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AI Alignment Research

Undergraduate Researcher | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | September 2026-Present Advised by Dr. Hairi. Researching personalized preference optimization (DPO) for AI alignment, modeling varied individual driver preferences in autonomous-driving scenarios. Presenting the Direct Preference Optimization paper (Rafailov et al.) and RLHF background in weekly meetings, and designing a simulated preference-data approach.

Rock County Information Technology

IT Deskside Support Intern | July 2026-Present Support 500+ county users across 28 departments through Active Directory account and permission management and BitLocker recovery; helped image and deploy 100+ workstations. Built a PowerShell script that copies required user directories to cloud storage in about 30 seconds, replacing manual folder-by-folder transfers.

Sass Web Design

Freelance Web Developer | April 2024-Present Generated $5K+ across five clients, with two production websites and five projects in active development. Build full-stack React/Tailwind applications with databases and custom admin panels, owning design through deployment and client communication. Built fitness assessment and contact forms generating 20+ submissions in month one for mycorestrong.com.

Summit Moving & Junk Removal LLC

Co-Founder & Software Engineer | June 2025-July 2026 Co-founded a moving and junk-removal company generating $100K+ in gross revenue; built software to coordinate 200+ jobs across Wisconsin. Developed a React and Supabase/PostgreSQL logistics platform for a five-person team and an AI-assisted call and lead pipeline.