Brandon is from Las Vegas, NV. He has earned degrees from the University of Nevada Reno and Oregon State. His previous work experience is primarily in higher education where he gained valuable soft skills and leadership experience as an instructor for various biology courses. When he is not at a computer he’s probably working on a car, at the gym or taking care of his dogs.
Instructor, Truckee Meadows Community College
Sep, 2015 - May, 20204 years 8 months
Instructed labs for Introduction to Cellular Biology and Anatomy & Physiology I and II. Responsibilities included:
Independent lecturing over a range of topics in biology.
Maintenance of laboratory equipment and enforcement of proper lab safety protocols.
Management of course canvases, lesson planning and assignment grading.
Apr, 2022 - Apr, 202216 days
A shell script written in C
Includes prompt for commands ran in foreground, execution of exit, cd and status commands via code built into shell.
Other commands executed via exec family of functions.
I/O redirection and implementation of SIGINT and SIGTSTP handlers.
Jan, 2021 - Sep, 20221 year 8 months
An in-progress iOS and Android app that tracks and compares time spent at the gym across users.
Stats are compared and displayed in the form of a public leaderboard on apps home screen.
Applies agile software development techniques.
Backend database and interactions implemented as CRUD microservice
Uses modern technologies such as GoLang, Docker and MySQL
May, 2022 - May, 20222 days
The Gym_Rat App's mascot in the form of an NFT minted on the Loopring L2 Web DEX.
Uses InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to store and retrieve content based on it's CID or cryptographic hash.
Created to get more familiar with blockchain and Web3 technologies.
Apr, 2021 - Apr, 20218 days
Web Developement Course Project where I built and published a simple website.
Uses HTML/CSS and JavaScript .
HTML
CSS
Javascript
Assembly
C
C++
Go
Python
Rust
Unit Testing
Microservices
Databases
Algorithm Analysis
Remote Linux System Administration
Red Team/Vulnerability Assessment/Kali Linux
Laboratory Skills/Equipment
Scientific Writing/Research
Medical Terminology
Self-Learning/Management
Leadership/Curriculum Developement/Teaching
Motivated
Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University
Aug, 2019 - Dec, 2022
CS344 - Operating Systems I
CS362 - Software Engineering II
CS464 - Open Source Software
CS361 - Software Engineering I
CS325 - Analysis Of Algorithms
CS271 - Computer Arch & Assem Language
CS340 - Introduction To Databases
CS290 - Web Development
CS261 - Data Structures
CS225 - Discrete Structures in CS
Biology, Bachelor of Science, University of Nevada Reno
Aug, 2010 - May, 2015
BIOL300 - Principles of Genetics
CHEM 341- Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 342- Organic Chemistry II
BIOL316 - Comparitive Animal Phys
COM412 - Intercultural Communication
BIOL453 - Immunology
BIOL482 - Cell Biology of Disease
BIOL475 - Neurobiology