Ala Arab

Architecting database management systems for client portfolios, plus the internal tools and automation that move data across the company: CRM through APIs into Power BI and Tableau reporting. Stack is Node, React, and Angular sitting on top of the databases.

Thirteen years, starting in IT and moving into systems software. Built and ran a stack of internal apps: Intranet (the project-based ERP that replaced Deltek Vision, on PostgreSQL + Rails), EMV (MongoDB), and an Equipment Tracker (PostgreSQL + Node), plus most of the company's web presence. Stood up the data science infrastructure so analysts could deploy R workloads to R Server and ship Shiny apps. Ran the Linux fleet, the multi-database backend (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL), and the SOC 2 environment underneath all of it. Helped grow the engineering team and stood up CI/CD on GitHub Actions.

Proposed and implemented system enhancements while documenting existing and new processes for the IT support team. Migrated the domain and email to Office 365 and ran the server fleet in a VMware environment.

Worked alongside project managers to lead web application development for a retrofit program in Maryland. Built iPad apps, Ruby on Rails services, and Excel-based tooling for migrating data between systems and databases. Wrote and ran the test procedures, and redeveloped the company website.

Designed and built the web interface for a Garden Sensor Network that turned incoming JSON sensor readings (light, temperature, moisture) into something the Learning Center could actually act on. Also extended a UCSD Music Video Game written in Processing. Worked across CS, electrical, and mechanical engineering teams to bring inventive ideas into the center.

Dell's on-campus presence at UC Santa Cruz. Provided technical support to students and parents on the Dell product line with a sales goal, and ran on-campus marketing strategies with a partner.

Persistent memory for AI coding agents. Findings, tasks, and patterns stay as markdown in a git repo you own, and you can browse the same store from a terminal shell, a 3D web graph, VS Code, or an iPhone.

A React data grid with spreadsheet features built in: sorting, filtering, pagination, cell editing, range selection, copy/paste, and the fill handle. Drop in the component, or compose the hooks onto your own table.

Max for Live devices written in Python instead of clicked together in a GUI. Pure standard library, ships to PyPI.

An MCP bridge for Ableton Live. Controller-first interface for transport, views, tracks, clips, devices, and the mixer, plus stable read resources for current state.

Rewrite of the project-based ERP I built and ran at ADM for a decade, this time as a multi-tenant SaaS: projects, timesheets, invoicing, expenses, HR, and reporting on Bun and React.

Multi-tenant ticketing on Bun, Hono, and Postgres, with a local-first desktop frontend that mirrors every ticket to disk as markdown and an MCP server, so the same queue lives in the browser, your editor, and your agents.

Crypto reconciliation SaaS. Wallet history across fourteen chains, read-only exchange sync, statement imports, and traceable FIFO worksheets you can audit line by line.

A newborn log for two phones. Feeds, diapers, and sleep logged by tap, widget, or Siri, shared through iCloud so both parents see the same log.

A Mumble client for desktop, Mac, iOS, Android, and the web. Join a server, see who is around, and talk.

The project-based ERP I built and grew into ADM Associates' system of record, then licensed to outside clients.

An internal MongoDB-backed app built at ADM Associates for a workflow that fit a document store better than a relational one. Sister system to Intranet.

An internal app for tracking equipment, on PostgreSQL and Node. Built at ADM Associates as part of the operations toolkit alongside Intranet.

Crypto and stock alpha in your Discord: real-time charts, contract lookups, and trending-token alerts, with a marketing site and a server-owner dashboard.

A web interface for a learning-center garden wired up with light, temperature, and moisture sensors. Built at UCSD with a cross-discipline engineering team.

Web applications, iPad data-entry tools, and migration tooling for a retrofit program based in Maryland. Built at Matrix Energy Services.