Will McCulloch

Experience

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  UCSB Bookstore

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2017

  Asset Protection Agent

  As an Asset Protection Agent, I identified theft and those responsible, confronted suspects, conducted interrogations that were fair and strategic, decided whether law enforcement need be involved, and installed camera equipment, monitors, and DVR systems. I was also responsible for writing official reports for stops and arrests, compiling all relevant case work, communicating in a professional manner with fellow agents, UCSB Police Department, suspects, and bookstore management.

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  Margerum Wine Company, Inc.

  Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  Grape processing, fermentation monitoring and maintenance, daily punch downs, cleaning, sanitizing and filling barrels, topping barrels, pulling juice samples for analysis, making additions to wines (sulfur, bentonite, etc.), pump operation, high pressure steam machine operation, forklift operation, pad filtration, cellar and equipment cleaning and sanitation Greet all visitors to the tasting room and pour wines for tastings, describe wines, winemaking techniques, and winery history, effectively suggest and sell wines and wine club memberships, manage all sales transactions in Wine Direct POS system

  • Harvest Intern

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Tasting Room Associate

    Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
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  St. Francis Winery & Vineyards

  Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

  Harvest Lab/Viticulture Tech

  Grape sampling and maturity analysis, vineyard crop yield estimations, monitoring, and pest/disease identification, grape brix analysis via refractometer, pH/TA analysis via Mettler Toledo InMotion Flex Autosampler, alcohol analysis via Anton Paar Alcolyzer, free SO2 analysis via Aeration Oxidation procedure, malic, residual sugar, and acetic acid analysis via Biosystems Y15 Photometric Analyzer, grape must inoculation, enzyme and nutrient additions, fermentation monitoring with Anton Paar DMA, familiarity with Wine Xray phenolic analysis, data entry and analysis Show less

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  Software Engineering Applications

  Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

  Node.js | Express.js | PostgreSQL | AWS | NGINX | Loader.io– Developed and scaled an existing e-commerce backend with up to 10mil entries to handle web scale traffic– Utilized PostgreSQL native functions to restructure responses at the multi-threaded database level to increase response times for complex queries– Deployed a cluster of three Node.js/Express servers and an NGINX proxy server/load balancer to double throughput under load for all API endpoints – Developed and horizontally scaled back-end from 100 clients/second under load to 4500 clients/second with potential to further horizontally scale to handle greater web-scale traffic Show less React | Material-UI | Yarn | Vite | Firebase | PostgreSQL | MongoDB– A full-stack application to generate recipe ideas based on user-added ingredients– Leveraged Material-UI to implement mobile first design with a tactile and intuitive user experience – Utilized Firebase RealTime database and React context hooks to persist user data and manage global state across application– Integrated Spoonacular API into React front-end to dynamically render recipes based on user updated ingredients Show less

  • Atelier

    Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

  • What's For Dinner

    Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Catwalk

    Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
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  Beni

  Dec 2021 - now

  Software Engineer