Experience

Meta (Washington, DC) 2013 - Present

Software Engineering Manager 2021-Present

• Led teams of up to 8 SWEs building:

• Privacy Compliance solutions to competition related regulatory positions for GDPR/DMA 5(2), building GenAI Classification Platform, Unblocking European product launches (2023-present)
• Privacy Compliance Infrastructure to achieve compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, ePD, and more in collaboration with legal and policy partners (2021-2023)

• Supported engineers from new grad to staff level, supporting reports in getting promoted to ic4, ic5, & ic6

Senior Software Engineer (ic6) 2015-2021

• Built out Security Infrastructure focusing on revamped Login Authentication Security (2015-2018)
• Transitioned to Privacy Infrastructure, focusing on Compliance, Consent, and Data Policy Propagation and Purpose Limitation Enforcement. (2018-2021)

Software Engineering Intern Summer 2013 & 2014

• 2013, Menlo Park: Developed a replacement system to manage metadata for log data
• 2014, London: Implemented and analyzed text clustering techniques for spam detection

Magic Foods LLC  (Ferndale, MI) 2023 - Present

Co-Founder / Formulator

• Co-Founder of a food startup featuring "The Wizard's Magic Spice Blend"
• Responsible for formulation, sales, and marketing

Modell Properties LLC (Metro Detroit, MI) 2019 - Present

Managing Member / Founder

• Landlord with 4 rented units in Metro Detroit across 3 buildings

youtube.com/@andymodellbackpacks 2018 - Present

Influencer and Affiliate Marketer

• Producer of a youtube channel focused on reviewing urban travel and EDC backpacks with 1.7k subs.
• Generated revenue through ad placements, affiliate sales, and speculation of limited edition products.

UMich Center for the Study of Complex Systems (Ann Arbor, MI)  2014 -2015

• Research Assistant generated and extended models to simulate the spread of beliefs through networks
• Published Coherence and Correspondence in the Network Dynamics of Belief Suites as second author

University of Michigan College of Engineering  (Ann Arbor, MI) September 2013 - April 2014

Independent Study - Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

• Produced mass scanning software to examine the state of TLS Cipher Suites across the internet

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

College of Engineering - BSE Computer Science and Engineering - GPA: 3.72/4.00

Minor: The study of Complex Systems

Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Skills          

Programming: C++, Hack (PHP), Python; C, Netlogo, Ruby, Go, Java, Perl
Software: GDPR, CCPA, ePD, Concurrent Programming,  Relational Databases (SQL)

Activities: Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)-βε member; Michigan Hackers Exec; University of MI Central Student Government: Representative, Speaker, Committee Chair; MHacks Hackathon: Director of Technology; Cranbrook Robotics Team: Three Year President