# Nicholas Bovee

## About

This is the professional resume of Nicholas Bovee, an expert in their field.

## Site Information

- **URL:** https://nick.bov.ee/resume/
- **Last Updated:** 2026-08-05

## Contact
- email: mailto:recruit_nick@bov.ee
- location: New Jersey, USA
- github: https://github.com/nbovee
- linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/nickbovee

## Profile

Product engineer with pre-AI fundamentals, amplified by agentic development. Edge AI, embedded systems, and operations, bound by web platforms. Obsessive about precision and UX that creates power users.


## Experience

### Senior Engineer at Rowan University
*2021 - Present* | Glassboro, NJ
- Spearhead development of an ERP platform, resolving critical operational bottlenecks in College of Engineering.
- Deploy high-impact features that have scaled user base **3.4x** and engagement by **22.7x** over 3 years.
- Develop core algorithms for capstone project assignments alongside an LLM-based recommendation system.
- Engineer full-stack development workflows, optimizing CICD for rapid E2E testing & integration.


### ↳ Applied ML Engineer
*Feb 2022 - Dec 2025* | [Dual Appointment]
- Architected edge-to-cloud fusion platform for critical systems, accelerating inference by **7.5%** losslessly.
- Directed a 10-member, NSF-funded research initiative, investigating optimizations of edge systems.
- Deployed advanced transformer architectures onto robotic edge devices for real-time training and evaluation.


### ↳ Engineer II
*Feb 2018 - 2021*
- Customized embedded firmware with protective failsafes for 3D print farms available to novice operators.
- Designed full-stack electro-mechanical systems for internal engineering research and educational applications.


### Engineer I at Ernie Green Industries
*Dec 2015 - Aug 2017* | Rochester, NY
- Integrated computer vision inspection systems into medical device production, securing **$171K/yr** in savings.


## Education

### Master of Science in Computer Science, AI Focus
*Rowan University* | 2023 | GPA: **3.94** | Glassboro, NJ
- Inducted to **Upsilon Pi Epsilon** 2022, received Outstanding Graduate Award 2023


### Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
*Rochester Institute of Technology* | Rochester, NY
- Intern at General Dynamics & iRobot Corporation


## Skills

### ML & AI
- PyTorch
- HF Transformers
- DSPy
- ChromaDB
- LangChain
- vLLM
- scikit-learn
- Spark

### Infrastructure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Django
- ROS 1 & 2
- AWS
- Azure
- CI/CD
- gRPC
- git

### Programming Languages
- Python
- Go
- Rust
- TypeScript
- Javascript/React
- SQL
- C++
- C

## Projects & Publications

### SplitTracr: A Flexible Performance Evaluation Tool for [...] Split Computing
*N Bovee, I Ali, G Patapanchala, S Bitla, SS Ho* | ICPE [Proceedings] | 2025

**Link:** https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10707214/

### Course Scheduling RAG Agent | Apr 2025

- Engineered an autonomous RAG agent to streamline student navigation of University services. 
- Implemented vector similarity search and deterministic tool-calling guardrails to validate integration interfaces.


### Rowan Pantry Management System | May 2024

- Developed a custom embedded Linux image for IoT food pantry integrations and KPI tracking.


### Reinforcement Learning of Street Fighter Training Partners | May 2023

- Trained RL agents bounded by human-constrained mechanics, designed to bootstrap human skills alongside AI.