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Michael Charles Rygiel

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Projects

Below is a selection of projects I have worked on throughout my career.

Feedback Report Clustering

Led an engineering team to architect and ship a continuous feedback pipeline using LLM embeddings (Gemini) to cluster qualitative data, automating a workload equivalent to ~15,000 SWEh per week. Built a dashboard used by 300+ engineers across 15+ teams to surface feature requests and critical issues.

Technologies: Python, Gemini API, BigQuery, gRPC

COVID-19 Map

D3 data visualization project to display COVID-19 cases across the United States. Utilized Amazon Web Services to deploy project on an S3 bucket. Created GitHub Actions for daily data updates and automatic deployment to production.

Technologies: D3.js, JavaScript, AWS S3, GitHub Actions

Find Your Ford

Executed the full stack delivery of a high-traffic used car search service, achieving #1 SEO rankings and generating hundreds of daily leads. Optimized infrastructure to reduce costs by 50% while improving performance via CDN and caching strategies.

Technologies: React, TypeScript, CDN, Caching

Text For Service

Built and deployed a production SMS messaging bot using Dialogflow and Twilio. Owned the full lifecycle from NLP integration to backend analytics, enabling seamless communication channels for service customers.

Technologies: Dialogflow, Twilio, NLP, Backend Analytics

Captive Portal Improvements

Solved complex connectivity friction on public/guest Wi-Fi networks by engineering a configurable captive portal detection system for ChromeOS. Enhanced network reliability by deploying version 108 connectivity updates, reducing 'No Internet' downtime by over 50%.

Technologies: C++, ChromeOS, Network Infrastructure

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