About

Hi, I'm Kyle. I'm a Full-Stack Engineer living in Tokyo.

I am an insatiable learner who deeply enjoys the problem-solving aspect of programming.

On a typical weekend, you're most likely to find me on my bike or on a road trip to a far-flung ryokan.

Professional Projects

The Macallan Double Cask Japan Experience

Team: 3 developers, Timeline: 3 weeks

AR and VR experiences to support the launch of Macallan's Double Cask Whisky in Japan.

Attendees participated in a flavor profile AR game on their phones, with the chance to win a custom Pierre Hermé chocolate. Additionally, attendees could explore a 360-degree VR tour of Macallan's first distillery.

Macy's Santaland At Home 2022

Team: 9 developers, Timeline: 2 months

A virtual North Pole visit featuring immersive 360-degree environments, interactive animations, a decorate-your-own AR Christmas tree Instagram filter, quizzes, games, and a photo opportunity with Santa.

The 38-day campaign achieved 178,870 users, 437,582 sessions, with an average session time of 2:09 minutes.

Marelli Design Studio

Team: 1 developer, Timeline: 9 days

Build custom vehicles with AR-enabled design stations. Completed designs are displayed on a video wall and shared to the user via QR code or email.

Presented at such international events as CES 2023 and Auto Shanghai 2023.

Nissan Trivia, Volkswagen Trivia

Team: 6 developers, Timeline: 2 weeks

A live hosted trivia game presented at auto shows, such as the LA and New York International Auto Shows 2023.

Audience members answer questions in real-time on their mobile devices, while the host triggers questions and manages the game's pace with an Electron-based control app on their tablet.

Shell Rotella AR

Team: 4 developers, Timeline: 1 month

Learn about the benefits of using Shell Rotella branded engine oil products from this interactive mobile web experience.

Users start the experience by aiming their camera at a Shell Rottella bottle.

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Heart Closet

Team: 1 developer, Timeline: 1 month

Shop in comfort and discover the perfect fit at this Shopify-powered clothing storefront catering to clients of all body types.

Developed with Liquid, TypeScript, jQuery, Swiper.js, AJAX, and SCSS.

Personal Projects

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MSYNC

Team: Sole developer, Timeline: 5 days, 2021

Get similar artist and track recommendations quickly.

A single-page application built with JavaScript and React. Uses React Router and Redux to manage routing and state respectively, along with the Last.fm Music Discovery api to access artist and track information and provide recommendations sorted by match-percent.

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Janscan

Team: Sole developer, Timeline: 5 days, 2021

Scan or manually enter a product's barcode to get information about it.

Built with Python and Django. Employs the Python library open-cv to translate image data URLs passed from the front end into numpy arrays and the Python library pyzbar to decode said arrays into readable barcodes. Completely open source.

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BarcSnap!

Team: 3 developers, Timeline: 10 days, 2021

Compare information on Japanese products by scanning their barcodes.

Leverages the Scandit Barcode Scanner SDK to read barcodes alongside the gems open-uri and nokogiri to scrape Jancode for product information using XPath path expressions.

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Thank you, Chef!

Team: 3 developers, Timeline: 10 days, 2021

Hire your own personal Gordon Ramsay to cook for you, without the yelling.

Utilizes the Cloudinary API to store avatar and meal course images, along with the MapBox API to show Chefs' location, the JS plugin flatpickr to designate date and start times for bookings, and the gem PgSearch to access our PostgreSQL database intelligently.