Building things that matter

I build software
that solves real problems.

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

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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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 (Connected Vehicle Systems) 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.

Software Developer (FCG)

Ford Motor Company (Connected Vehicle Systems) 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.

35
Public Repositories
10+
Languages Used
9
Domains Explored
Curiosity