Veer Gadodia

Tech Entrepreneur & Software Engineer

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About me

Second-year student at MIT, and a software engineer and tech entrepreneur aiming to innovate cutting-edge solutions through technology. Interested in the deep tech, cloud, fintech, and biotech spaces.


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My Experience

  • Software Engineer Intern at Salesforce (Summer 2022)

    • Creating automated Q4 production testing functionality in Scala using Gatling + TeamCity for Marketing Cloud tools.
    • Collecting metrics and monitoring SQLite database creation times for performance and scalability.
    • Creating mock data generation functionality for scale testing on dev, QA, and production environments.

    Software Engineer Intern at Uptycs (Summer 2021)

    • Created features for increased client usability on Uptycs’ security analytics platform using React.js
    • Solved and tested bugs related to event rule filtering, audit group selection, cloning and saving of kube policy profiles

    Research intern at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (2021)

    • Co-authored abstract comparing coincident measurements of O3 and BrO from OMPS; presented at AGU Fall 2020.
    • Collaborated with Dr. Abad to develop and implement Popy algorithm for creating level 3 product data.
    • Created georeferenced plots of trace gases for scientific analysis; collated image outputs from algorithm into video.

    Research intern at Harvard EPS (2021)

    • Developed algorithm to process HURSAT tropical cyclone-“centric" satellite data and produce plots on global hurricane windspeed
    • Implemented machine learning models to detect trends in hurricane windspeed over time
    • Drew conclusions and determined trends in hurricane intensity for future predictions

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Projects

  • Tango

    • An intelligent dance coach that gives you feedback on your routines.
    • Winner at HackMIT

    Depthsense

    • Developed mobile app to control phone functions using hand gestures while driving; won 2nd place at 3 hackathons.
    • Invited to present project at the Google's 5th TensorFlow.js Community Event

    Workpoint

    • Developed Jira app for workload management that allows teams to better manage issues and gauge overall performance through an intuitive drag-and-drop graphical interface and automatic task-distribution algorithm.
    • Won 4th place at Atlassian’s Codegeist 2021 hackathon.

    PrezAI

    • Create presentations intelligently and efficiently in real-time as you speak.

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Awards

  • Computer Science Competitions

    1st Place

    • ShellHacks (2021)
    • Grand Prize Auth0 Hackathon (2020)
    • Garuda Hacks Business Track (2020)
    • TeenHacksHTX (2020)
    • PlatHacks (2020)
    • COVID-19 Hack Challenge (2020)
    • UB Hacking Freshman Track (2020)
    • Sigma Hacks Health Track (2020)
    • Geom Hacks (2020)

    2nd Place

    • Global Developer Challenge (2020)
    • Microsoft Hack for Africa Health Track (2020)
    • Hack Kosice (2020)
    • Neural Hacks (2020)
    • Def Hacks Advanced Track (2020)

    3rd Place

    • RamHacks (2020)
    • SET Hacks (2020)
    • NewtonHACKS (2020)
    • Neural Hacks (2020)
    • Def Hacks Advanced Track (2020)

    Track Winner

    • HackMIT Facebook and DRW Sponsor Prize (2021)
    • PennApps Best Hack for Resilience (2019)
    • AWS Hackathon for Good Track Winner (2020)
    • World Hackathon Day Track Winner (2020)
    • IvyHacks Best Use of Google Cloud (2020)
    • NHacks Most Advanced Technique (2020)
    • HackDSC Best Community Building Hack (2020)
    • MHacks Best COVID-19 App (2020)
    • MLH Data Day Grind (2020)
    • Harmony Hacks 2 Honorable Mention (2020)
    • Silicon Valley Hacks Honorable Mention (2020)
  • Other Awards

    • Won 4th Place at Atlassian's Codegeist (2021)
    • Presented at the 5th TensorFlow.js Community "Show & Tell" (2021)
    • Harvard University Book Award, given to one top-performing student from entire Newton North class of 2021 consisting of 550 students (2020)
    • National Merit Scholarship Commended Student (2020)
    • AP Scholar with Distinction (2020)
    • Bronze Medal National Spanish Exam (2020)
    • Silver Medal National Spanish Exam (2019)
    • Harvard Science Olympiad team, 1st place (2018), 3rd place (2019)
    • Massachusetts Science Olympiad team 2nd place (2018, 2019)