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KRISTIN GRACE GALVIN
OBJECTIVE
CREATIVE PROGRAMMER
Creative programmer with a variety of experience seeking full-stack / full-time
programming and prototyping opportunities as part of a dynamic team. I am
looking for a challenging position that values creativity, innovation, and
complex problem solving. I am a naturally collaborative and inclusive person and
have been called the 'heart and soul' of the team. I am detail-oriented and an
excellent integrator and troubleshooter across domains and systems. I would like
to continue to focus on JavaScript and node JS programming with an emphasis on
real-time, interactive, and streaming communications and media.
SKILLS
Programming:
Languages => JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, graphQL, SQL, HTML, CSS
Back End => nodeJS, ECMA 2015, ECMA 2016, ES6, express, fastify, WebSockets,
gRPC, gulp, protobufs, django, REST, superagent/supertest, nock, jest,
postgreSQL, mongoDB, mySQL, docker, webpack, node-red
Front End => react, redux, Vue, Web Audio API, webRTC, gRPC-web, bootstrap,
Material-UI, Web Workers, Web Assembly, postgraphile
Cloud => AWS (EC2, Route53, Lambda, DynamoDB, Amplify, API Gateway, Glue,
Cognito, SQS, Athena, AppSync, IAM), GCP, Google Cloud AI, github, Azure
Varied Experience => WebGL, Java, Objective-C (iOS), autoML, Tensorflow,
JQuery, AJAX, ROKU SDK, BrightScript, Ruby on Rails, C/C++, C#, LISP,
JSP/GSP, PHP, Laravel
Software: VSCode, LucidChart, Figma, Adobe, Asana, Jira, Confluence,
Max/MSP/Jitter
Protocols: TCP/IP, DMX, MIDI/SySEX, SIMD, RS-232/485, RTMP, I2C
Systems: Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, iOS, Android, Arduino
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-present Senior Product Design Prototyper Facebook, remote
Node JS and React Application and Web prototyper for AI Audio and Voice
New Experiences. Design-driven rapid prototyping with strong
infrastructure and engineering responsibilities for audio AI products 3-5
years out. Internal Facebook Tooling, AWS, Web Audio, WebRTC, Web Workers,
NGINX, AI Integration.
2020 Senior Developer In.Live, remote
End-to-end programmer and architect for streaming live music start-up.
Artist and audience experience focus. NGINX, RTMP, Web Audio API, webRTC,
iOS and Android Audio/Video streaming apps, mongoDB, influxDB, grafana,
Vue, node, websockets- Senior Developer NearForm, remote
Consulting within embedded agile teams at a $20B agriculture firm. Led
initiatives to discover and resolve technical debt in microservices stacks
(AWS). Helped innovate a backend api template. Stack: nodeJS, react,
redux, material-UI, express, fastify, graphQL, docker, python, django and
more. Designed and implemented integration testing, infrastructure, and
patterns. Migrated legacy datastreams into a data lake and implemented AWS
Lambda and Glue/ETL processes- Cloud AI Developer @ Google TechWorkers, Sunnyvale
Design and create demo applications for Google Speech and Cloud AI. Next
2019 Conference. Product bake-offs for Enterprise sales. Test, critique
and debug third-party implementations of APIs across platforms and
languages. JavaScript, node, python, go, react, material-UI, SQL- Programmer/Analyst III Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Instruct, develop, and deploy technical projects for digital arts and
video game design programs, including custom development in nodeJS and
MongoDB, PHP/MySQL (Laravel), Unity (C#), and building automation
protocols (sACN 1.31). CentOS 7, Windows, and Mac OSX servers and
desktops.
2015 iOS Programmer Wribbn, Santa Cruz
Lead iOS (Objective-C) programmer for advertising and social application
direct-to-consumer.
2010-present Instructor for Digital Arts and Computer Music
Mills College (Oakland), CalArts (LA), and UCSC (SantaCruz)
Occasionally teach college courses in computer music and digital arts,
including aesthetics, audio engineering, theater technology, video,
electronics, software, programming, robotics, and hardware integration-
Web Programmer
Web Application Programmer
Self-Employed Digital Artist
Programmer (GSP/Java)
Surround Audio Engineer
Biology Image Repository
FC30, San Francisco
Berlin and San Francisco
Walmart.com, San Mateo
The Compound, San Francisco
PROJECTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Cinebrain — WWW.CINEBRAIN.NET - Lead programmer for entertainment and arts
project. Cinebrain is being used at Universities, schools, arenas and
businesses.
Robot Theremin - Creative music project featuring two robot arms that play the
theremin. MIDI keyboard -> node-red -> Serial -> arduinos -> I2C -> servo boards
-> servos -> robot arms -> theremin -> speakers.
Prix Ars Electronica - 2001 - Second Prize for Digital Music, Linz Austria
Published Articles - Oxford Handbook on Algorithmic Music, Cambridge Companion
to Electronic Music, and Leonardo Music Journal
EDUCATION-
D.M.A.
California Institute of the Arts
LOS ANGELES, CA
Doctoral degree in Music, emphasis on algorithmic composition performance
M.F.A.
Mills College
OAKLAND, CA
Master’s degree in Computer Music and Recording Media
2000
B.A.
Mills College
OAKLAND, CA
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Music and Recording Media