Eric Mockler

Experience

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  University of California, Santa Cruz

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2019

  Designed an experiment to quantify how viral infection influences long noncoding RNA expression, which may drive pathogenesis by leveraging inflammatory pathways.Assayed efficiency of a CRISPR-Cas9 fusion protein, delivering gene editing technology to primary cell lines for scalable knock-ins/knock-downs of innate immune effectors. Expedited campus logistics after designing & deploying a fast, intuitive mail stop search engine.Bolstered security measures by refactoring webforms to align with IT security policies, ensuring secure storage of sensitive data for background checks.Assessed customer needs to recommend refurbished computers, hardware, and other electronics recovered and repaired from e-waste.Negotiated with customers on sale prices to ensure mutually beneficial transactions. Applied molecular biology techniques to assay whether disease-causing point mutations affect mRNA transcript length in human cells.Hypothesized possible effects of point mutation on pre-mRNA splicing mechanisms.

  • Research Assistant - Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

    Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

  • Web Developer, Resource Recovery Technician

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Research Assistant - Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology

    Sept 2017 - Apr 2018
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  CruzHacks

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

  Mentored an agile team of volunteers through stand-ups, code reviews & designing enterprise-grade architecture. [2020.cruzhacks.com] [2021.cruzhacks.com] Handled +750k web requests for React.js frontend deployment, registration, and notification delivery through distributed compute on Twilio and Microsoft Azure.Introduced continuous integration & deployment to version control, easing the engineering process while ensuring a quality web presence with zero downtime.Established precedence of virtual events at CruzHacks while navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.Constructed recruitment materials to select capable volunteers and facilitate knowledge transfer. Show less

  • Director of Engineering

    Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Software Engineer

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2021
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  Communique

  Apr 2020 - now

  Founder, Managing Director

  Envisioning a way to amplify credible voices at decision-makers for positive social change, through linkable email templates.+ Designed component interfaces, user flows, UI mockups, and graphical assets in Figma. + Implementing a Sveltekit prototype with consideration towards responsiveness and accessibility, alongside a relational data model that lends semantic flexibility for downstream analyses and moderation.Attributing value to mass emails sent via the Communicating with Congress (CWC) interface by tokenizing read receipts, giving message senders & writers tangible acknowledgement of their voices.Developing AI-driven approaches to augment persuasive writing.+ Exploring methods capable of factored cognition to improve model supervision, by affirming logical dependencies while meeting softgoals.Building a motivated team to develop & grow the project through lean engineering and grassroots outreach. Show less

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  Tenefit

  Jun 2020 - Oct 2021

  Software Engineer

  Delivered features for a mission-critical platform serving situational awareness, in conjunction with the Pacific Disaster Center. [disasteraware.com] [pdc.org]Designed & deployed:+ A highly-extensible print service, enabling risk management professionals to make concise hazard impact summaries with diverse GIS data.+ A user-facing dashboard for reliability monitoring of map layers, across all data sources.

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  Gladstone Institutes

  Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

  Research Engineer

  Balanced priorities across concurrent collaborations:+ in bioinformatics with large consortia and independent researchers.+ with locally-based scientists and engineers to improve bespoke automated systems.Increased storage efficiency of genotypes by >10x upon a fast and sparse data model to accommodate resource constraints.Independently evaluated leading-edge approaches in machine learning:+ to engineer an ETL workflow for whole-genome analysis.+ identify genome variant combinations relevant to neuromuscular disease, on a per-patient basis.Helped wet lab scientists & engineers troubleshoot lab automation, embedded systems, and confocal microscopes.Brought scientists & engineers together within the lab:+ to save hundreds of hours by automating cell morphology analysis with existing tools. + directly include end-users in R&D ideation phases.Brainstormed design and long-term objectives of a community-driven platform to visualize protein networks with unprecedented order and detail, while consulting the Proteostasis Consortium.Conducted user research & designed a cloud-native stack for automated imaging systems:+ to mitigate technical debt. + address costly usability challenges. Show less