Brian M. Sandler

Brian Sandler

SWE++
[at] briansandler.com
San Francisco Bay Area
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TL;DR

Hi there! I'm a software engineer who loves to design, build, and bring into the world systems that have an effective positive impact. I'm currently with Plato Systems, a startup based in the SF Bay Area building a new and exciting perception system! I have an M.S.E. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. I've also worked for some other organizations such as Uber and ShadowMaps.

Education

University of Pennsylvania - cis.upenn.edu
M.S.E. Computer and Information Science
Aug 2017 - May 2019

Research: Researched security and fault tolerance of distributed systems as a PhD student.

Coursework: Completed coursework includes software systems, machine learning, big data analytics, computer architecture, theory of computation, and algorithm analysis.

Teaching: During the 2018-19 academic year I was a teaching assistant for the following courses:

  • Big Data Analytics (CIS545, Graduate) - Spring 2019
  • Scalable and Cloud Computing (NETS212, Undergraduate) - Fall 2018

University of California, Santa Barbara - ce.ucsb.edu
B.S. Computer Engineering
Sep 2013 - Jun 2017

Coursework: Completed coursework includes networking, machine learning, operating systems, Python, C, C++, Java, MATLAB, circuit analysis, object oriented design, data structures, computer architecture, digital design with Verilog, computer vision, advanced applications programming, database systems, computer security, and a senior capstone project.

Achievements: Recipient of the 2016 Roger Wood Scholarship and Dean's Honors. Awarded "Outstanding Senior in the Computer Engineering Program" for having the highest GPA of the 2017 Spring Quarter graduating class of Computer Engineering.

Experience

Plato Systems - plato.systems
Founding Engineer, Software Systems
May 2019 - Present

Engineering and building new software systems for perception to enable tagless activity tracking & more.

Uber - uber.com
Software Engineering Intern
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

Deployed GPS location improvement system from ShadowMaps startup at scale. Member of the Sensing and Perception team at Uber. Check out this blog post over here.

ShadowMaps
Web and Infrastructure Consultant
Apr 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Web application development using Node.js to display real-time GPS satellite information.
  • Helped design a cloud application infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, ElastiCache).
  • Built a RESTful API using Dropwizard/Jersey/Jackson with Java.
  • Java application development.
  • Startup acquired in July 2016. Check out this page here for more info.

GLENWorld - glenworld.org
Nov 2014 - May 2015

Developed an English language learning tablet application using web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Continued to advise when time permitted after May 2015.

UCSB Wireless Communication and Sensornets Laboratory (WCSL) - wcsl.ece.ucsb.edu
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

Gathered and analyzed GPS satellite data using MATLAB to investigate the impact of device orientation on GPS signals. Developed a web-based demonstration dashboard displaying close to real-time satellite and position information.

UCSB Engineering Computing Infrastructure (ECI) - eci.ucsb.edu/eci
Dec 2013 - Jan 2015

Provided support to end users, wrote documentation, and worked on various projects to help administer computers run by ECI.

The Scripps Research Institute - scripps.edu
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011, Aug 2012

Worked in the immunology department conducting various experiments to learn more about kidney immune responses.

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