Summary
David Vadney is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, combining industry work at ThinkBRQ with research and teaching roles at the University at Albany that emphasize systems, algorithms, and applied visualization. Currently pursuing an MS in Computer Science with a 4.0 record, he blends rigorous academic training with practical product development—ranging from a web-based GTFS editor for transit agencies to experimental reinforcement learning for robotics and a facial-recognition tool. Comfortable across full-stack and systems-level work, he has a strong foundation in C, MIPS, and systems programming while mentoring and debugging student code as a teaching assistant. Based in New York, he aims to apply emerging technologies to help people at scale, bringing a disciplined work ethic and a curiosity-driven approach to solving real-world problems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0 at University at Albany, SUNY