Griffin Hale Jack

• Repair ultrasound boards and keep the parts flow moving for the shop; took on newer, more complex machines with little oversight after being hired for a narrower repair lane.
• Worked out how to load software and install firmware on locked-down boards, partly through static analysis of manufacturer binaries, then wrote Python and Rust tools to make testing and repair steps repeatable.
• Built a browser plugin and bookmarklets for an API-less legacy ordering system, automating repeated inventory and order-entry workflows.

• Seven years in restaurant kitchens and front-of-house, where I learned to stay reliable and work well with a team under pressure.

• Full-stack TypeScript media catalog with library tracking, profiles, comments, feeds, curated lists, and explainable recommendations across film, TV, games, books, and music.
• Built with React, TanStack Router/Query, a Fastify API, generated OpenAPI contract, PostgreSQL migrations, pg-boss jobs, emailed-code auth, and unit, integration, contract, and Playwright smoke tests.

• C#/.NET photo-import pipeline with an Avalonia desktop scanner, ASP.NET Core intake service, .NET worker, and shared contracts for moving scans into a self-hosted Immich archive.
• Designed auth and reliability boundaries: scoped client tokens, OIDC admin access, service-token API calls, and an EF Core ledger so interrupted imports resume without duplicating assets. Covered with xUnit unit, HTTP, and contract tests.

• Rust desktop GIS for reproducible spatial analysis: import data, build typed workflows, run GEOS/GDAL-backed operations, and export reviewable PDF, PNG, SVG, or native map outputs.
• Implemented checkpointing, named saves, branch comparison, Project Health, and typed receipts so analyses can be reviewed, rerun, and compared instead of living as one-off map clicks.

Coursework: computer science, networking, geography.