# Chase Cabrera -- Full Site Content

> Full-Stack Developer, Solutions Architect, and CTO with 10+ years of experience building scalable software solutions, cloud architectures, and AI-integrated applications.

## Professional Overview

Chase Cabrera is a San Diego-based Solutions Architect and Chief Technology Officer with more than 10 years of leadership experience in agile software development environments. He specializes in designing and implementing scalable software solutions from concept to production, with deep expertise spanning AWS cloud architecture, full-stack web development, and AI/ML-powered application development.

Chase holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from San Diego State University and an AWS Associate Solutions Architect certification. His career spans building and leading engineering teams, architecting cloud-native applications, and integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into production systems.

### Contact Information

- Website: https://chasecabrera.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/chase-cabrera
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasecabrera/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/chaselcabrera

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## Technical Skills

### Programming Languages
C, C++, ColdFusion, CSS, Go, HTML5, Java, JavaScript, MATLAB, NoSQL, PHP, Python, SQL, TypeScript

### Frameworks & Libraries
AJAX, Angular, ASP.NET, Coldbox (ColdFusion), Django, Express.js, FastAPI, Fusebox (ColdFusion), JSON, jQuery, Next.js, Node.js, React, REST, SOAP, Vue.js, XML

### AI & Machine Learning
LLM integration and API orchestration, AI-powered application development, prompt engineering and optimization, generative AI solutions (text, code, image), Python ML ecosystem (scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy), intelligent automation and workflow optimization, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, AI agent development

### Cloud & DevOps
AWS (CloudFront, CloudWatch, Cognito, Docker, EC2, ECS, Lambda, LightSail, S3), GCP, Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), Terraform, Windows Server

### Databases
DynamoDB, MariaDB, MySQL, MSSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis

### Search & Data Technologies
Elasticsearch, Kafka

### Security
IAM, JWT, OAuth, PCI, Splunk, SOC 2, SSO, Wireshark

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## Education & Certifications

- Bachelor of Computer Science, San Diego State University
- AWS Associate Solutions Architect

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## Areas of Focus

Chase's current areas of focus include:
- Architecting AI-integrated web applications that leverage large language models and generative AI
- Building cloud-native solutions on AWS with serverless and container-based architectures
- Designing scalable full-stack applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
- Leading engineering teams in agile environments with a focus on delivery and quality
- Implementing DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration

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## Featured Projects

### Predictive Political Contributions
A data science project analyzing Federal Election Commission (FEC) individual contribution records to build predictive models of political donations. Uses Python with supervised learning models (party prediction, donation likelihood), K-Means clustering with KNN indexing, and parallel processing for large-scale data analysis. Includes comprehensive EDA with visualizations.
- GitHub: https://github.com/chase-cabrera/CS577SemesterProject
- Blog: https://chasecabrera.com/blog/predictive-political-contributions

### GiveMatch
A Next.js application helping users discover nonprofits and facilitate donations via the Every.org API. Features personalized nonprofit matching across 1 million+ organizations, cryptocurrency donation support via WalletConnect, fundraiser creation tools, and donation analytics. Built with TypeScript, Chakra UI, Redis caching, and NextAuth authentication.
- GitHub: https://github.com/chase-cabrera/givematch
- Blog: https://chasecabrera.com/blog/givematch

### WalletWealthBuilder
A free, open-source personal finance application providing budgeting, goal tracking, multi-account management, and PDF report export. Built with a React frontend and Node.js/Express API backend, with SQLite for development and PostgreSQL/MySQL for production. Covers dashboard, budget management, goal setting, transaction logging, net worth tracking, and spending analysis.
- GitHub: https://github.com/chase-cabrera/WalletWealthBuilder
- Blog: https://chasecabrera.com/blog/wallet-wealth-builder

### Financial Alerts API
A Django-based REST API for managing financial alerts, transactions, and spending thresholds. Provides CRUD endpoints for alerts, transactions, and budget thresholds with automatic budget monitoring. Includes comprehensive AWS deployment architecture covering RDS PostgreSQL, Docker containerization, ECS orchestration, load balancing, and CloudFront CDN.
- GitHub: https://github.com/chase-cabrera/finacial-alerts
- Blog: https://chasecabrera.com/blog/financial-alerts