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.
Rebuilt a legacy stage-rigging application in Swift 6 and SwiftUI across 11 modules, verifying behavior against 1,400 C reference cases.
EXPERIENCE
Build software that connects live-auction production with business operations across .NET, Laravel, and Next.js. 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 studyCo-founded and launched an audio guestbook venture, owning the engineering from Raspberry Pi hardware to the customer portal. Rewrote the Python device runtime into cross-compiled Go daemons on headless Linux alongside asynchronous Azure uploads, a Next.js customer portal, and Docker deployment. Demonstrated the product at private events and a Costa Mesa wedding expo; concluding CTO tenure at the end of 2026 as the platform transitions into Barrel and Bit.
Read the case studyOwn the architecture of three connected applications and Azure infrastructure for a children’s talent agency on an independent basis. Replaced paper tracking and a single-project workflow with three connected applications supporting 90+ active projects across staff operations, family onboarding, and public intake, now running largely automated in production.
Read the case studyLed 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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