Kaolin Fire

Email: kaolin.fire@erif.org
Phone: 510 919-4966

Professional Objective

I thrive on brainstorming back-of-napkin ideas and turning them into visceral reality, teasing out what works and doesn't. I want to work on something that will change the world for the better, either in some small way pervasively or by some fundamental shift.

TL;DR:

Github: https://github.com/kaolin/.

Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/users/856925/kaolin-fire.

Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/kaolin-fire/id506161943.

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6434898383935656011.

Education

Skills 3.2 [2020+]

Languages: Python/Jupyter, Objective C/C++/C/C#, Swift.

Language Toolkits: OpenCV, Dlib, sklearn, celery, flask, requests, pandas.

Software Development: Product Development and Management, Process Definition, Architecture Definition and Review, Computer Vision/Machine Learning, CI/CD (Jenkins), git.

Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, sqlite, cassandra, redis.

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Xcode, Unity, vi/vim.

Operating Systems: OS X, Linux (Ubuntu).

Cloudstuff: kubernetes, docker, ec2/gcp.

Interests

Miscellany

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a strong ability to adapt to the situation at hand.

Specialties include (but are not limited to) database interfaces, creating data channels between heterogeneous systems, quickly evaluating and learning new technologies, and designing systems that run themselves.

Many years of experience using and administering a wide range of computer platforms.

Well-rounded person with an eclectic set of interests, ideas, and hobbies; I add personality and depth to any situation.

Favorite words include: context, perspective, and scale.

Employment History

Principal Architect
Grabango (Berkeley, California, USA)
June 2018-April 2020

Achievements:

Principal Architect / Director of Research / Director of iOS / Subverter of Product
DITTO (San Francisco, California, USA)
June 2016-June 2018

Achievements:

SDE III
A9 (San Francisco, California, USA)
April 2014-June 2016

Achievements:

VP of Products
Blindsight (Berkeley, California, USA)
September 2012-April 2014

Achievements:

Senior Software Engineer
Blindsight (Berkeley, California, USA)
September 2011-September 2012

Achievements:

Senior Software Engineer
510 Systems (Berkeley, California, USA)
June 2010-August 2011

Achievements:

Software Architect/Developer
(personal projects)
1998-Present

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Last modified 3 July 2020.