why the rain: Seattle, where my professional life started, mostly under grey skies.

Experience

Zion Cloud Solutions nowSoftware Engineer · Chicago Jun 2026 to now

Building agentic, multimodal AI on Google Cloud, from a Gemini Live patient-observation demo to a RAG pipeline that cut insurance-claim review time by 94%.

  • Google Cloud
  • Gemini Live
  • Agentic RAG
  • Multimodal AI
  • AI agents
  • Solution architecture
Valkyra TechnologiesProduct Manager · Seattle May 2025 to Jun 2026

Product for an AR heads-up display for first responders. Shipped the MVP in under 8 weeks and cut time to critical screens by 60%.

  • Product discovery
  • User research
  • AR / HUD
  • A/B testing
  • Agile
  • Requirements definition
UW Academic TechnologiesIT Program Manager · Seattle May 2024 to Jun 2026

Ran UW's equipment-checkout program: moved 4,000+ users to Cheqroom, halved checkout time, and secured $200K to open a new office.

  • Cheqroom
  • Tableau
  • KPI tracking
  • Systems migration
  • Requirements definition
Ascend SeattleStrategy Consulting Intern · Seattle Oct 2024 to Jan 2025

Growth strategy for a small business, modeling 65% labor-cost savings and a go-to-market roadmap into three new countries.

  • Cost modeling
  • Competitive analysis
  • GTM strategy
HPE × FosterTechnology Consulting Intern · Seattle Mar 2024 to Jun 2024

Pitched moving 6 legacy systems onto SAP Business One for a $30K-a-year saving, and designed the data migration behind it.

  • SAP Business One
  • ERP migration
  • Data pipelines
  • Dashboards
  • Lead segmentation

Selected Work

MenYou

2026

Completed

An AI app that tells you what to order, matching live restaurant menus to your taste with Gemini. 100+ users.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase
  • Cloud Run
  • Gemini
  • Vertex AI

taran.ahl

2025 to now

Active

This site, hand-built without a framework, with a different era of my life hiding on every page.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Canvas
  • Vite
  • Vercel
  • Claude Code

Phi Chi Theta

2024 to 2026

Completed

As VP of external relations, led an 11-person committee and a web alumni database for 100+ users that cut scheduling time by 30%.

  • Team leadership
  • Partnerships
  • Event planning
  • Requirements definition