Renato Nakagomi

R&D/Software/Data Engineer with high level skills for algorithms/parser implementation, automation, software development in different programming languages, system/product deployment in different platforms, general testing (including hardware-in-the-loop), modeling, troubleshooting and problem-solving. A POC (Proof-Of-Concept) developer/integrator for different and unique technologies (cloud and on prem).

Mission critical systems specialist with fast technical response.

Good teaching skills, excellent team player and autodidact.

Working from home since 2015.

Datawalk, Redwood City, CA - February 2023 – present
Senior Solutions Engineer (Remote)
   • Responsible for designing, planning, implementing and managing Datawalk projects at different customers;
   • Proof-of-concept integrator using different data modeling techniques, Python, data engineering, data wrangling, data mining, and ETL. Also responsible for troubleshooting all DataWalk components (including database, infra-structure, backend, and frontend).

Point of Rental, Fort Worth, TX - January 2022 – December 2022
R&D Lead Engineer (Remote)
   • Responsible for implementing the labeling/taxonomy project to organize customer e-commerce data for future application of data analysis/business intelligence;
   • Proof-of-concept integrator using different AI/ML techniques, Python, Flask, Bootstrap, Swagger, data engineering, data wrangling, data mining, ETL;
   • Responsible for research of innovative features in the market for rental software (smart locks, RFID systems, drones, AR/VR, image/damage recognition).

CounterFlow AI, Crozet, VA - April 2019 – January 2022
Senior Applications Engineer (Remote)
   • Responsible for maintaining, updating, testing, building and deploying CounterFlow ThreatEye NR/IBM QRadar Network PCAP (former Pandion) using C++/Python/Javascript/HTML/Bash code, RPM deployment, Docker and VM environments;
   • Developed internal licensing tool with WebGUI and REST APIs using C++/Angular/Node.js/Docker;
   • Proof-of-Concept ETL integrator for data pipeline using ELK (including development of ThreatEye Filebeat module), Elastic Cloud, Influx (InfluxDB), Kafka, Druid, Grafana (cloud and on prem, including ThreatEye Druid plugin for Grafana), AWS, VMs and docker containers.

Hyannis Port Research, Needham, MA - August 2015 - April 2019
Applications Engineer (Remote)
   • Developed auxiliary software applications to automate remote monitoring tasks and troubleshoot analysis via log parsing, data mining and data wrangling using Python and Linux Bash script;
   • Improved customer experience by actively discovering issues, providing support, testing, troubleshooting, and implementing customer specific solutions in Python and Linux Bash script;
   • Maintained High-Frequency Trading (HFT) mission critical system infrastructure (hardware and software).

Napatech, Andover, MA - July 2013 - August 2015
Field Application Engineer
   • Provided support to internal and external customers, including (but not limited to) pre and post-sales technical support and technical training for Napatech APIs in C/C++ and Ethernet packet encoding, decoding, parsing, and filtering;
   • Improved company portfolio by researching and implementing new solutions utilizing Napatech technology in C/C++ and different platforms (virtual machines, Linux kernel drivers and integration of different tools such as Suricata and Snort, and other open source applications);
   • Improved and developed company demos and proof-of-concept projects using Python, JavaScript and C/C++.

Tufts University, Medford, MA - September 2010 - June 2013
Research Assistant
   • Researched power systems modeling and simulation for protection, control and monitoring using MATLAB script, Simulink and Python with LaTeX to parse results and generate automated reports.

Northeastern University, Boston, MA - September 2009 - June 2010
Research Assistant
   • Developed and implemented an inverter for battery charging using a dsPIC processor programmed in C;
   • Improved 3-phase output generation from photovoltaic (PV) panels by developing a switching matrix theory that resulted in a IEEE COMPEL 2010 paper. The switching matrix was programmed via a HP Agilent 34970A equipment using MATLAB script via RS-232.
Teaching Assistant
   • Worked for Professor Bradley Lehman at EECE 5412- Electronics as TA;
   • Worked for Professor Aleksandar Stankovic developing Electric Drives lab using dSPACE equipment and MATLAB/Simulink environment.

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil - August 2002 - January 2009
R&D Engineer
   • Improved Power System studies by researching and developing algorithms and specialized applications using Visual Basic, C/C++, MATLAB script and SQL (MySQL).

Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil - August 2006 - August 2008
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Project Tutor
   • Improved student knowledge in: Electromagnetism, Analysis and Control of Dynamic Systems, Electricity, Basics of Power Electronics, Electrical Machinery
 

MSc. Electrical Engineering - Tufts University (U.S.A.)

MSc. Electrical Engineering - Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

BSc. Electrical Engineering - Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)