David Falana

David falana

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineering Associate - Optum

  • Education

    • Union county vocational technical school

      2015 - 2019
    • Rutgers university

      2019 - 2023
      Bachelor's degree electrical and computer engineering

      Activities and Societies: - 1. NACME Scholar 2. Society Of Hispanic Professional Engineers [SHPE] 3. Minority Engineering Educational Task [MEET]

  • Experience

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Optum

      May 2023 - now
      Associate software engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications