Nathan O'Neill
Aspiring Sales Development Representative turning technical fluency in data and software into customer trust and closed deals.
Why Tech Sales
I've spent the last two years building the kinds of systems technical sales teams sell — data pipelines, trading systems, and AI-assisted SaaS features. That work taught me how these products are built and why they matter, and now I want to be the person in the room who can translate that depth into customer trust, clear answers, and closed deals. As Vice President of Liberty University's Competitive Programming Club, I lead events and teach workshops to technical and non-technical audiences alike — the same skill set that makes for a great SDR/BDR.
Sales & Communication
Technical Fluency
Experience
May 2026 – August 2026
Remote
Data Science Intern
Xenith Solutions
- Built a dark vessel detection pipeline (Xenith Sentinel), fusing AIS and SAR data using Apache NiFi, Kafka, and TimescaleDB
- Engineered a daily ingestion flow of ~81.5 GB of historical AIS data and implemented Kafka for reliable streaming
- Designed 4 detection modules (AIS gap, spoof, proximity, loitering) to flag potential dark vessels
May 2025 – August 2025
Remote
Software Engineering Summer Intern
5k.co
- Contributed to feature development for a SaaS product using AI-assisted coding tools including Cursor, Gemini, Lovable, and V0
- Collaborated with 20+ contributors in a large-scale production codebase using Git-based workflows
- Partnered with teammates to improve product usability, UI/UX, and overall customer experience
August 2025 – Present
Lynchburg, VA
Vice President, Competitive Programming Club
Liberty University
- Organized and led school-wide competitive programming events and contests
- Delivered lectures and workshops on algorithms and data structures for beginner and advanced programmers
- Fostered collaboration and mentorship to strengthen the campus programming community
January 2025 – May 2025
Lynchburg, VA
Software Development Club Member
Liberty University
- Developed an AI chatbot using JavaScript, React, HTML, and CSS
- Built and tested a functional to-do list application in Python
- Implemented version control and unit testing to ensure reliability and maintainability
Education
Liberty University
B.S. in Computer Science: Data Science · GPA 3.75
Dean's List, Fall 2023 – Present
Anticipated May 2027