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About me

Hi 👋 I'm Ricky. I started Coding w/Ricky to give myself an outlet to share everything I learn as I discover new things through software.

🚀 My Journey

I started programming when I was 15 at Lower Columbia College, where I immediately knew I wanted to pursue programming as a career. I graduated High School and College simultaneously with an associates in Computer Science, then transferred to Washington State University (WSU).

At WSU, I worked as an AI Research Assistant on a Bonniville Power Administration (BPA) grant, developing machine learning methods to detect power-line faults. Working alongside graduate students and professors, I used Machine Learning with Apache Spark to analyze 10TB of data and achieved 99.5% accuracy 🎯 in fault detection. This research led to 5 co-authored publications 📄 and earned me the "Best Student Paper Award" 🏆 from Springer.

I also spent a summer interning at nLIGHT as a firmware engineer, developing safety features for industrial laser manufacturing equipment. This internship experience taught me valuable lessons about hardware-software integration and end-to-end project ownership.

💻 Current Work at Intel

Now I lead a project developing a data analytics dashboard for High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters, including work on the Aurora Supercomputer Platform. Some highlights of my recent work include:

  • 📊 Critical Data Platform: Built a data analytics dashboard that my team depends on for issue triage and disposition, while communicating supercomputer health status to the customer
  • ⚡ 100x Performance Improvement: Transformed legacy batch scripts into automated Prefect-based data pipelines
  • 🤖 AI-Powered Documentation: Designed systems using Langchain and ChatGPT to auto-generate technical documentation
  • 🪠 Scalable Data Engineering: Built event-driven architectures with Kafka for ~10,000 node systems
  • 🌐 Open Source Contribution: Contributing to MTT (Middleware Testing Tool) - more info at open-mpi.github.io/mtt

I'm also pursuing additional coursework in Machine Learning at Georgia Tech 🎓 to deepen my expertise in AI and stay current with emerging technologies.

🛠️ Beyond Work

I enjoy building personal projects that solve real problems, from data analytics dashboards 📈 to bookkeeping websites 💼. I'm passionate about using technology to make an impact and improve people's lives.

🤝 Let's Connect

Follow my blog updates on Twitter @codingwithricky 🐦 or connect with me on LinkedIn 💼 for professional discussions and opportunities.