About Me

Skills

Hey there.

I'm Sean, an engineer based in the Bay Area. Originally from Memphis, I studied Computer Science at UTK and now work at NTT DATA, where I've spent two years embedded with client engineering teams — mostly building tooling inside environments nobody had documented in a decade.

I got my start making "Choose Your Own Adventure" games out of what felt like endless layers of nested if statements. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, and it wasn't until I started studying Computer Science at UTK that I picked up the tools to build things properly.

Most of what I build now is applied AI — extraction pipelines, and validation layers around model output that fails quietly rather than throwing errors. I'm interested in forward deployed and applied AI engineering: the work where you sit with the customer, figure out what they actually need, and then go build it.

Outside of work I play jazz on tenor sax. It's been a way to balance the creative side of coding with music, and I think both benefit from each other.

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Experience

June 2024 - Present

NTT DATA

- Digital Technology Analyst — Cloud Transformation

Cut migration documentation review time by ~60% across enterprise engagements by designing and shipping a Python document-analysis tool on the Anthropic API. Self-initiated; adopted by the delivery team.

Eliminated ~10 hours/week of manual spreadsheet reconciliation by building Python tooling to reconcile server inventory across RVTools exports and third-party discovery datasets.

Owned migration execution and validation workstreams on a 1,000-VM VMware-to-AWS migration for the Los Angeles Unified School District — runbooks, cutover sequencing, and rollback procedures accepted under government security review.

Delivered a lift-and-shift cloud migration for Magellan Health, a national healthcare organization.

Translated ~100 stakeholder requirements into scoped engineering commitments while embedded with client cloud architects and security teams.

September 2023 - January 2024

Keigan Motors

- Software Developer

Built dynamic and responsive UI components using React.js for the motors, enabling seamless control and interaction

Developed Microsoft Teams App for the Telepresence Robot - a robot that could be controlled remotely through MS Teams video call

Collaborated with engineering teams to integrate developer-friendly APIs and SDKs into the UI, ensuring intuitive user experience

April 2022 - May 2024

VolThon

- Executive Director of Finance

Managing all teams within the finance split, including Data Management, Fundraising, Partnerships, and Purchasing, in collaboration with their respective directors

Developed documentation to improve spending/fundraising analysis and data tracking

Contributed to raising over $200,000 for East Tennessee Children's Hospital in 2023

Developed a Swift application for iPad to serve as a POS system for the merch table at main event

Projects

"I always thought that I would create video games once I had the proper tools at my disposal, but in the process of aquiring those skills I found that I was far more interested in creating things that increased productivity or efficiency. I want to make elegant solutions that improve the QoL in the context that the application was developed for. Below are some of my favorite projects that I've developed."

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SmartPaws

Tamagotchi Pomodoro Timer

VolMerch

VolThon Merch App

Contact

I'm constantly seeking out new opportunities to learn and grow, and I'm excited about all the possibilities that lie ahead. Thanks for taking the time to visit my website, and feel free to reach out! I look forward to hearing from you!

Bay Area, California

901-412-9551

seanwilllaugh@gmail.com