Experience

Less a résumé timeline, more a journey through environments that each changed how I work, ending at the one I'm headed toward.

1. Stage 1 · People + operations

   ShopRite · Cashier, Clerk, Self Checkout Host

   Jan 2024 – Present

   Working in a fast-moving retail environment taught me how to communicate with different people, handle multiple priorities, and solve problems while operations continue around me.

   What I developed

   • Communication
   • Customer service
   • Team collaboration
   • Problem solving
   • Attention to operational detail

2. Stage 2 · Evaluation + precision

   Handshake AI · Project Hedgehog · Annotator

   Jan 2026 – Present

   Evaluating model responses made me more systematic about correctness, consistency, and edge cases, using defined criteria instead of assuming an output is correct because it looks plausible.

   What I developed

   • AI model evaluation
   • Quality assurance
   • Data annotation
   • Analytical thinking
   • Attention to detail

3. Stage 3 · Systems + troubleshooting

   Montclair State University · IT Support Analyst

   May 2026 – Present

   IT support taught me to diagnose problems from incomplete information, communicate technical steps to non-technical users, and tell symptoms apart from the actual cause of a problem.

   What I developed

   • Troubleshooting
   • Technical support
   • Information technology
   • Networking
   • Problem solving
   • Communication

4. Stage 4 · Research + rigor

   Montclair State University, School of Computing · Undergraduate Research Scholar (Mentor: Dr. Stefan Robila)

   Sep 2026 – Present

   Researching metadata standardization for hyperspectral datasets showed me that discoverability is a data-modeling problem before it's a search problem, and pushed me to write code that holds up against messy, inconsistent real-world metadata.

   What I developed

   • Research methodology
   • Metadata standardization
   • Geospatial data processing
   • Python
   • Working with a faculty mentor

5. Stage 5 · Builder

   Software & Research Projects

   2024 – Present

   Moving from solving individual technical problems to designing complete systems (choosing the data model, the trust boundary, the platform) and living with those decisions as the projects grew.

   What I developed

   • System design
   • Architectural decisions
   • Full-stack and mobile development
   • Working from a problem, not a spec

   Red Hawk Wallet (Flutter) Red Hawk Wallet (Android) ScheduleAI Go vs Go+ Research