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Hi, I'm Bruce

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I'm passionate about technology, learning, and making meaningful connections. This website is a window into my professional journey, personal interests, and the experiences that shape who I am.

Experience

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AI Product Developer/Product Manager

Helport AI

Sep 2024 - Jun 2025

Led product strategy for an AI-driven call assistant, reducing average handling time by 35% and cutting intent matching costs sixfold. Migrated from Google Dialogflow to Transformer + ID with Gemini 2.0, reducing costs from $0.002 to $0.00031 per match. Promoted from internship to full-time in March 2025.

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Software Development Engineer Intern

Convoloo

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

Developed a web-based AI medical chatbot using FastAPI, LangChain, React, and Google Gemini, enabling accurate identification of 50+ common diseases. Reduced average response time from 2.5s to 1.5s and enabled 50+ bookings during pilot testing.

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Graduate Student

Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley

Aug 2025 - Dec 2026

Pursuing Master of Science in Software Engineering (GPA: 3.5). Coursework: Software Engineering, Foundation of Computer System, Functional Programming, AI in Industry.

Resume

Professional Summary

Mid-level AI product developer and product manager with a strong background in building AI-driven conversational solutions. Delivered an AI call assistant that reduced average handling time by 35% and cut intent matching costs sixfold while guiding two full product cycles across finance and healthcare domains. Built a medical chatbot using FastAPI, LangChain, and Gemini that improved response speed by 40% and supported over 50 disease diagnoses. Seeking to apply product strategy and technical expertise to accelerate AI product innovation and drive measurable business outcomes.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley

Aug 2025 - Dec 2026

Master of Science, Software Engineering (GPA: 3.5) | Mountain View

Coursework: Software Engineering, Foundation of Computer System, Functional Programming, AI in Industry

University of California San Diego

Sep 2021 - Apr 2025

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics-Computer Science (GPA: 3.6)

Coursework: Software Engineering, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Advanced Data Structures, Computer Systems, Parallel Computing, Computer Security, Online Database Applications, Recommendation Systems, Computer Vision

Skills

Python C/C++ Java JavaScript Go Node.js React TypeScript FastAPI LangChain LLM APIs RAG MySQL MongoDB AWS Git CI/CD Agile/Scrum A/B Testing Figma

Work Experience

Helport AI

Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 ยท AI Product Developer / Product Manager

Led product strategy for an AI-driven call assistant across mortgage, healthcare, insurance, and government sectors, guiding 2+ end-to-end product cycles from discovery to launch.

  • Designed and shipped an AI-powered dialogue flow system using FastAPI and a curated knowledge base, cutting average handling time by 35%.
  • Redesigned the intent-matching and recommendation engine, migrating from Google Dialogflow to Transformer + ID with Gemini 2.0 and Vertex AI, reducing per-intent cost from $0.002 to $0.00031 (6ร— cheaper).
  • Partnered with engineering and R&D to define technical requirements and manage agile sprints, reducing feature development time from 14 to 5 days.
  • Ran A/B tests and analytics that improved AI model accuracy by 35% and increased sales conversion by 15%.
  • Promoted from intern to full-time AI Product Developer after building a data-processing pipeline with Pandas and NumPy that significantly improved preprocessing throughput.

Convoloo

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024 ยท Software Development Engineer Intern

Built production-ready features for a web-based AI medical chatbot, focusing on performance, reliability, and patient experience.

  • Developed a FastAPI + LangChain backend with Google Gemini and Google Cloud to accurately identify 50+ common diseases from patient queries.
  • Implemented a RAG-based retrieval pipeline and optimized infrastructure, cutting average response time from 2.5s to 1.5s.
  • Integrated Google Calendar API to power appointment booking, enabling 50+ successful bookings during pilot testing.
  • Led backend integration with LangServe and LangGraph, improving deployment workflows and chatbot reliability.

Projects

Parking Spot Locator | CMU/BOSCH

Aug 2025 - Dec 2025

Built a Bosch-sponsored parking spot locator using vision-language models to semantically identify parking availability from visual sensor data. Implemented a VLMap-based pipeline combining RGB, depth, and pose data with CLIP embeddings for spatial reasoning.

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Capitawise (2nd Place, $7,000 Prize) | Franklin Templeton

Mar 2024 - Jun 2024

Led full-stack development of an AI-powered banking chatbot using GPT-4o, Node.js, Flask, and React, reducing customer service response time by 40%. Implemented NLP-based query handling with text/voice output, improving banking query resolution accuracy from 68% to 85%.

PawPrints (1st Place, $15,000 Prize) | Franklin Templeton

Mar 2023 - Jun 2023

Built a blockchain-based medical data exchange platform using React.js, Express.js, MySQL, Web3.js, and JWT authentication to securely connect pet owners, clinics, and insurers. Optimized backend APIs to cut data retrieval time from 3s to <1s.

Hobbies & Interests

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Reading

Tech, philosophy, and personal growth.

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Gaming

Strategy and puzzle games.

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Travel

Exploring new places and cultures.

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Photography

Capturing moments through photos.

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Fitness

Running and staying active.

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Music

Discovering new music.

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Drawing

Sketching and visual art.

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Studying New Technology

Keeping up with new tech.

Contact Me

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities, collaborations, or just having a conversation. Feel free to reach out!

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Phone

858-305-0278

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