Hey, I'm Owen!
I'm a passionate 19-year-old computer science student at UTD dedicated to building high-quality software. In my free time, I'm typically working on projects, learning new things, playing games, or at the gym!

Full Stack Engineering Cloud Architecture Game Development AI & Machine Learning Secure Development UI/UX Design APIs & Integration System Design
Full Stack Engineering Cloud Architecture Game Development AI & Machine Learning Secure Development UI/UX Design API Design & Integration Software Architecture
Experience

ACM
Development Officer (May 2025 - Current)
Working on the backend of BSG, a web app and chrome extension made for students to collaboratively practice LeetCode problems.
Projects Participant (Feb 2025 - Apr 2025)
On the backend for HackLab, ACM Projects' 1st place and best design winner, I built a Node and Express API (deployed on AWS EC2), real-time chat, and an AI resume generator using Gemini, the GitHub API, and LinkedIn webscraping to create tailored LaTeX resumes from LinkedIn data.

GDSC
Technical Committee Officer (May 2025 - Current)
Contributed to the design and development of the UTD GDSC website, host workshops teaching students web development, and help plan and assist with other officer's workshops.

UTD Athletics
Student Assistant (Aug 2024 - Current)
Execute and assist with all phases of game day logistics for the UTD Athletics department, including setup, operational oversight, fan assistance, and teardown to ensure successful events.

The UPS Store
Retail Sales Associate (Oct 2024 - Mar 2025)
Served as a primary point of contact for customers, providing expert guidance across a wide range of services. Daily responsibilities included advising customers on the most effective shipping and packaging solutions, handling print jobs, and processing returns, scans, and faxes.

Snappy Salads
Team Member (May 2022 - Aug 2022)
Thrived in a fast-paced environment by handling a wide variety of duties, ranging from providing direct customer service, taking orders, operating the register, and crafting salads, to supporting kitchen operations through food prep, dishwashing, and daily closing procedures.
Projects
HackLab
A web app for developers to find teams and enhance the development process for projects.

BPSmith
A web app for applying or creating .bps patch files for Super Mario 64 ROMs.

Planet Destroyer
An incremental game built in C# XNA; Generated 180+ itch.io downloads.

Pentagon Pizza
A website tracking pizza resturant activity near the Pentagon to estimate the PPI.
