Evan

OptionsFi

Dec 2025 – Present Champaign, IL

MBC Solana Track 2nd Place $4,000

Built the frontend for a Solana-based options protocol, including wallet flows, option creation UI, and chain state visualization.
Integrated Anchor tests and program interactions into the UI to validate on-chain behavior and ensure correct contract execution.

Pythia

Oct 2025 – Present Champaign, IL

Colosseum Arcium Sidetrack Winner $8,000

Designed MVP UI for a conceptual opportunity-market platform leveraging Arcium confidential-compute.
Handled social media and community updates during the hackathon and judging period.

Portunity

Sep 2025 – Present Champaign, IL

Developed the backend using Supabase for user authentication, portfolio data storage, and orchestration of SnapTrade API integrations to unify brokerage account data across providers.
Designed frontend that visualizes aggregated holdings, market sentiment, and actionable rebalancing insights—enabling.

UC Davis – Department of Radiology

Jul 2024 – Aug 2024 Sacramento, CA

Built CNN in Keras to predict tissue curves from PET scans; developed KANC_MLP, a novel physics-informed model leveraging Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks (KAN) for time-series prediction.
Conducted k-fold cross-validation on simulated data (~19.31 avg. loss); evaluated discrepancies between predicted and expected curves.

SenseStep

Oct 2023 – Jun 2024 Arcadia, CA

Top Innovator — National Innovator Challenge 2024 $1,500

Developed ESP32-powered insole integrating ultrasonic sensors and haptic feedback; validated obstacle detection range of 20° and 15ft.
Authored technical docs and parts list; reduced flexible 3D printed insole thickness by 30%.

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