dillon quigley

• Building Quorum, a meeting-companion and pod-directory web app for indie-hacker accountability pods
• Built the product on Next.js 16, React 19, and TypeScript with Supabase Postgres, Auth, and Storage
• Enforced access control with Postgres row-level-security policies and Zod-validated server actions
• Built semantic pod-tag matching using local ML transformer embeddings (Transformers.js)

quorumpods.com

• Built a Form 990 web app using IRS e-filing APIs to help nonprofits complete and track their filings
• Marketed MyGreek to 500+ fraternity members in St. Louis, resulting in 3 converted organizations
• Drove startup growth through lead generation and cold outreach, achieving a 20% close rate
• Produced Instagram ads driving a 150% increase in leads and raising the ad-lead close rate to 70%

• Handled high-volume customer interactions, consistently receiving positive feedback and repeat customer visits
• Trained five new hires on sales strategies and store procedures, enabling independent work within their first week
• Picked and packed 20+ online customer orders daily, locating items for accurate, damage-free, on-time fulfillment
• Maintained product organization and stock accuracy, flagging low-inventory and quality issues to management

• Delivered personalized guest experiences for players at a private golf club, ensuring attentive, tailored service throughout each visit
• Managed logistics for 80+ golf carts simultaneously, maintaining full accountability and cleanliness during daily opening and closing operations
• Adapted to real-time customer requests on the spot, consistently accommodating individual needs to maximize satisfaction across each shift
• Worked extended shifts with little to no supervision, completing assignments on time and meeting daily operational goals

GPA 3.73

Relevant coursework: Data Structures, Computer Organization & Architecture, Probability & Statistics

• Built claude-popup, an open-source Bash/tmux tool sharing one live Claude Code session across every attached terminal
• Engineered a picture-in-picture mode: a floating window pops up on Claude Code notifications, then auto-restores focus
• Shipped a cross-platform installer (Homebrew/apt/dnf/pacman) with dependency auto-install and an on-demand updater

github.com/dquigles/claude-popup

• Designing an open-source wearable with a custom PPG sensor circuit for real-time heart rate and HRV monitoring
• Architecting a cross-platform ecosystem — iOS app (Swift), SvelteKit dashboard, self-hostable Supabase backend
• Building a TypeScript plugin system using WebKit to enable user-created data analysis and visualization extensions

• Built a Rust terminal frontend for a Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator core, rendering gameplay at 60 FPS
• Engineered ASCII-brightness and Unicode half-block rendering pipelines to draw the framebuffer in any terminal
• Implemented audio (rodio), keyboard input (crossterm), battery-backed save/load, and an interactive ROM browser
• Published to crates.io with 100+ downloads; 70+ GitHub stars

github.com/dquigles/terminal_gameboy

• Built a real-time AI interview coach with Next.js and Supabase, covering 1,000+ questions across 300+ companies
• Integrated OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini-realtime API, achieving ~50ms speech response latency for natural conversation flow
• Developed an AI evaluation pipeline that scores interviews and delivers actionable feedback on strengths and weaknesses

• Utilized Next.js, Shadcn, and Supabase to help investors get live news on specific companies
• Integrated Alpha Vantage API for live news every 30 seconds, and TradingView for live stock ticker updates
• Utilized ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo to generate AI-powered summaries and sentiment analysis of financial articles

• Developed an open-source plugin for Obsidian in TypeScript to help users connect their notes with local LLMs
• Utilized local language models with Ollama to keep users' notes from being utilized in cloud AI training

github.com/dquigles/localsidian

• Built a web tool and Google Apps Script using Gemini to parse due dates, exams, and events from PDF syllabi
• Auto-populated users' Google Calendars via the Calendar API, saving classmates hours of manual scheduling

• Built an interactive TikTok LIVE Plinko game in C# and Unity with real-time viewer interaction via API
• Launched the game, growing the TikTok account to 15,000+ followers over 12 weeks

github.com/dquigles/tiktokLivePlinko

• Building a Python Discord bot with a ticketing system for students to submit resumes and essays for review
• Developing the organization's resource website in React as part of the dev team
• Hosted 10+ workshops and reviewed 20+ resumes and essays to help undeclared freshmen transfer into UTCS
• Recruited 3 new officers and launched monthly planning meetings to develop workshop content and events

• Applied local LLMs (Ollama), Graph-RAG, and LangChain to build a local-first AI query system over private notes
• Deepened practical ML and data analysis skills through hands-on programming exercises and guest speaker sessions

• Led chapter to achieve 1,200+ service hours in the first eight months, a 10% increase over the previous year
• Collaborated with 60 members to boost engagement, causing a 5% increase in attendance at optional service days