Los Angeles, CA · Software & AI Engineer · Maker
I build AI systems and software for the power grid: RAG chatbots, GenAI infrastructure, and graph-based digital twins at Southern California Edison. Off the clock, I run Nuppin Studio, a small 3D-printing and design studio.
01 · About
I'm a software and AI engineer at Southern California Edison, one of the largest electric utilities in the country. My work sits at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI: building retrieval-augmented (RAG) chatbots over confidential internal knowledge, standing up on-prem GenAI infrastructure, and modeling the grid as a graph-based digital twin in Neo4j.
I like leading and architecting projects end to end, from the data model to the interface engineers actually use in the field. Working next to critical infrastructure means I care as much about security and reliability as I do about shipping fast.
Outside of work I'm finishing a Master of Software Engineering at Penn State, and I run Nuppin Studio, a design and 3D-printing studio making modern objects for the home and desk. The through line: I like building complete things, from the model to the pipeline to the object in your hand.
02 · Experience
Southern California Edison · Rosemead, CA. Progressed through three roles over three years at one of the largest electric utilities in the United States.
Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison
Code Ninjas
03 · Projects
An on-premises, privacy-first AI assistant. SAGE pairs a local LLM with long-term memory in Postgres + pgvector, tool integrations built on the Model Context Protocol, and a plain-markdown knowledge base (raw notes distilled into a personal wiki) so the assistant's context grows with me instead of living in someone else's cloud.
An AI-powered web app that generates personalized date itineraries from budget, location, and preferences using the OpenAI and Google Places APIs. React front end with Google Autocomplete, FastAPI backend, containerized and shipped to AWS with a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline.
A full-stack client-server chat application with an emphasis on secure communication: encrypted messaging between a TypeScript UI and a Python API.
A collaborative web app that recommends songs using content-based filtering and Spotify API integration, deployed on Azure Functions and CosmosDB for real-time recommendations.
A web app that simplifies the job search by tracking application statuses end to end. React front end over a Python Flask API handling the database and external services, with comprehensive application management, OpenAI integration, and PostgreSQL for storage.
A mobile app built and launched with Dart and Flutter that lets users explore restaurants through a swipe-based interface. Includes user authentication for privacy and data security, and integrates with a backend database for storing user profiles, preferences, and restaurants.
04 · Education
Graduate coursework in machine vision, data mining, reinforcement learning, and web security, completed part-time alongside full-time engineering work.
Foundation in systems, algorithms, and software engineering, with hands-on work from assembly programming to full-stack applications.
05 · Skills
06 · Beyond the keyboard
A small design and 3D-printing studio based in California, creating modern objects for your home, desk, and everyday life. From minimalist trays and vases to playful desk pieces, every item is made to order with a focus on clean, intentional design.
The studio is also growing a collection of digital designs: downloadable files you can print yourself at home, so you can bring the designs to life on your own terms. Whether you want something handmade or something to make yourself, it's a one-person operation covering the whole pipeline: modeling in Blender, print tuning on a Bambu Lab P1S, finishing, photography, and the storefront itself.
07 · Contact
Have a project, an AI role, or a very specific 3D-print idea? Say hello.