Kevin Nerestil
Albany,NY
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Cloud Computing Internship
Lessn
West Hempstead, NY
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Utilized Amazon Web Services to enhance cloud computing processes for lesson monitoring.
Conducted regular script executions to assess website performance and identify issues.
Supported ongoing operation of cloud-based lessons by maintaining website uptime through proactive monitoring.
Instructor
Morrison mentors
Hempstead, NY
05.2023 - 06.2025
- At Morrison Mentors, I'm a team lead who is currently assigned to teach students of all ages in STEM subjects. These include drone coding, 3D printing, aerospace, and computer hardware. More importantly, I am responsible for making the computer science/AI curriculum and teaching materials.
Housing Manager
ualbany residential life
Albany, NY
08.2024 - 08.2025
- Handled daily operations by overseeing room assignments and maintenance requests submission.
Organized events that promoted community engagement and resident involvement.
Collaborated with other Housing Managers to improve overall living conditions.
Streamlined administrative tasks by overseeing their timely completion.
Facilitated community-building initiatives to strengthen resident connections.
Volunteer Firefighter
Lakeview fire department
West Hempstead, NY
12.2022 - Current
- Serve community by effectively responding to various hazards alongside fellow department members using advanced training and equipment
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science
University At Albany
Albany, NYSkills
Python, Java, C, MIPS Assembly, Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, AWS,
multilingual (English, French, creole)
Projects:
- Cryptogram Game (C): Designed and implemented an interactive cryptogram game featuring puzzle generation, user input handling, state updates, and a modular game loop architecture to model real-world software lifecycles.
- Tran Programming Language (Java): Designed and implemented a custom programming language from scratch, including a lexer for tokenization, a parser for building abstract syntax trees (ASTs) with recursive descent parsing, and an interpreter to execute statements and expressions.
- Zleek Small Language Model (AI/ML): Developed a domain-specific small language model (SLM) for the Oil & Gas procure-to-pay process as a Capstone project. Implemented lexer and parser components for domain-specific input, optimized performance using quantization, distillation, and fine-tuning, and deployed securely on UAlbany GPU servers . Designed data pipeline combining real enterprise data (~10k rows) with synthetic datasets, ensuring low latency, scalability, and private in-house deployment.
Timeline
Housing Manager
ualbany residential life
08.2024 - 08.2025
Cloud Computing Internship
Lessn
09.2023 - 12.2023
Instructor
Morrison mentors
05.2023 - 06.2025
Volunteer Firefighter
Lakeview fire department
12.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science
University At Albany