Brandon Odom

Software Engineer

brandon.david.odom@gmail.com

(228) 493-6366

Austin, Texas

brandonodom.com

Professional Experience

Fullstack Software Engineer

Nov 2024 - Present

Freelance

Leading redesign of a large industrial metal company's website
Building with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS
Building out backend infrastructure to create a long-lasting and maintainable product

Software Development Engineer

Sept 2019 - Jul 2022

Amazon Web Services

Shipped two new products to production
Upgraded and maintained crucial live service infrastructure
Served as on-call engineer, resolving critical production issues
Authored and maintained internal documentation and runbooks

Graduate Research Assistant

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

Student Worker

May 2014 - Dec 2015

Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

Conducted research using the Autonomous Navigation Virtual Environment Laboratory (ANVEL), a high-fidelity real-time simulator
Engineered a network bridge enabling real-time communication between ANVEL and the Robot Operating System (ROS)
Developed multiple UIs for human factors studies
Assisted in robot modification and maintenance, both hardware and software

IT Intern

May 2012 - Jul 2012; May 2013 - Jul 2013

St. Stanislaus College

Created accounts and conducted PowerGrade setup for incoming teachers
Provided technical support to summer staff, diagnosing and resolving hardware and software issues
Performed routine maintenance and upgrades on all computers on campus

Skills

Development

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJavaC++HTML5CSSReactNext.jsNode.jsTailwindThree.jsCI/CDAWS Code SuiteAWS CloudFormationROS

Tools

LLMsVS CodeIntelliJ IDEATerminalGitGitHubDockerVercelDigital OceanUnreal EngineMayaMicrosoft OfficeNotion

Design

UI DesignUX DesignPrototypingUser ResearchHuman Factors

Professional

Agile/ScrumOn-CallCross-Team CollaborationDesign LeadershipTechnical WritingTime Management

Education

MS in Computer Science

2013 - 2015

Mississippi State University

Specialization: Artificial Intelligence
Master's Project: "Therabot UI: Creating a human-friendly interface for Therabot interaction"
Researched under Prof. Cindy Bethel on multiple social robotics projects and publications
Collaborated with Prof. Chris Archibald on the computational pool simulator CueCard

BS in Computer Science

2010 - 2013

Mississippi State University

Minor: Cognitive Science
Member of the Social, Therapeutic, and Robotic Systems Lab (STaRS Lab)

Publications

"Therabot™: A Robotic Support Companion"

Darrow, Sarah, Aaron Kimbrell, Nikhil Lokhande, Nicholas Dinep-Schneider, T. J. Ciufo, Brandon Odom, Zachary Henkel, and Cindy L. Bethel. "Therabot™: A Robotic Support Companion." In Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 37-37. ACM, 2018.

2018

"ANVEL-ROS: The integration of the robot operating system with a high-fidelity simulator."

Hudson, Christopher, Daniel W. Carruth, Cindy L. Bethel, Alexander Lalejini, and Brandon Odom. "ANVEL-ROS: The integration of the robot operating system with a high-fidelity simulator." In Proceedings of Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, p. 378. 2015.

2015

Certifications

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Certification2015

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Certification2014