Building things that matter

I build and architect software
that solves real problems.

Software engineer & architect exploring the intersections of fintech, IoT, data engineering, and creative tech. From macOS menu bar utilities to ML-driven stock analysis — I design, build, and ship things.

All Public Projects

Every public repo from my GitHub — spanning fintech, IoT, systems, creative, and more.

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Stock Analysis Engine

Screens event catalysts to pick tickers for sector-balanced credit spread plans. Multi-stage pipeline with Gemini AI analysis.

Python Gemini AI Pipelines
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StockDash

Stock tracking and analysis dashboard for visualizing market data and monitoring portfolio performance.

Dashboard Finance
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StockFlux

Stock flux analysis application for tracking price movements and identifying market patterns.

PHP Analysis
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StockInsights

Stock market insights platform for deeper analysis and trend discovery.

Finance Insights
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SunTray

macOS tray application that shows sunrise/sunset times and day length information using the OpenWeather API.

Java macOS Menu Bar
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Uptime Bar

macOS menu bar agent showing system uptime. Dark mode aware, dock-free, auto-refreshing every 60 seconds.

Java macOS Maven
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Haus Tools

Collection of home utility scripts including a photo organizer with duplicate detection and directory comparison tool.

Python CLI Automation
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64BaseX

ASCII and binary to Base64 converter. A clean utility for encoding and decoding data.

Java Encoding
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RollTool

Deployment tool for rolling changes to staging and production environments.

Perl DevOps
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Obsidian Daily Heatmap

Obsidian plugin that tracks daily word counts with a GitHub-style heatmap visualization and configurable writing goals.

TypeScript Obsidian Plugin
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Obsidian Releases

Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian. Fork for contributing to the ecosystem.

Obsidian Community
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The Shire Dashboard

Home dashboard for tracking metrics and monitoring things around the house.

Dashboard Smart Home
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OakPower

Spring REST API that reads from MQTT topics on an energy bridge, exposing real-time power consumption metrics.

Java Spring MQTT
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OakPi Dashboard

Raspberry Pi-powered dashboard for displaying home metrics and visualizations on a dedicated display.

Python Raspberry Pi
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OakWeb Home Dashboard

Web-based dashboard used for displaying home metrics and monitoring household data.

Web Dashboard
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Oakshire Backend Service

Backend service powering Shire home services — API layer for all smart home integrations.

Java Backend API
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RoyalDashboard

Spring & AngularJS dashboard displaying home statistics — power sensors, temperature, and humidity readings.

Java Spring AngularJS
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ArduinoT

Android-connected temperature sensor built with Arduino for real-time environmental monitoring.

Arduino Sensors Android
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GateStatusML

Machine learning system for detecting gate status — applying computer vision to home automation.

ML Computer Vision
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GenAI Playground

Local playground for experimenting with generative AI models, prompts, and techniques.

GenAI Experiments
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Stanford CoreNLP

Fork of Stanford CoreNLP — a Java suite of core NLP tools for text analysis, sentiment, and entity extraction.

Java NLP Stanford
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Game of Life

Conway's Game of Life in Java with both console and JavaFX UI drivers for interactive cellular automata simulation.

Java JavaFX Simulation
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Genesis

Tic-Tac-Toe game tree analyzer that computes and provides optimal solutions using game theory.

Java Game Theory AI
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Genome

Advanced game tree analysis engine for strategic decision-making and move optimization.

Java Game Trees
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TetCloneX

A Tetris clone built in Java — classic arcade gameplay with a custom rendering engine.

Java Game Dev
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Quotation of The Day

Simple web app that displays a fresh inspirational quotation every day.

HTML Web
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FuseOS

Operating system implementation from scratch — exploring kernel development, memory management, and bare-metal programming.

C OS Dev Low Level
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exscapeOS

Hobby OS written in assembly (NASM) and C. A study in low-level systems with small, realistic goals.

C Assembly OS
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ProSchedSim

Process scheduler simulator — implements and visualizes scheduling algorithms like FCFS, SJF, and Round Robin.

Java OS Concepts
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FPGA Asteroids

Asteroids game implemented on an FPGA in VHDL — hardware-level game development with real-time rendering.

VHDL FPGA Hardware
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Hadoop Projects

Collection of Hadoop-based data processing projects — MapReduce jobs and distributed computing experiments.

Java Hadoop Big Data
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Apache NiFi

Fork of Apache NiFi — contributing to the data flow automation platform for enterprise pipeline orchestration.

Java Data Flow Apache
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Pal Tracker Distributed

Distributed microservices application — implementing cloud-native patterns with Spring Cloud and service discovery.

Java Microservices Cloud
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Spring Boot + Angular

Full-stack template using Spring Boot with Angular front end — modern tooling via Maven for rapid development.

TypeScript Spring Boot Angular
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MegaCrypt

A native macOS password vault built with JavaFX. Encrypts credentials with AES-256 and PBKDF2 key derivation behind a master-password login screen. Features searchable vault, tag chips, one-click copy with 30-second clipboard auto-clear, dark/light theming, and packaged as a standalone macOS .app via Gradle jpackage.

Java JavaFX AES-256 macOS
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PolyWizard

A multi-command Python CLI for Polymarket betting intelligence. Pulls live weather data from Open-Meteo & Wunderground, surfaces temperature and Bitcoin markets with under-15% probability, and pipes opportunities through Gemini AI to score YES/NO bets. Includes a workflow engine for composable task pipelines and full pytest coverage.

Python Gemini AI Polymarket CLI
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EricUlicny.com

This very portfolio site — showcasing projects, tech stack, and everything I've built over the years.

HTML CSS Portfolio

Work History

A journey through AI architecture, data pipelines, and systems engineering.

Senior Solutions Architect - Mach 1 AI/ML

Ford Motor Company Oct 2021 - Present
  • Manage the AI/ML Architecture team, fostering collaboration between technical engineering groups, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver robust AI solutions.
  • Lead the architectural design and implementation of key platforms (Computer Vision, Generative AI, and Mach 1), providing the technical foundation for scalable AI/ML use-case development.
  • Establish enterprise-wide standards for Generative AI, consulting on strategy and creating technical enablement guidance for global engineering teams.
  • Research and evaluate emerging ML frameworks and infrastructure, driving the modernization and adoption of AI technologies across the corporate ecosystem.

Big Data and Analytics Architect - Google Cloud Platform

Ford Motor Company Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
  • Lead the architectural modernization of Ford’s Global Data Insights and Analytics infrastructure, driving the design and strategy for next-generation GCP solutions.
  • Spearhead enterprise data migration strategies by evaluating, prototyping (POC), and scaling advanced analytics capabilities to replace legacy systems.
  • Architect scalable data integration pipelines, standardizing patterns for both real-time streaming and high-volume batch data ingestion from diverse enterprise sources and edge devices.
  • Consult with Product Driven Organization (PDO) teams as a trusted technical advisor, ensuring data architectures—such as BigQuery implementations—are highly performant and cost-optimized.

Senior Engineer / Anchor Engineer - Real Time Streaming and Analytics Platform

Ford Motor Company Jul 2018 - Apr 2021
  • Spearheaded the design and delivery of Ford’s global streaming data platform, enabling near real-time analytics and insights across the enterprise.
  • Architected high-throughput streaming solutions utilizing Apache Kafka and Apache NiFi to seamlessly ingest and process global data at scale.
  • Mentored and guided engineering teams through agile development lifecycles, establishing architectural best practices for Spring Boot and Spring Cloud Stream microservices.
  • Engineered robust data integration with HBase and Teradata, proactively driving proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives to continuously optimize streaming performance and architecture.

Connected Vehicle Systems: Software Engineer - Hadoop Specialist

Ford Motor Company May 2015 - Jul 2018
  • Connected Vehicle Software Engineering: Designed and delivered software solutions driving Ford's IoT and connected vehicle data strategies.
  • Real-Time Streaming & IoT: Engineered high-throughput data ingestion and routing pipelines utilizing Apache Storm, Kafka, and NiFi.
  • Big Data & Batch Processing: Landed and transformed enterprise data within the Hadoop ecosystem using Java MapReduce, Oozie Workflows, and Hive.
  • Full-Stack Application Development: Built and deployed applications using Java, Spring Boot, and AngularJS on Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF).
  • Agile Integration & Prototyping: Executed POCs for new technology integration while maintaining strict Agile methodologies and SCM protocols.

Connected Vehicle Systems: Software Developer (FCG)

Ford Motor Company Aug 2014 - May 2015
  • J2EE software development and agile software design for connected vehicle systems.

Datacenter Facilities Planning & Engineering

Ford Motor Company Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
  • Researched solutions for datacenter power utilization and planning.
  • Performed Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling using Future Facilities 6-Sigma Software.

Network Ops Automation & Tools Developer

Ford Motor Company Jun 2012 - Aug 2013
  • Engineered change management tools and global enterprise network tooling improvements.
  • Created jQuery reusable widget frameworks for network monitoring.

Tech I Work With

A diverse toolkit spanning languages, frameworks, cloud platforms, and hardware.

☕ Java
🐍 Python
🔮 TypeScript
⚛️ React
🅰️ Angular
🍃 Spring Boot
📊 Apache NiFi
🐘 Hadoop
📡 MQTT
🤖 Gemini AI
🧠 Stanford NLP
💻 C / Assembly
🎆 VHDL / FPGA
🔌 Arduino
🍇 Raspberry Pi
📦 Maven
🎨 JavaFX
🐙 Git
🐧 Linux
☕ Java
🐍 Python
🔮 TypeScript
⚛️ React
🅰️ Angular
🍃 Spring Boot
📊 Apache NiFi
🐘 Hadoop
📡 MQTT
🤖 Gemini AI
🧠 Stanford NLP
💻 C / Assembly
🎆 VHDL / FPGA
🔌 Arduino
🍇 Raspberry Pi
📦 Maven
🎨 JavaFX
🐙 Git
🐧 Linux

By The Numbers

Years of building, shipping, and tinkering across every layer of the stack.

37
Repositories
10+
Languages Used
9
Domains Explored
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Curiosity