# Experience

Paid work, internships, research, and collaborative engineering roles. Projects live in [projects.md](projects.md).

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## Ezcaptain.com — Solo Founder / Developer

**August 2025 – Present**  
**Location:** Remote / NJ  
**Link:** https://ezcaptain.com

All-in-one system for maritime training providers to handle documents, scheduling, enrollments, payments, and compliance. SaaS for USCG-compliant schools.

- Document management, scheduling, payments, and compliance for maritime training schools
- Partnered with multiple schools to design data migration pipelines for thousands of legacy records
- Building and scaling the product currently
- Full ownership: product, engineering, customer discovery, sales calls

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## Fivebase — Software Engineer

**May – September 2025**  
**Location:** Clinton, NJ

- Building Python APIs for AI transcription and diarization in group therapy
- Reduced API expenses by ~85% by rebuilding Google Cloud AI tools with open-source models
- Production ML-adjacent backend serving real clinical workflows

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## MTF Biologics — Process Engineering Intern

**May – September 2024**  
**Location:** Edison, NJ

- Optimized workflows and machinery for a core product line leading to a 2.5× production increase
- Automated engineering tasks across the department using Python data manipulation tools

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## CNAlab — Research Assistant

**Ongoing**  
**Org:** Clinical Neuromuscular Adaptation Lab, NJIT  
**Link:** https://sites.google.com/view/cnalab/team/students#h.1hackt5fr4vk

- Using AI agents to validate AI agents who create synthetic human motion data

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## Gildenkrieg — Infrastructure Contributor

**Ongoing**  
**Link:** https://www.gildenkrieg.space/

- Massive online space simulation game built by friends
- Handles entrypoint and load balancing

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## DeckSense — API Contributor

**Link:** https://decksense.app

- Built api-frame REST API starter used by DeckSense (see projects.md)