Experience

A list of all my experience to date.

Work Experience

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Co-Founder, Director & Lead Creative Technologist at Scarlet Creative

  • Co-founded a creative software studio delivering intelligent, human-centered digital experiences.
  • Lead full-stack engineering, creative direction and technical architecture for interactive products and AI-enabled tools.
  • Design and develop high-end frontends, microservices and automation systems with strong emphasis on emotional design and usability.
  • Build reusable design systems, internal tooling and scalable infrastructure to support client growth.
  • Collaborate closely with founders and mission-driven organizations to translate abstract vision into functional, high-clarity digital outcomes.  

 

Associate Software Engineer at Virtana

BizOps

  • Aided in client billing.
  • Used Xero to process invoices and check balance sheets and Profit and Loss statements.
  • Explored Fathom for financial forecasting.
  • Automated BizOps invoicing processes via python scripts.

Software Engineering

  • Comprehensive exercise in software engineering best practices.
  • Created thorough design docs and workflows prior to executing tasks to ensure efficacy.
  • Designed and executed on-host calibration through UI via C# front-end and Python/GoLang back-end.
  • Performed Gerrit ChangeList/Code Review.
  • Heavy use of GoLang and Python to contribute to the infrastructure, functionality and scalability of large scale robotics tasks.
  • Conducted thorough research, documentation and controlled experiments on a fresh topic involving emerging technologies.
  • Was able to swiftly and comprehensively grasp new technologies and paradigms required to efficiently contribute to the company despite lacking prior foundations.
  • Extensively used Google’s code style guide, Agile Methodology and Version Control (Git).  

 

Software Engineer Intern at Virtana

  • Calibrated cameras and explored camera intrinsics and object extrinsics.
  • Estimated the pose of individual AprilTags and an AprilGroup attached to a dodecahedron.
  • Used optical flow to track the movement of the AprilGroup object.
  • Calibrated the tip of a pen attached to the AprilGroup object.
  • Used PyQtGraph to obtain a live graph drawing via tracked poses of the AprilGroup object.
  • Extensively used Google’s code style guide, Agile Methodology and Version Control (Git).
  • Github Link  

 

Junior Software Developer at SCG Growth Partners

  • Develop React Apps to be integrated into a WordPress Site for Tatil.
  • Explored Formik, Yup and MobX technologies.
  • Developed WordPress custom theme.
  • Added content to python and Django back-end for Insurance Quotations.
  • Added page templates to existing WordPress site (Beacon).
  • Strong Git and Scrum workflow.
  • Gained important workflow ethic and process from peers.  

 

Data Scientist and Software Engineer at Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT)

  • Developed an Admin interface for managing users, roles and permissions.
  • Performed extensive analysis on team and organisation productivity data via aiding in the development of a Figure of Metric (FOM) measurement, mathematical model, and a Productivity Dashboard during COVID-19.
  • Worked closely with the stakeholders in designing and developing the look and functionality of these interfaces to fully meet their requirements.
  • Employed a recommender system to improve customer retention and long-term profit optimization via recommending and creating personalizing bundles.
  • Extensively used Agile Methodology, Version Control (Git) and Continuous Integration.
  • Conducted Bi-weekly Programming and Data Science workshops.  

 

Software Tester and Developer at U.W.I, Department of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT)

  • Fully Tested an existing system called the UWI ETC (Engaging the Community) according to Campus IT Services standards.
  • Implemented new features via PHP, XAMPP and MS SQL Server.
    • Added a volunteer tracking system to track the hours and activities completed.
    • Added a page for organisations to add an event to the system.
  • Gained further experience in Agile and SCRUM Methodologies.
  • Trained end-users online using Big Blue button.
  • Continuously met with stakeholders to obtain user requirements and feedback on the development of the system.  

 

Software Developer and Data Scientist at Persisto Labs

  • Developed various software modules with a stringent and well-documented Git workflow.
    • Scraped sites for blacklisted individuals and stored them into DynamoDB.
    • New users were automatically searched via ElasticSearch through the database of blacklisted individuals before confirmation.
    • Created a dispute resolution system for buyers and sellers.
  • Worked on deploying these micro-services to Amazon Web Services.
  • Gained practical experience in Cloud infrastructure and deployment and React Native app development.
  • Created a chat-bot using Amazon Lex for support services.  

 

Programming Mentor at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

  • Guided and aided in teaching the fundamentals of programming and creativity, using Scratch.  

 

Robotics Senior Mentor at U.W.I, Department of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT)

  • Assisted in organizing the camp
  • Contributed to the code development
  • Help mentor students in programming a raspberry pi robot via:
    • Inceptionv3 for image recognition
    • Epspeak for voice
    • Distance sensors to measure distance.
    • End-Goal - Using the above to solve mazes.  

Research Experience

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Researcher and Staff at TTLAB

  • Creating Optimal Personalised Prepaid Plans for TSTT Prepaid Customers
  • Monitoring and Analysing Traffic Flow Data via Google Maps and Waze  

 

Research Assistant at U.W.I, Department of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT)

  • Measuring the environmental effects on plants via visual through a camera and sensor readings through humidity, temperature and pH sensors.
    Supervisor: Dr. Phaedra Mohammed
  • EvaLing - Evaluating and Developing Speech Recognition for Caribbean Dialect
    Supervisor: Mr. Kyle DeFreitas
     

 

Research Papers

TTLAB

U.W.I, Department of Behavioural Sciences

  • Examining the Psychological Well-being of Cancer Survivors   [May 2016]
    Supervisor: Dr. Jannel Phillips  

     

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