David Falana

Experience

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Research Intern

  ▪ Enhanced Social Virtual Reality Learning Environments (VRLEs) by mitigating cybersickness and improving user experience▪ Built a web-interface using a micro web framework to monitor critical security, privacy, and performance issues in socialVRLEs▪ Creation of trigger alarms for the detected anomaly events▪ Calculated the system response time to showcase a before and after mitigation scenario graphically▪ Implemented adaptations enlisted for various attack scenarios and check for VRLE system response (impact on cybersicknessand user immersive experience)▪ Implement a decision module using the suitable adaptation that can solve performance issues/security attack Show less

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  Verizon

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Network Engineer

  ▪ Created a Python script that allows Verizon to parse specific information from emails being sent to the Verizon mailbox▪ Built a script by using Python to automate emails being sent based off the parsed information ▪ Saved Verizon employees over 1,000 hours monthly by creating a script that automates sending new emails based on information in emails sent▪ Enhanced a program called CAPTAIN (Chat based Alarming, Paging & Tools Aggregation for Investigating Networks) that provides the ability to access critical network information in a chat client▪ Amplified CAPTAIN by integrating a BGP Circuit Analysis report inside the chat client▪ Improved CAPTAIN by allowing users to see information based on company security levels▪ Implement a decision module using the suitable adaptation that can solve performance issues/security attack Show less

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  Verizon

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Automation Engineer

  • Wrote Python script to parse JSON data and made data viewable via web browser• Leveraged Python / Flask to access required information• Executed a local frontend with flask that allowed for successful visualization.• Used Kubernetes to orchestrate the deployment, scaling, and management of containers• Deployed a running webserver on Kubernetes infrastructure

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  Optum

  May 2023 - now

  Associate Software Engineer