πŸ’Ό Work Experience


IBM

AI and ML Ops Technical Sales / Solutions Engineer

πŸ“† Sept 2023 - Oct 2025  πŸ“ San Francisco, CA

My Role

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Technical liaison to 9 accounts (5 of top 25 tech companies) for Generative AI and AI Governance platforms. Delivered client presentations, demos and POCs, designed and executed prospecting campaigns, developed architectures, and collaboratd cross-functionally (Sales, Product Management, Customer Success, etc.) to identify revenue opportunities ($2M+ sales opportunities identified), co-create with clients, and accelerate sales cycles.

Technologies Used

βš™οΈ IBM watsonx.ai (Generative AI, prompt engineering, MLOps), IBM watsonx.governance (AI Governance and Governance, Risk, and Compliance Platform), IBM watsonx.orchestrate (AI Assistant and AI Agent development), Salesforce Sales Cloud, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft CoPilot

Key Accomplishments

βœ… Drove $9M+ in software deployment, ~$1.6M in software sales, and ~$840K in SaaS and services sales of Al and Automation products across enterprise, Fortune 500 accounts in technology and retail industries.

βœ… Engineered and demoed proof of concept Al agent with custom integrations and tools (prompt engineering, Python, APls) for large tech company, leading to $200K+ in SaaS usage and services deal.

βœ… Expanded software adoption at Fortune 10 retailer ahead of Enterprise Licensing Agreement, making Al and Automation portfolio 30% of total SXM ELA and over-achieving SaaS quota (105% attainment).


BallerTV

Software Engineer Intern

πŸ“† Jun 2022 - Aug 2022  πŸ“ Remote, CA

My Role

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» 1st software engineering and 1st startup experience. Allowed me to learn a lot of new skills by getting my hands dirty and working with a variety of teams. Did backend development on the Engineering team, data analytics and engineering for Product Managers/Leaders, and software engineering and data-centric work with the Automation (Data Science) team.

Technologies Used

βš™οΈ Ruby (Rails), PostgreSQL, Git, GitHub, Jira

Key Accomplishments

βœ… Built scalable data pipeline in Ruby to clean, extract, and calculate statistics for 1 million games with Generative Al API integration to create custom headlines for subscribers, driving product engagement. This project was the pre-cursor to a GPT application.

βœ… Designed dashboards with SQL and Redash to visualize travel cost metrics and asset tracking data, empowering product managers and leaders to make data-driven cost-saving decisions.

βœ… Automated timely communication by programming a workflow that sends text messages to contractors via the Twilio API and Active Record (Rails) when work schedules change.


Bessemer Venture Partners

Fellow

πŸ“† Jun 2022 - Present  πŸ“ San Francisco, CA

Key Accomplishments

βœ… Selected as 1 of 20 fellows from 2,000+ applicants and 60+ finalists; portfolio company directly reached out.

βœ… Engaged in entrepreneurship studies with founders and product leaders from the venture capital industry.


TE Connectivity

Data Science Intern

πŸ“† Jun 2021 - Jun 2022  πŸ“ Remote, CA

My Role

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» My 1st ever internship that opened the doors for everything that has come after. Learned the art of storytelling through data, the importance of cross-functional collaboration, and how to communicate technical topics to non-technical audiences. Worked on TE's Advanced Analytics team as part of the hub team/center of excellence for the company's Data Science and Analytics.

Technologies Used

βš™οΈ Python (Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib), SQL, AWS (SageMaker, S3), Jupyter Notebooks

Key Accomplishments

βœ… Analyzed deep learning forecast model results with Python Pandas and identified 1,000+ highly accurate parts making $300M+ in sales to promote adoption of cost-saving forecast model in presentations for C-suite executives.

βœ… Developed Python automated fuzzy matching algorithm that improved accuracy by 50%, was adopted on 2 projects used by 5 departments, and maps predictions to actual sales for marketing campaign tracking.

βœ… Implemented statistical randomization methodology with Python, SciPy for A/B testing, reducing manual labor and enabling marketers to accurately evaluate their campaigns.


Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute

Data Science Tutor

πŸ“† Oct 2020 - Mar 2023  πŸ“ San Diego, CA

My Role

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Tutors were my lifeline when learning how to code, so I wanted to be the same for fellow Triton Data Scientists. I tutored DSC 20 - Programming and Basic Data Structures for Data Science (Python) for 5 terms (Fall 2020-Fall 2021 and Winter 2023) and DSC 30 - Data Structures and Algorithms for Data Science (Java) during Spring Quarter 2022.

Technologies Used

βš™οΈ Python, Java

Key Accomplishments

βœ… Enhanced 500+ students' Python and Java skills in topics like object-oriented programming, recursion, and data structures by helping them understand assignments and coding logic during 4 weekly office hours.

βœ… Reinforced lecture material through creating weekly quizzes, moderated the question and answer forum to resolve students’ issues, and contributed to the creation of programming assignments.