Herman Mak

Amazon Web Services(AWS) is a cloud computing platform that provides on demand delivery of IT resources in a pay-as-you-go fashion. As a solutions architect for AWS I help startups, developers and businesses architect their new and existing workflows on AWS following best practices.

• Deliver technical content via customer case sharing over YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5TM9P8U6EY
• Deliver architecture best practices via seminar of 1000+ audience
• Develop and prepare demos for marketing events and POC requests
• Technical expert on Alexa Smarthome and IOT device integration
• 6 AWS Certifications: SAA, SAP, SOA, DVA, DOP, Alexa Skill Builder Specialty
• Promoted from Associate in 9 months

Amazon Alexa Smarthome is home automation platform and service accessed by voice through the Alexa smart assistant. Originally a 11 person team just a year and a half ago, it is now a multi-vertical organization of over 220 people. My team and my deliverable components are for the "Core" or "Platform" components that control, query and discover connected devices.

• I delivered large scale, distributed, production facing REST Service that enables devices to be controlled by Alexa.
• I designed, implemented and maintained a distributed session store using AWS DynamoDB.
• I was the scrum master for 15 member team leading multiple project verticals
• Promoted in role in 1.5 years

The Sortation Technologies team owns the fulfillment center software for gathering individual items from customer orders together for packaging, or "rebinning". I delivered a standalone service to increase visibility and reduce troubleshooting time. It achieved this by aggregating, processing, indexing, and enabling querying of historical data of the "rebinning" process.

• I designed, implemented and deployed (FSES) to production in 12 weeks
• I gained familiarity with large scale Service Oriented Architecture
• I improved my knowledge of deployment process , and SW design patterns

The Infotainment SQA team focuses around the Model S/X 17' centre display, instrument cluster, and the Tesla mobile applications. I was given 3 projects over the span of 4 months. For one of the projects, I integrated the Tesla Mobile API functionality into the automation framework. Together with a configurable test script, enabled the automated testing of the vehicle through API.

• Learned and delivered projects in Ruby
• Gained knowledge of API usage and HTTP calls
• Automated the testing of Model S vehicles using Mobile API

Perform testing on USB, embedded, and wireless modems and client software on Windows, and Mac OSX.

• Led project to test AC340U "Beam" on Mac platforms for technical approval on AT&T network
• GSM throughput testing using Anritsu MD8470A/MD8475A
• Learn Java and Selenium to write UI automation scripts

Minor in Business Administration; Overall 3.0 GPA

LumenXCubed is a mobile computing device that projects it's user interface onto any flat surface. It utilizes a combination of hardware and software to facilitate user interactions.

I designed and prototyped the proof-of-concept casing and selected the hardware components to meet our specifications. I also worked on the initial image correction by making the test fixture and writing software using OpenCV. Finally, I developed a Windows System level service that communicated to an Arduino over serial interface for Status Indication LEDs.

Implemented a state feedback controller for an Inverted Pendulum by checking observability, controllability and calculating a state feedback gain to place poles in stable positions.