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).
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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
- Soft-Churn: Optimal Switching between Prepaid Data Subscription on E-SIM Support Smartphones [May 2020]
- Research Poster
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Hosein
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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