MG

Matthew G.

Anaheim, CA
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STATUS: BUILDING BRAVO AI

SOFTWARE ENGINEER & PRODUCT ARCHITECT.

BRAVO AI

The voice-first agentic agenda solving "Calendar Tetris" forever.

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Agent Bravo AI

A voice-first AI calendar agent that negotiates schedules in real-time. Built with Deepgram for voice streaming and syncs directly with Google Calendar.

Deepgram
Next.js
Clerk
WebSockets
Neon
Drizzle
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About Me
MG

Hello! I'm Matthew—a software engineer obsessed with building AI-powered productivity tools.

I leverage my background in Psychology to build AI tools that actual humans can use with ease.

I am driven by curiosity and the belief that the best way to predict the future is to build it.

Education

UC Riverside

B.A. Psychology

June 2026
Experience

Solo Lead Engineer & Architect

2026 - Present
Bravo AI

Architecting a voice-first calendar agent using Deepgram’s Flux for low-latency speech and Google Calendar API for bi-directional sync.

Associate Team Lead

2025 - Present
Podium Education

Supporting a 200+ student cohort. Mentoring trainees in web development (HTML/CSS/JS) and troubleshooting Git workflows.

Frontend Software Engineer

2024 - 2025
ACM @ UCR

Shipped 3 production websites for 1,000+ users. Engineered responsive UIs using Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

WINNER: Best Use of Vultr

SB Hacks 2026

Project: GradeMeIn

We built an anti-AI plagiarism detection tool in 24 hours. I engineered the frontend-to-backend infrastructure and utilized Vultr cloud instances.

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GradeMeIn (SB Hacks Winner)

An AI-powered LMS designed to detect plagiarism. Uses a custom voice agent to interview students about their submission to verify authorship.

Hackathon
Next.js
Deepgram
MongoDB
Tailwind
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Past Projects

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ACM @ UCR

The official website for UCR's largest Computer Science club. I worked in a frontend development team to serve over 1,000 active student members.

Next.js
Tailwind
TypeScript
Figma
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AI Student Collective

A central resource hub for AI students at UCR. Built it with an awesome frontend team.

Next.js
Tailwind
TypeScript
Figma
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TKD @ UCR

The official website for UCR Taekwondo team. Focused on fast load times and mobile responsiveness.

Next.js
Tailwind
TypeScript
Figma
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Ponder

A privacy-first notes app that runs offline. I built a dual database architecture with SQLite for the desktop app and IndexedDB for the browser.

Tauri
Next.js
SQLite
Zustand
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Cinemagine

A movie discovery engine that uses RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to give personalized recommendations based on your current mood.

Hackathon
Next.js
Gemini
Clerk
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BitWizards

An interactive educational platform built in 24 hours. Features complex game logic and responsive animations to make learning fun.

Hackathon
Next.js
Tailwind
Clerk
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overdrive.nvim

My personal Neovim configuration written in Lua. Optimized for React and TypeScript development with custom LSP setups.

Lua
Neovim
Lazy.nvim
Mason
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Charity: Water Landing Page

A responsive landing page project focused on semantic HTML and accessibility standards. This was built when I was a trainee at the Global Career Accelerator

HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
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