI to measure quality over time.
Reduced response latency by 72% through model tuning and tool optimization.
Research Assistant · Northwestern C3 Artificial Intelligence Lab
Engineered an AI-powered Zoom avatar for prospective-student events that could detect relevant context and answer Northwestern-related questions in meetings.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant · Northwestern University
Led weekly sessions for 50+ students and reinforced trees, hash tables, and Big-O with live coding and whiteboard walkthroughs.
Legislative Intern · U.S. House of Representatives
Automated collection/reporting workflows in Excel, improving tracking efficiency and accuracy.
Led Capitol tours for groups up to 25 constituents and translated complex political topics into accessible narratives.
Projects
PDF Translator + Flashcard Generator
Built a web app that converts book PDFs into language-learning materials in 5 languages and exports EPUB for Kindle.
Auto-generated chapter-level flashcards and shipped scalable deployment with Docker and GitHub Actions.
Python Compiler
Designed and implemented a Python interpreter in C with a complete compilation pipeline from BNF grammar to executable behavior.
Applied test-driven validation to improve extensibility and debugging speed across compiler modules.
Technical Skills
Programming & Libraries: Python, C, C++, TypeScript, Node.js, Anthropic Agents SDK, NumPy, FastAPI
Tools & Platforms: Git, Azure AI Foundry, Supabase, GitHub Actions, pytest