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About

I'm a Developer Relations Engineer with 15+ years of experience uniting engineering excellence, AI enablement, and large-scale developer education. I specialize in designing enterprise hackathons that drive measurable API adoption, building SDK demonstrations developers actually use, and creating technical content that converts.

From leading engineering at a VC-backed startup ($3.5M raised) to teaching 5,000+ learners annually, I bridge the gap between complex technology and developer success. My YouTube channel has grown to 100K+ subscribers with a Silver Play Button, proving that great technical education resonates.

Turning complex tech into developer wins. That's what I do.

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Skills & Expertise

Languages

JavaScript TypeScript Python SQL

Frameworks

React Node.js Next.js Express

AI/ML Tools

ChatGPT Claude Cursor N8N

DevRel Skills

Developer Advocacy Technical Education Content Creation Community Building

Infrastructure

Docker GitHub Actions AWS API Design

Specialties

Enterprise Hackathons SDK Development Workshop Facilitation Cloud Infrastructure
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Professional Experience

Independent Consultant

2018 – Present

Enterprise Hackathon Director & AI Instructor

Designed and delivered 50+ enterprise-grade AI hackathons and activation programs where teams shipped functional GPT/Claude-powered applications in 48-72 hours, driving measurable API adoption increases.

InternXL (AfroTech) Per Scholas General Assembly

Per Scholas

May 2021 – Aug 2025

Senior Director, AI, Programming & Cloud

Built GitHub demos teaching AI agent workflows, cloud automation, and dev tooling to 5,000+ learners annually. Designed repeatable developer enablement frameworks adopted across 20+ national campuses.

AI Education Curriculum Design National Scale

General Assembly

Aug 2018 – Sept 2024

Lead Instructor, Software Engineering Immersive

Delivered 10,000+ hours of live instruction across 20+ immersive bootcamps, maintaining NPS score above 90. Created globally adopted starter kits and template repositories.

Full-Stack 10K+ Hours NPS 90+

Seventh Ave (VC-Backed)

Oct 2020 – Mar 2023

CTO & Co-Founder

Helped raise $3.5M in venture capital and built engineering team from 2 → 10+ developers. Architected distributed Node.js microservices powering real-time audio experiences.

$3.5M Raised Team Building Architecture

Astranis Space Technologies

Mar 2023 – Aug 2023

Tech Lead, Ground Software

Built backend/frontend tooling for spacecraft telemetry and mission-critical operational workflows supporting live satellite operations under strict aerospace constraints.

Spacecraft Systems Mission-Critical Zero-Error

Blavity Inc.

Dec 2018 – Feb 2021

Software Engineer

Built API systems serving 50M+ monthly requests using Node.js, Express, and NGINX with strong performance and error resilience. Integrated partner ad systems for major brands.

50M+ Requests High-Scale APIs Media Tech
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Featured Projects

AI applications, NPM packages, and developer tools

MambaScript

Custom programming language compiling to JavaScript with Python-inspired syntax

NPM Package

JSX-View-Engine

Express.js view engine for server-side JSX rendering without React overhead

NPM Package

AI Resume Screener

Automated candidate evaluation with AI-powered scoring and analysis

AI Application

AI Knowledge RAG

Document Q&A system with RAG architecture for intelligent search

AI Application

88 Developer Guides

Comprehensive technical guides covering JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, AI, and modern web development

Educational Resource

TradingView Indicator

The Strat methodology + ATR-based Fibonacci levels + Hull MA momentum bands

Pine Script
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Speaking & Events

Industry presence at conferences and tech events

2025

AfroTech 2025

Featured speaker & technical trainer at the largest Black tech conference in the world

2025

Grown & Techie

Panel discussion for tech professionals, founders & investors

Atlanta, GA
2024

Google DevFest Atlanta

Building the Future of AI Together

Atlanta, GA
2024

RollingOut RIDE Conference

Tech innovation and entrepreneurship summit

National Event
2023-24

PropTech House @ SXSW

Two consecutive years at South by Southwest

Austin, TX
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Content & Community

100K+ YouTube subscribers with Silver Play Button

100K+ Subscribers
1M+ Views
Silver Play Button

Creating AI tutorials, developer workflows, and technical education content that consistently ranks and drives learning outcomes.

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Let's
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Open to remote DevRel opportunities

LinkedIn @bigpoppacode GitHub @bigpoppacode YouTube @bigpoppacode Email him@bigpoppacode.io Instagram @bigpoppacode Twitter @bigpoppacode