Daniel Kapulkin

Experience

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  Stanford

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Lab Assistant

  Tested viability of retinal networks to respond to and proliferate electrical stimulation in vitro using bright field microscopy and patch-clamp, towards development of retinal prosthesis for sufferers of macular degeneration.

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  Violin Memory

  Jul 2012 - Sept 2012

  IT/ System Administration Intern

  Assisted with administration, maintenance, and organization of servers and terminal computers in a fast-paced, start-up environment, providing support wherever needed in a variety of departments. Designed and wrote original code to run simultaneous diagnostics on Flash-based RAID arrays with varying firmware, significantly decreasing turnaround time for repair of any failures in development and quality assurance testing.

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  UC Davis

  Sept 2012 - Nov 2013

  Residential Computing Assistant

  Mentored end users with little to no computer skills, and provided training on A/V equipment to resident advisors, faculty, and staff.

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  Center for Mind and Brain

  Apr 2013 - Aug 2015

  Assistant Technical Specialist

  Designed EEG/ERP experiment and analysis protocols in EPrime and MATLAB, and rewired and repaired lab spaces to more effectively meet research needs.Extensively modified PyCorder data acquisition software in Python, implementing a variety of functions from an improved user interface to a novel method for recording unreferenced data while visualizing referenced channels; my changes were implemented and are currently utilized at multiple collaborating laboratories nationwide.Presented novel research findings in tDCS at 2014 Undergraduate Research Conference. Show less

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  UC Davis

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

  Biomedical Engineering Peer Adviser

  Met with undergraduate students to schedule academic plans, provided advice, answered questions regarding life at UC Davis, and ensured they met all requirements to graduate.

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  National Instruments

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2022

  Writing and maintaining the Data Record AD application software in LabVIEW for ADAS sensor logging. Piloting novel collaboration strategy with external resources at Konrad Technologies, and driving Continuous Delivery of application software. Software Tech Lead and Scrum Master. Provided support and design assistance to Enterprise and Strategic customers in Semiconductor APT. Delivered Architecture Review, Proof of Concept systems, Startup Assistance, and other consulting services.Consulted Manufacturing Test Architecture, Battery, and Power Electronics Test teams at Tesla Motors on improvements and maintenance for LabVIEW and TestStand deployments. Provide forum, internet, and phone technical support for NI customers. Covered LabVIEW, TestStand, NI's Modular Instrumentation portfolio, RF, and Semiconductor Test System. Served as a Team Leader supervising a team of 7, and a Technical Lead, recommending and driving department-wide process improvement projects.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Staff Applications Engineer

    Aug 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Engineering Leadership Program

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2017
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  Zus Health

  Apr 2022 - now

  Staff Software Engineer