Sasha Patsel

• Optimized core algorithms, improving rendering efficiency for floorplan generation and reducing load times.
• Redesigned Django models and optimized database relationships, improving data consistency and reducing unnecessary queries.
• Built a comprehensive analytics dashboard for event organizers, providing real-time insights on ticket sales, user engagement, and attendance patterns.
• Collaborated closely with clients to design and implement custom features, adapting the platform to meet diverse business needs.
• Integrated third-party APIs for payment processing, user authentication, and analytics services to enhance platform functionality.

• Enhanced in-house streaming API, enabling seamless content delivery across high-profile client networks, including Fox News, JFK Airport, and NYSE.
• Implemented branch-based versioning and CI/CD practices to maintain a core version while customizing solutions for individual clients.
• Led a modernization effort, upgrading Python, Django, DRF, and core libraries by many versions, significantly reducing technical debt.
• Developed real-time event-driven functionality, including motion detection, newsroom streaming switches, and emergency alert systems.
• Implemented performance monitoring and error tracking, improving system reliability and client satisfaction.

● Designed and developed Conservationist.io, a comprehensive suite of tools for conservation professionals, from scratch.
● Built custom software for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), including the Refined Range Mapping Tool, enhancing their internal infrastructure.
● Supervised designers and developers as project scope grew.