About

I'm a software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I focus on privacy and machine learning applications, and I currently work for xD, a small team within the United States Census Bureau that uses new and emerging technologies to improve government services. I am also available for hire through my freelancing firm Mitchell Technology Consulting. Send me a message if you'd like to collaborate!

Prior to joining xD I worked for a government contracting firm at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View. At NASA I contributed to a variety of aerospace projects as part of the Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs) organization, most notably the Air Traffic Management-eXploration (ATM-X) research project where I helped build a software platform and web application for exploring methods to integrate drones and air taxis into existing air traffic control infrastructure.

Before NASA I worked at several Bay Area startups including Mode (acquired by ThoughtSpot in 2023), a web platform for data science teams, and Ayasdi (acquired by SymphonyAI in 2019), a platform that combined traditional machine learning approaches with topological data analysis (TDA).

I've made a few pivots in my career via coding bootcamps and online learning. I accelerated my machine learning and data science skills thanks to Springboard's machine learning engineering program. Several years before that I was in one of the first cohorts of the coding bootcamp Hack Reactor, which enabled my transition into web development. Prior to Hack Reactor I worked as a data analyst and field engineer for the energy consulting firm DNV for several years. I originally moved to Northern California after completing bachelor's degrees in physics and math from the University of North Texas. As a born-and-raised Texan in the Bay Area I like to refer to myself as a NorCal Texpat.🤠

Outside of my regular working hours I enjoy writing posts for this website, exploring new programming languages and machine learning techniques, experimenting with Raspberry Pi computers and other IOT devices, as well as learning all I can about cryptography and how to preserve privacy and security when it comes to the web and machine learning processes. I've also begun working on an online course platform for privacy-enhancing technologies such as differential privacy.

In the non-digital realm my hobbies include reading all categories of books (especially fiction and history), cooking, meditation, martial arts and personal fitness, and studying languages (previously: German and Spanish, recently: Urdu, continually: Japanese). I also enjoy traveling and my favorite travel experience so far was getting to live in a dojo in rural Japan for a summer while training in Aikido.

About This Site

This site is based on an awesome template created by Timothy Lin. It's hosted on Github and Vercel.

Tech Stack

Language: TypeScript

Framework: Next.js using React and MDX

Styling: Tailwind

Version Control: Github

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