Founder At ShillehTek™ LLC - Embedded Systems Services
Contact: admin@shillehtek.com
Business:
Links:
LinkedIn|GitHub|Youtube|Hackster|Instructables|Twitter|TikTok
Contact: admin@shillehtek.com
Business:
Links:
LinkedIn|GitHub|Youtube|Hackster|Instructables|Twitter|TikTok
Industry Experience
ShillehTek™ LLC - Chicago, Illinois - 12/2022 to Present
Founder and CTO
Coordinate and supply hardware components for embedded systems and IoT projects, with over 1,000 monthly sales across our e-commerce platforms.
Lead client consulting engagements in the IoT and embedded systems space, supporting projects from prototypes to enterprise deployments—specializing in AWS IoT, firmware development, data visualization, and sensor integration.
Create high-quality educational content in video and written formats to showcase ShillehTek components and guide the community through real-world IoT and embedded projects.
The Voleon Group - Austin, Texas - 04/2022 to Present
Site Reliability Engineer II
Work weekly shifts to troubleshoot highly critical on-call problems both individually and collaboratively with other engineers using Docker containers, Unix, and other internal tools.
Leading the effort to upgrade the codebase from Python 2 to Python 3 using tools like Bazel, Docker, and Jenkins.
Use the Airflow scheduling tool to create Python jobs that aid the company’s processes through task automation.
Assist in deprecating old pipelines, implementing new features in ETLs, and improving code health.
Test production deployments using Jenkins pipelines to help ensure code is safe for production environments.
Create and maintain detailed documentation to help other engineers to solve complex problems.
Help the company’s recruitment process by interviewing/evaluating developers and shadowing interviews.
General Motors - Austin, Texas - 06/2021 to 04/2022
Software Developer, CCA (Customer Care and Aftersales)
Developed Python ETL jobs to extract, transform, and load data from our app into our oracle and postgres DBs
Found and patched bugs in our production software to help reduce problem tickets
Created backend API routes in Java for our Trailer Tracking application
Utilized Linux to build infrastructure on our servers and test out our code with an automation tool (Autosys)
Former President of GM MENA Toastmasters chapter for public speaking development
Former head of Event Planning Committee for Middle East and North Africa Employee Resource Group at General Motors
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - Fort Knox, Kentucky - 05/2018 to 08/2018
Student Trainee (Engineering)
Analyzed submittals from the contractor to determine if they meet specifications
Attended safety meetings in regard to EM-385/OSHA safety standards
Studied and corrected construction drawings when modifications were made
Personal Projects and Other Experience
PixelPLAI Image Processing App IOS - 06/2023 to 04/2024
Individually developed full-stack MERN application with React Native for the IOS app store.
Utilized GCP to host the Node backend and ensured service was responsive, safe, and efficient.
Designed user interface to ensure ergonomics and quick setup of accounts.
Developed payment and business model to generate images on a credit amount basis utilizing Glassify and IOS developer tools.
Implemented DALLE API to allow users to generate, create, and edit images seamlessly.
Designed the interface so users can dynamically draw masks on existing images utilizing React Native hooks and other libraries.
Supporting and handling all marketing for the app using personal website, YouTube channel, and other media.
Used MongoDB to keep track of signup, credit usage, and other pertinent information for the application.
Reverse Geocoder API (Deprecated) - 07/2022 to 07/2023
Worked with a colleague to develop a free API that allows you to retrieve city and state given longitude and latitude
Collaborated using Trello to map out the plan for creating the API
Hosted the API on free technology to minimize costs, such as Heroku, MongoDB, and RapidAPI
Created and implemented a plan to monetize API (free version and paid version)
Took into consideration the efficiency of response when constructing the API
Utilized Node and Typescript to create the project
Link to API:
https://rapidapi.com/sh-ape-sh-ape-default/api/geolocator2
Education
08/2021: Masters of Computer Science at Texas A&M University
05/2019: Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering University at Buffalo
Publications
Mahmood M. Shilleh, Qusai Amer, Jan Dufek, and Robin Murphy. 2021. Best and Worst External Viewpoints for Teleoperation Visual Assistance. (HRI’21 Companion), March 8-11, 2021, Boulder, CO, USA. ACM, NY, NY, USA. 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447280
Technical Interests
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Data Analysis
Robotics
Automotives
Deep Learning
Financial Services
API Building
Full Stack Development
Marketing and e-commerce
Social Media and Content Design
Microelectronics
International Business
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant - Texas A&M University - 09/2020 to 08/2021
Advisor: Dr. Robin Murphy
Worked on research in Disaster Robotics
Teaching Experience
2019-2020, Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University
Fall 2019, MEEN 363: Dynamics and Vibrations
Spring 2020, MEEN 221: Statics and Particle Dynamics
2016-2017, Student Tutor, University at Buffalo
Math
MTH 141: College Calculus I
MTH 142: College Calculus II
Math 241: College Calculus III
Physics
PHY 107: General Physics I
PHY 108: General Physics II
Texas A&M Coursework
Math
Math 601: Methods of Applied Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
MEEN 612: Mechanics of Robotic Manipulators
MEEN 651: Controls System Design
MEEN 652: Multivariate Control System Design
Computer Science
CSCE 606: Software Engineering
CSCE 625: Artificial Intelligence
CSCE 629: Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CSCE 635: AI Robotics
CSCE 666: Pattern Analysis
CSCE 685: Directed Study in Computer Architecture and Operating Systems
CSCE 691: Directed Studies (Robin Murphy)
CSCE 735: Parallel Computing
University Projects
Individual Project - Parallel Computing - Spring 2021
Utilized OpenMP to solve a Gaussian Regression problem in C++, achieving speedups of up to 8x.
Submitted batch files to Grace supercomputer at Texas A&M
Group Project - Pattern Recognition - Spring 2020
Used forward feature selection combined with linear mixed effect models in Matlab to try and find important features for the spread of Covid-19 in US counties
Individual Project - Mechanics of Robotic Manipulators - Fall 2019
Used Julia to find optimal path given the turning radius by applying Dubin's method and MST
Individual Project - Mechanics of Robotic Manipulators - Fall 2019
Generated trajectory and simulated control techniques for a Yaskawa robot using Julia
Group Project - Senior Design - Spring 2019
Prototyped quick connect/disconnect mechanism for gang toolbox using design process
Group Project - Space Mission Design - Fall 2018
Designed descent and exploration vehicles for Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Individual Project - Optimal Estimation and Controls - Fall 2018
Used Kalman filter to model and predict the dynamics of a spring-mass-damper system
Group Project - Manufacturing Process - Spring 2018
Modeled a new weightlifting device through the engineering design process with CAD
Group Project - Arduino Manufacturing Automation - Spring 2018
Designed a system controlled by Arduino to automate a manufacturing process
Group Project - Product Design - Fall 2017
Helped design a knife sharpener in CAD while using FEA and created GD&T drawings
Individual Project - Thermodynamics Steam Turbine Cycle Design - Fall 2016
Applied thermodynamic formulas to parameterize a steam power cycle
Group Project - Reverse Engineering - Fall 2016
Disassembled, catalogued, and analyzed each component of a electronic toaster
Group Project - Wind Turbine - Fall 2015
Crafted/adjusted parts to enhance mechanical efficiency and optimized turbine power
Activities
Member in Toast Masters International - 01/2020 to 04/2022
Practice public speaking through table topics, planned speeches, and evaluating speeches
Was president of a company chartered club that I personally founded at General Motors
Students for Exploration and Development of Space - 04/2015 to 04/2016
Created level 1 rocket that was successfully launched
Program Skills
Python (Expert)
AWS (Expert)
Embedded Systems (Expert)
Raspberry Pi (Expert)
Arduino (Expert)
Matlab (Proficient)
C++ (Proficient)
Java (Proficient)
FEA (Proficient)
CFD (Proficient)
React (Proficent)
GraphQL (Previous Experience)
Ruby (Previous Experience)
Ruby On Rails (Previous Experience)
Cucumber/Gherkin (Previous Experience)
Julia (Previous Experience)
Git (Proficient)
Swift - SwiftUI and UIKit (Prior Experience)
CAD - Creo, Solidworks, & Inventor (Proficent)
Simulink (Prior Experience)
C (Prior Experience)
OpenMP (Prior Experience)
Javascript (Proficient)
NodeJS (Proficient)
Typescript (Prior Experience)
Angular (Prior Experience)
SQL (Prior Experience)
Postgresql (Prior Experience)
MongoDB (Prior Experience)
Airflow (Prior Experience)
Docker (Prior Experience)
Bazel (Prior Experience)
Jenkins (Prior Experience)
S3 (Prior Experience)