Alexander Free

About Me

Hi, I'm Alex!

Location

Los Altos, CA
Education
    Duke University
    August 2023 - May 2027
    expected degree
    Bachelor's
    major
    Computer Science
    coursework
    Data Structures and Algorithms
    Computer Architecture
    Applied AI and Machine Learning
    Linear Algebra
    Operating Systems
    Discrete Math
    Client-Side Internet Technologies
    Building a Chatbot
Work Experience
    Nissan North America
    Data Engineering Intern
    Franklin, TN, United States, 37069
    May 2025 - August 2025
    company
    Nissan North America
    title
    Data Engineering Intern
    overview
    • Built Nissan's first connected analytics platform to analyze billions of events generated in real-time from millions of cars across five countries in North America. • Integrated Nissan mobile app interaction data with five other data sources through Snowflake and Tableau, which powered parameterized SQL queries in a new modular performance insights system to enable self-service analytics. • Defined and implemented key performance indicators (KPIs) to allow product engineering teams to monitor and improve system availability by identifying vehicle production failures and system outages. • Detected a critical bug in the remote command system missed by vehicle quality assurance teams; built and launched an application to monitor the success of current and future update rollouts.
    Duke University
    Medical Computing Researcher
    Durham, NC, United States, 27722
    November 2024 - July 2025
    The Thacher School
    Astronomy Researcher
    Ojai, CA, United States, 93024
    January 2021 - May 2023
Fun Fact

I love rap music and credit card points!

Skills
Languages
ChineseEnglishGerman
Skills
Adobe Creative CloudAgile MethodologyAlgorithmsAmazon Web ServicesApple IOSApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs)Applied ResearchArtificial IntelligenceBig DataBiologyBlockchainCancer TreatmentsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Cloud ComputingContinuous IntegrationC (Programming Language)C++ (Programming Language)Data ManagementData ProcessingData StructuresDockerEntrepreneurshipGenerative AIGitGithubGPTHealth PhysicsHTMLInformation EngineeringInformation TechnologyInnovationInternet ProtocolJava (Programming Language)JavaScript (Programming Language)Key Performance IndicatorsKnowledge of MathematicsLaTeXLinear AlgebraLinear RegressionLinuxMachine LearningMatplotlibMicroarchitectureMobile Application SoftwareNumerical AnalysisObject-Oriented Software DevelopmentOperational SystemsProduct EngineeringPython (Programming Language)Quality ManagementResearch SkillsRobotics Design and ProductionR (Programming Language)Scikit LearnSnowflakeSoftware EngineeringSQL DatabasesSuccess Driven PersonSwift (Programming Language)System AvailabilityTableau (Software)Tensorflow
Gigs / Freelance
    Thacher Applied Research Grant - Self-Directed Project
    Machine Learning with Big Data and Fantasy Football
    May 2022 - May 2023
Volunteer
    Service League of Boys, Mountain View & Los Altos
    January 2020 - May 2023
Github / Code
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