Brandon Fong

Building solutions on the Connected Equipment team for customers with complex physical operations.

• Build solutions for customers with complex physical operations on the Connected Equipment team
• Contribute to product development for fleet operations, telematics, and IoT-connected equipment at scale

Advanced product integrations and platform capabilities supporting Samsara's fleet operations platform.

• Advanced product integrations and platform capabilities for fleet operations
• Collaborated cross-functionally to deliver features for customers managing large-scale physical operations

Product Integrations team member implementing third-party integrations and platform upgrades for Samsara's apps marketplace.

• Implemented end-to-end three new third-party integrations (CAT AEMP 2.0, Hino, and Drov) in the Samsara apps marketplace
• Extended feature sets for existing integrations (GM, Carrier, and ThermoKing) to drive additional customer value
• Oversaw company-wide Amazon Aurora database upgrade with minimal customer impact and downtime

Built backend services and tooling for tax reporting, merchant verification, and production monitoring at WePay.

• Designed and implemented a Python REST API for internal corrections to tax reporting data on 1099-K reports, including MySQL and BigQuery schemas
• Enabled Kafka messaging within Java microservices to support a future internal audit logging service
• Improved alerting and monitoring of vendor checks using ElastAlert, Elasticsearch, and Kibana (~50,000 checks/month)
• Responded to production issues as on-call engineer with code fixes and data remediation
• Deployed hotfixes prior to firm tax deadlines and integrated a new verification vendor for Canadian merchants

Taught Python and fundamental programming concepts to students with varied prior experience.

• Taught Python and fundamental programming concepts in discussion sections and office hours
• Advised students on academic and career questions
• Rated 4.55/5.0 in student teaching evaluations, above departmental average

Taught Java, software engineering principles, algorithms, OOP, and common data structures.

• Taught Java, software engineering principles, sorting/search algorithms, OOP, and data structures
• Managed course Q&A via Piazza and conducted design reviews for student projects
• Rated 4.58/5.0 in student teaching evaluations, above departmental average

Co-led labs and mentored academic interns for UC Berkeley's accelerated Java course.

• Co-led four three-hour labs weekly
• Mentored academic interns in lab, providing feedback and teaching advice
• Participated in weekly staff meetings covering course policies, logistics, and assignment reviews

Supervised event planning operations for student groups at UC Berkeley.

• Confirmed 100+ events per semester for student groups
• Updated training manuals and reference documents to comply with campus guidelines
• Streamlined inbox management and internal procedures to improve event turnaround time