Boston University

2x Founder | MLH Top 50 | GCP Professional Cloud Architect

• Re-architected CI/CD pipelines to efficiently cache, build and deploy 30+ executables with interdependencies; switching to build on autoscaled GCP hosted Spot VM’s, reducing cost by 40%, improving build times by 50%
• Setup Organizational XPC and point-to-point VPN with OpenVPN Access to support hybrid cloud development
• Built multi-platform, multi-arch Docker Images and setup a private APT repo to simplify local development of a complex software system, improving developer efficiency by 30%

OXOS Medical

Cloud Services Engineer II

The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth brings together the brightest minds of the next generation for an unparalleled academic challenge. As part of my role, I collaborated with the instructor to plan and execute lessons, teaching alongside.

Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY)

Instructional Assistant - Fundamentals of Computer Science

• Co-Founded Joyn - a social-communication platform leveraging AI to create new social experiences and enable the next generation of advertising
• Architecting and developing an end-to-end encrypted real-time communication app for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Web with best-in-class features that enhance 1:1 interactions

Joyn Chat

Founder and CTO

MassChallenge

Alumni Advisor

BU Spark!

Sr. Project and Solutions Manager

• Developing a multi-stage, multi-environment CI/CD pipeline using Codemagic and GitLab Shared Runners in tandem to:
	- Manage IaaC via GitLab managed Terraform State
	- Maintain repository as source of truth for OpenAPI config by uploading to SwaggerHub on push
	- Generate client and server API code using openapi-generator-cli
	- Build API and upload dockerized JAR to Google Container Registry, later deployed using Cloud Run
	- Deploy OXOS Platform to web, Play Store and Apple App Store simultaneously enabling agile development. 
• Creating the systems architecture for Platform - notably securing resources via a VPC, using Serverless VPC Access to allow Cloud Run to access the Private Cloud SQL instance
• Developing an API to provide data to Platform, built using Spring Boot, backed by Cloud SQL and Cloud Storage, secured via Google Identity Platform
• Developing Platform, a Flutter Application, various configurations of which are hosted on Cloud Storage, using Cloud Load Balancing and Cloud DNS as the DNS provider

Cloud, DevOps and Full Stack Flutter Engineer

• Developing a Flutter app for the Micro C device, allowing doctors on the field to digitally design their X-ray strategies, share X-ray data with the patients, and use anonymized data to intelligently design X-ray schemes

Technical Consultant

• Co-Founded Mount - a travel tech startup whose goal was for people to be able to rent anything, to anyone, at anytime
• Built a team of 12 highly motivated individuals
• Raised $3.5M in seed funding with Tribeca Venture Partners and General Catalyst as leads
• Developed and architected the Mount Platform (Web) and Mo- bile App (Apple App Store and Play Store) to enable rentals, in- telligent asset tracking and revenue management among other key features
• Built Mount API, our drop-in solution for hosts seeking some- thing more customizable - setup with enterprise-grade security, keeping growth and scale in mind

PhocusWire Top 25 Startups 2023 | Winner of the Innovate@BU New Venture Competition 2021 | MassChallenge Finalist Top 6 | MassCEC Grant Winner | Gap Fund Grant Winner | Winner of the 2020 Breakout Cleantech Company Award

Mount

• Leading 10+ teams as an Agile Project Manager to extract insights from unstructured data to assist governments and non-profits such as the State of Massachusetts, City of Cambridge, City of Haverhill, and PlaceMe
• Analyzing land use data to predict land value, overhaul the 311 (QAlert) system for the City of Haverhill to best assist the city government in preparing for first responses to citizen requests via NLP, using Gradient Boosting and Random Forest classifiers
• Communicating with clients to understand their needs and translate that into actionable items for the teams to work on

Project and Solutions Manager

Course Grader, Software Engineering

• Built an open source Team Recommendation Platform that uses k-means clustering to recommend teammates based on user preferences
• 500+ attendees for TechTogether Boston 2020 used the platform to find their teammates

Intern

• Building an open source unified portal to help Organizers, Hackers and Sponsors stay involved with BostonHacks. 
• Leading a cross-functional team of 10 engineers as an Agile Project Manager, delegating tasks and checking in on weekly progress
• Setup CI/CD with a dev/staging/prod workflow using GitHub Actions

BostonHacks

Head of Technology

• Responsible for providing insight and advice via organized events and one-on-one check-ins
• Bridge between the CS department, clubs, and other programs on campus

Computer Science Peer Mentor

Course Grader, Concepts Of Programming Languages (CS320)

• Collaborated on a team of eight members to develop the tech behind BostonHacks, an annual collegiate hackathon
• Built a check-in application to track event attendance and participation, reducing wait times at entry by over 40%
• Spearheaded the design of a platform that allows prospective sponsors to learn about BostonHacks and get involved with us; and for our sponsorship team to manage and interact with sponsors via a Progressive Web App

Organizer

• Conceptualizing and developing an accessibility tool to empower the visually impaired via an autopilot for humans, committed to delivering accessibility, autonomy and inclusion
• Liaising an international collaboration between teams in Brazil and the US, made possible by Google for Education
• Motivating a seven member team to develop a cross-platform mobile application leveraging cloud compute, machine vision and natural language with 10+ users in a closed alpha testing track

Eyespace

Founder

• Provided technical assistance on multiple BU Services including Authentication, E-Learning, Print and Enterprise WiFi
• Created and managed tickets on a ticketing system, performing customer service over the phone and in-person
• Supported 30k+ students, faculty and staff

Information Technology Specialist

• Probing new directions to push development, designing technology solutions for current ventures
• Developing a modern app based cross-platform diagnostic device making use of microfluidic chips to measure kidney health, bringing better testing to rural areas (PS_IP_2017-18/016_3)
• Researching a gold nanoparticle biosensor (PS_IP_2017-18/016_2) to quantitatively measure the μRNA biomarker for preeclampsia by way of PRET, bringing its detection timeframe down to 3 weeks
• Building a website for the Incubator of this company, attracting 1000+ potential startups; 100,000+ visitors

Prantae Solutions

Core Technology Developer

• Trained on lab procedures for a BSL3 Lab, procedures for handling stem cells, sources and methods
to isolate, grow, preserve, count, and analyze cell populations, helping prepare for future research work
• Received training in operating a flow cytometer, a PCR machine, and gel electrophoresis equipment, advanced techniques including induced cell differentiation, senescence assays, immunohistochemistry, and cDNA synthesis

Rishab Nayak