Tommy Sharkey
Reseach And Development at UC San Diego Design Lab
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTommy Sharkey is a trans-disciplinary designer-developer and researcher based in San Diego with eight years of experience building XR and AI-enabled tools, primarily for HoloLens applications in healthcare. He blends human-centered design, Unity/C#, and systems engineering to prototype clinical XR systems and data visualizations that bridge research labs and production environments. Tommy has held roles from Graduate Student Researcher to AI/XR lead and project manager at UC San Diego and Qualcomm Institute, and briefly served as CTO at a healthtech startup, demonstrating both hands-on implementation and strategic leadership. His background spans speculative design, mechanical tinkering, and sign-language research—an unusual mix that informs his empathetic approach to interaction and accessibility. Known for shipping AR prototyping tools and SLAM-driven web CAD integrations at Bell Labs, he thrives on turning spatial research into impactful clinical workflows. He pairs academic rigor (MS in Computer Science with Human-Centered Design) with a practiced artist’s sensibility, making technical systems that are both useful and human-centered.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoSanta Barbara City College
Latin, American Sign Language, English
Github Skills (38)
sdk10
intel9
hardware9
payment-methods9
in-app-purchase9
socket9
computer-vision9
unity3d8
camera-api8
server7
integrate7
video-chat7
realsense7
tcp-socket7
multithreading7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
WeibelLab/Comms-Unity
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
Easy to use threaded socket communication in unity
Contributions:2 releases, 5 reviews, 31 commits in 2 years 1 month
multithreadingsocketcommunicationunitysocket-communication
WeibelLab/FaceBlurring
Jan 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:5 releases, 29 commits, 17 pushes in 3 months
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