John Melek

Led a cross-functional team delivering a GenAI productivity and automation platform for bid management and engineering, enabling ~6% projected global productivity gains and significant cost savings. Defined GenAI architecture, designed an M365 Copilot alternative prioritizing data privacy, and revived delayed ML projects to successful delivery.

Led development of a GenAI platform automating system validation specifications for regulated engineering products, drove AI research, full-stack development, and delivered scalable, secure deployments for both SaaS and air-gapped environments.

Developed cross-platform ground transportation software in modern C++, authored unit and product tests (GoogleTest), and contributed to the organization's AI transformation by prototyping GenAI solutions to boost engineering productivity.

Provided remote consultation and tutoring in C/C++, Unity, and VR programming, completing 500+ successful tutoring sessions and project engagements.

Developed LIDAR object tracking and feature association algorithms in C++ for automotive projects, optimized runtime performance, and supported junior engineers with code reviews and technical guidance.

Led software integration for ultrasonic parking assistance products on Renesas MCUs, managed customer deliveries, maintained CI pipelines, and coordinated department-level knowledge transfer for VW and Tesla projects.

Developed application and middleware C/C++ software for automotive S12X MCUs, performed timing and memory analysis, debugging, and SAT testing for surround view camera systems across multiple OEMs.

Designed, developed, and tested C++ telecom applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with focus on stability and scalability; contributed to software process improvement aligned with CMMI practices.

Delivered 50+ client projects including desktop C# applications, PHP/MySQL web apps, and automated trading systems using MQL4, focusing on reliable, maintainable solutions.

Completed a course on Software Architecture and Technology of large-scale systems covering performance, scalability, reliability, security and deployment.

Completed the Genomic Data Science specialization via Coursera covering genomics, statistics, R, Python and a capstone project.

Completed the Web Development specialization via Coursera covering web development topics and related coursework.

Grade: Distinction

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering awarded July 2009 with Distinction (honors); graduation project on hand gesture recognition using neural networks implemented with MATLAB/Simulink and C++/OpenCV.

Completed Advanced DSP C++ training focused on digital signal processing and C++ implementation techniques.

Completed AUTOSAR RTE, AUTOSAR Communication Stack, and Software Shared Resources Analysis trainings relevant to automotive software development.

Completed Effective Communication Skills training to improve interpersonal and professional communication.

Achieved AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) certification validating knowledge of AWS architecture and services.

Earned Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification covering networking fundamentals, IP connectivity, and network access.