Orange County, CA

Data and AI Automation Engineer.

Architecting scalable data pipelines and deploying machine learning models into full-stack applications.

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I'm Richie!

I build the AI systems, and the data underneath them that makes them work.

At Envoy Air I own Atlas, the automation platform running at four airport hubs: agents on live operations data, intelligent ticketing systems, forecasting that plans coverage before the gap hits. Over thirteen systems, built end to end.

Finishing an MS in Data Analytics specialization in Data Science at WGU this fall. Happy to talk agentic systems, forecasting, or working with operations teams to turn the problems they live with into automation that enables secured efficiency.

When I step away from the keyboard, I treat my hobbies with the same precision and creativity I apply to code. You can usually find me dialing in single-origin beans, engaging with independent cinema, or diving into my next speculative science fiction novel.

I am a learner, a doer, an explorer of a world hidden by the magnitudes of data.

My Journey... So Far

Envoy Air

May 2025 - Present

Data and AI Automation Engineer

  • Own Atlas, the automation platform running at LAX, ORD, DFW, and MIA: 13+ production systems and 50+ automated workflows, built end to end. 395,700+ autonomous actions, 17,300+ labor hours returned, and $510,000+ in value in its first 12 months.
  • Architected Atlas multi-tenant on modular SQL schemas and a Blazor app with Entra ID scoping; executives see the network, each station sees only its own data, and a new station is a configuration change rather than a rebuild.
  • Forecast staffing gaps in at 12.4 MAE, feeding bid construction so coverage is planned ahead of demand rather than backfilled with overtime.
  • Achieved record compliance by automating badge renewals, training completion, hearing tests, and drug screening, then deployed the same systems to other stations at their request.

Western Governors University

Exp. Oct 2026

MSDA Data Science

  • Executing capstone research focused on developing predictive models using advanced linear and logistic regression techniques.
  • Advanced Analytics (neural networks, computer vision, NLP), Machine Learning, Data Mining, Predictive Modeling, Data Management, Analytics Programming. Built and evaluated neural network image classifiers, text models, and ARIMA forecasts in Python.

Orange Coast College

Dec 2019 - May 2022 | Sep 2024 - May 2025

Professional Expert in Statistics & Calculus

  • Facilitated professor-endorsed workshops and provided advanced tutoring in statistics, linear algebra, and Calculus III.
  • Strengthened foundational mathematics crucial for machine learning and predictive modeling by breaking down complex concepts for hundreds of students.

Headstarter

July 2024 - Sep 2024

Software Engineer Fellow

  • Built FlexiFormat, a web scraping tool with a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system for querying scraped content, plus Stripe payment integration, in Node.js and TailwindCSS.

UC Santa Cruz

Mar 2023

BS Computer Science

  • Built a robust foundation in software engineering and data structures.
  • Applied Machine Learning, Relational Databases, Analysis of Algorithms, Principles of Computer Systems Design, Technical Writing
  • Collegiate Overwatch Main Support for UCSC Varsity Team

Beyond the Code

"I hope that you were motivated by a desire for knowledge, a yearning to see what can arise from a universe's exhalation. Because even if a universe's lifespan is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."
— Ted Chiang, Exhalation

Favorite Visual Media

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Frankenstein

End of Evangelion

Wall-E

Over The Garden Wall

Andor

Bookshelf

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

On this Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Travel Atlas

International
  • Hong Kong
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Seoul, South Korea
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Taipei, Taiwan
  • Montreal, Canada
United States
  • Seattle, WA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Portland, ME
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Dallas, TX
  • Houston, TX
  • Chicago, IL
  • Orlando, FL
  • Boston, MA
  • Maui, HI
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • Philly, PA
  • NYC, NY
Next Up
  • Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Paris, France
  • Shanghai, China
  • Chengdu, China