COOPER SANTILLAN / SOFTWARE ENGINEER
I build production web platforms, Azure infrastructure, and hardware-connected systems—owning the engineering from architecture and data migration through live operations.
SELECTED WORK
Replaced paper tracking with three connected Azure applications as sole engineer, scaling agency operations to 90+ active projects.
Built and deployed a live game-show platform with 14 game formats, keeping hosts, projectors, and audience phones in sync.
Directed the Swift 6 rebuild of a legacy stage-rigging application across 11 modules, verifying behavior against 1,400 C reference cases.
EXPERIENCE
Build software that connects live-auction production with business operations. Delivered integrated studio controls, an authenticated database proxy, digital signage, and inventory audit tooling. Partner across IT infrastructure, DevOps, and development to modernize inherited applications and their deployment workflows.
Read the case study ↗Co-founded and launched an audio guestbook business, owning the engineering from Raspberry Pi hardware to the customer portal. Built Python recording services, asynchronous cloud uploads, secure recording access, and deployment infrastructure. Took the product into private events and demonstrated it to couples and venues at a Costa Mesa wedding expo.
Read the case study ↗Own software development and Azure infrastructure for a children’s talent agency. Replaced paper tracking and a single-project workflow with three connected applications supporting 90+ active projects. Built CRM, casting, invoicing, family intake, and automated email, alongside legacy-data migration, encrypted records, and production operations.
Read the case study ↗Led a team of 90 contractors and volunteers delivering technical operations across multi-site productions while engineering custom Q-SYS Lua hardware drivers and show-control tools. Built TCP and HTTP control modules for Christie and Sony projectors, daisy-chained Sony Bravia displays, and Yamaha TF consoles, alongside macOS OSC/UDP media bridges and lighting safety interlocks.
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