Hey! My name is Barrett Lo (he/him/his*).

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

B.S. Graphic Communication

• Concentration: Experience Design for Extended Realities
• Minors: Computer Science, French

Community College of the Air Force

A.A.S Air and Space Operations Technology

Software Engineer 2

Microsoft (Azure Software-Defined Networking)

• Subject matter expert for software-defined host networking services in Azure’s sovereign and air-gapped clouds, resolving high-impact outages and mentoring junior engineers through on-call rotations and tooling improvements to strengthen team capability and service reliability.
• Technical lead for a multi-platform, C#-based, cross-cloud diagnostics platform used by Microsoft engineers, driving its adoption as a standard on-call tool for infrastructure troubleshooting across both public and sovereign/air-gapped clouds.
• Architected and led the on-time delivery of a scalable, distributed system that reduced the time spent on a complex multi-user workflow by 99%. Enables a 30+ person team to replace a manual, days-long process with a minutes-long aggregation and document generation pipeline, directly enabling a premium support offering for Azure customers.
• Prepared internal tooling and fundamental SDN services for privacy and security compliance reviews, ensuring adherence to Microsoft policies and industry best practices.
• Refactored Go-based end-to-end test suite repository to improve maintainability and cross-cloud compatibility, reducing redundant and error-prone code by 35% through modularization and shared libraries.
• Researched, designed, and implemented a C#-based gRPC client and Rust-based gRPC server to facilitate high-throughput, low-latency communication for a cutting-edge hardware acceleration technology in Azure.

Developer / UX Designer

L-O.io

• Designed a mobile-first, single-page web application with unique device size experiences to serve as a personal portfolio.
• Translated Figma mock-ups into a live, functional SPA using Vue.js to dynamically render custom components.
• Migrated existing Vue.js project to Nuxt.js for server-side rendering and SEO optimization.
• Overhauled website to be implemented with Svelte and Tailwind CSS for improved performance and maintainability.

Steganosaurus

Personal project in Python

• Designed and programmed Python application that encodes text into an image’s pixels with no visual difference discernible.
• Implemented the Python Imaging Library (PIL) for image manipulation.

MS Office Themer

Personal project in Vue.js

• Created a Vue.js web application that generates custom Microsoft Office theme files based on user-selected colors to address lack of theme customization availability on Microsoft Office applications running on Mac OS.
• Features a reactive front-end with real-time preview of color selections and theme file download.

Graphic Design / Marketing Assistant

Ian Saudē Inc.

• Established information architecture for dynamic website and refactoring 300+ existing e-commerce web pages.
• Reported directly to the Creative Director and CEO while developing designs and producing order specifications for $10,000+ luxury product orders.
• Captured, edited, and prepared original photo and video assets for use on website, social media, email, and print publications.
• Coordinated the design and purchases of digital and physical products from domestic and international vendors, each $3,000+ value.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Cal Poly Corporation

• One of two UX design assistants for Research Grant 51234, explored the impact of student awareness of time spent studying compared to peers.
• Researched optimal data visualization for simple and detailed views of user-inputted data in both Android and iOS mobile applications.

Co-Executive Director

Cal Poly User Experience Club

• Oversaw six student board members from design and engineering backgrounds to provide a community and programs for 50+ members.
• Created curriculum for weekly lessons in interaction design, interface design, UX writing, UX research, content strategy, and accessibility.
• Managed 20+ students (4 functional teams) in redesign of university’s mobile application, resulting in a cohesive high-fidelity prototype.
• Planned and executed 12 guest speakers and workshops over the course of 6 months, with additional hosting of weekly community design sprints.

Space Control Operator (E-5)

216th Space Control Squadron, California Air National Guard

• Recipient of Air Force Commendation Medal for deployment to Southwest Asia as subject matter expert on a $8 million TS/SCI system.
• Responsible for development, implementation, and instruction of the in-house electromagnetism fundamentals training.
• Graduate of the Air Force’s exclusive leadership + management course.
• In-depth operational knowledge of satellite systems and electromagnetic radiation principles.