I build clear, useful software and the ideas behind it.

Computer scientist and founder. Fast systems, clean interfaces, ideas moved from research into real impact.

Currently: building GoTix and open to AI and GTM roles at early-stage startups.
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About

Computer Science grad, University of Minnesota. Founder and builder, currently shipping GoTix and open to AI and GTM roles at early-stage startups.

Interested in how people and technology shape each other, and how thoughtful engineering makes complex ideas feel simple.

I work across the stack, from retrieval pipelines and models to the interfaces that make them usable, and care most about the path from research into real impact.

Experience

ISRDI
Data Science Research Analyst · May 2024 to May 2026
Stack

Built a transformer-based semantic retrieval pipeline (dense embeddings, agglomerative clustering, gold-standard evaluation) and shipped automated QA/QC across 50+ census datasets from 10+ countries, guaranteeing 100% release accuracy for 200+ researchers.

Sun Country Airlines
Software Developer Intern · Jun 2025 to Aug 2025
Stack

Hardened Java services on Azure Service Bus with schema validation, retry handling, and dead-letter processing across 1,000+ daily data transfers. Redesigned 10+ Angular and TypeScript screens, cutting manual data-entry time by 30%.

University of Minnesota
Teaching Assistant, CS Department · Aug 2024 to Dec 2024
Stack

Led 2 lab sections (60 students) for a 200+ student Python course and built example-driven walkthroughs that lifted average section scores by 40%.

Projects

GoTix
Full-Stack Mobile Marketplace
Built with

Verified peer-to-peer ticket marketplace for Big Ten students. 2,500+ monthly active users and 100k+ page views, grown fully organically. Won Grand Prize and People's Choice at BizPitch 2026.

gotix.live
Origin House
Founding Member
Backed by

Co-organized Minnesota's largest student hackathon for 200+ participants, mentors, and sponsors, and secured $20,000 in sponsorships and cash prizes.

joinoriginhouse.com
F1 Race Outcome Prediction
Built with

Ensemble model predicting Formula 1 race outcomes, reaching about 90% accuracy on multi-season data through feature analysis and ablation experiments.

Contact

REACH ME
kanavg314@gmail.com · Minneapolis, MN