About Me
Nice to meet you
Hi, I’m Sam. I'm a software engineer with a scientific background and a lifelong passion for technology. I'm enthusiastic about learning and have a methodical mindset when faced with challenges. Software drew me in because it allows me to express logical creativity and bring value into the world with what I have built.
In my spare time I tinker with things to fix and improve them, or at least teach myself something in the process. Most of my project ideas have come from noticing something that could be improved with a software implementation and saying "I bet I could...". All of my professional roles have had a strong focus on problem solving and I leverage this experience whenever I'm confronted with an obstacle.
Professional Experience
Design Miami 2021 - 2023
Software Engineer
- Implemented cryptocurrency payment method for NextJS e-commerce frontend powered by headless Wordpress.
- Integrated 3rd party API to provide instant shipping price estimates during checkout.
- Launched and configured PostHog analytics to gather user behavior metrics
- Optimized backend dockerfile, responsible for upgrading docker base image OS/software versions and maintaining multi-arch image builds on dockerhub.
- Experience with on-call site reliability procedures and tasks.
EO Products 2016 - 2021
QC Specialist R&D Specialist R&D Specialist II R&D Scientist
- Identified an opportunity for manufacturing efficiency improvement and implemented a web based python script for statistical analysis and solution recommendations of manufacturing activities.
- Developed an equipment companion interface in LabVIEW for an analytical laboratory balance, granting the ability for multiple people to simultaneously use the balance stage by segregating weight data into user sessions.
Signature Wine Lab 2014 - 2016
Intern Analyst Senior Analyst
- Developed a proof of concept iOS app which enabled clients to view their test results and relevant information regarding the analyses of their wines.
- Researched and developed data acquisition and post processing software in LabVIEW for a new analysis being brought to market, added live regression of data to predict analysis completion time.
Programming Projects
JavaScript Tetris
Tetris has been my favorite puzzle game since I can remember and I decided to make my own version in JavaScript so that I could fine tune the gameplay just the way I wanted it. This meant designing my own animations, themes, difficulty system, and maintaining a leaderboard server for high scores.
GitHub Repository Live Demo
Slack Private Message
A Google Chrome extension allowing users to send private, encrypted messages to each other over the Slack web client. Users can set a secret key and are provided with a button in the Slack editor which uses AES256 to encrypt their text. The extension leverages DOM mutation observers to watch for incoming messages and attempt to decrypt them, and allows users to establish a shared key using a custom implementation of the Diffie-Hellman public key exchange method. (Click the thumbnail for more information)
GitHub Repository
Raspberry Pi Cloud Platform
I designed and built my own cloud platform with 8 Raspberry Pis running Kubernetes, complete with load balancing and dynamic persistent storage provisioning. I was able to push the limits of the system by setting up a scalable Jenkins server that was capable of automated CI/CD to the platform with GitHub webhooks. I have since reworked the configuration a few times, once to switch the container runtime over to runC when Docker became deprecated, and again to explore running K3s in an effort to observe the potential resource gains by running a lighter weight distribution.
Kubernetes Article Jenkins ArticleAcademic Achievements
Sonoma State University
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
Peer Reviewed Publication
M. J. Perri*, S. H. Weber (2014). Web-Based Job Submission Interface for the GAMESS Computational Chemistry Program., J. Chem Educ., 2014, 91 (12), pp 2206-2208
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