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Work experience


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Peloton Technology Inc, Mountain View, CALIFORNIA

Position: Truck Operations Intern
Dates: July 2016 - Present
Duties: 
  • Rapid integration and hardware prototyping for attaching system and technology to vehicles
  • Wiring integration design and documentation to plan for both backwards compatibility and future iterations
  • Design and acquisition of equipment to create an in house rapid prototyping shop

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

Position: Course Assistant
Dates: September 2014 - June 2016
Duties: 
  • Leading small group of students from ideation to completion of a personal quarter long project
  • Facilitating discovery in open shop sessions throughout the week
  • Sharing the process and methodology fully realizing a project with as many students as possible

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Gowans cider

Position: Co-Founder
Dates: March 2014 - Present
Duties: 
  • ​Planning and strategy for both short and long term goals
  • Managing external relations with suppliers and customers
  • Managing of fermentations and product quality analysis  
  • Regulatory an compliance requirement management

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Nissan Research Center - Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, California

Position: Autonomous Vehicle Research Intern
Dates: July 2015 - September 2015
Duties: 
  • Transferring project from masters product innovation course to newer vehicle for technology demonstrations and industry shows 
  • Implemented the perception/intention communication system with higher aesthetic refinement

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Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant 
Dates: July 2014 - September 2014
Duties: 
  • Creating test rig for bi-elastic material testing
  • Matched performance to computational models

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Mercedes-Benz, Stuttgart, germany

Position: Powertrain Research Intern
Dates: July 2013 - September 2013
Duties: 
  • Modeled powertrain components using SimulationX software to analyze the torsional vibration modes of the system
  • Used PAK software to analyze accelerometer data of Mercedes vehicles and similar classes of competitors vehicles

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AT&t Foundry, Palo Alto, California

Position: Design Intern
Dates: June 2012- August 2012
Duties: 
  • Developed wireframes for internal network cable management system
  • Helped plan and conduct design research study of ways to enrich the texting experience

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Roost, San Francisco, california

Position: Product Intern
Dates: June 2011- August 2011
Duties: 
  • Tested various customer satisfaction and help features of the product
  • Selected best valued feedback tool

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Gowan orchards Inc, philo, California

Position: Farmhand and Mechanic
Dates: 2003 - 2009, 2014 - Current Date
Current Duties:
  • Business plan development for new varietal juice brand
  • Design of production facilities for new varietal juice brand
Previous Duties: 
  • Irrigation - Pump Management and Repair, Pipe Installation and Repair
  • Tractor Driving - Mowing, Fertilizing
  • Mechanical Maintenance - Tractor and Truck Repair and Maintenance , Welding
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