I build AI systems that turn messy data into decisions.
I’m a CS sophomore at Notre Dame who ships working software end to end: ingestion pipelines and schemas, the agents and tools on top, and the product people actually use. I build with AI coding agents and own the architecture, the decisions (every project keeps ADRs) and the tests.
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Experience
Founder & sole engineer — Encore
May 2026 – present · Atlanta, GA (remote)
- Built a pre-launch web beta of a live-music discovery app covering two cities, with an AI pipeline that turns venue websites into published events.
Distribution strategy consultant — Bon Sel Dayiti+, University of Notre Dame
Summer 2026 · Haiti program, remote
- Advised the project lead on distributing a fortified salt that fights lymphatic filariasis in Haiti; authored a church-based model (parish wholesale → certified vendors → physical stamp booklets → parish redemption) that works without smartphones.
- Led the pivot to a bouillon-cube go-to-market after aligning the factory, partnership and production leads, and delivered the constraint analysis behind it.
Data Analytics Scholar — Notre Dame Summer Scholars
July 2024 · Notre Dame, IN
- Cleaned raw datasets and built interactive Tableau dashboards to communicate findings.
Education
University of Notre Dame — B.S. Computer Science, College of Engineering
Expected May 2029
Coursework: Data Structures · Computer Organization · Discrete Mathematics · Calculus III · Generative AI in the Wild
Languages: English (native) · Spanish (fluent)