Alex Ronce · CS Student & AI Builder

// Background

About.

Before software, I spent 4+ years working in complex operational environments in France — managing mechanical systems, leading teams, and diagnosing failures under pressure on high-stakes projects, including infrastructure work for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. That background built a specific mindset: think in systems, own the problem, ship something reliable. In 2022, I made a deliberate decision to redirect that into technology and moved to Los Angeles.

At Santa Monica College, I am completing my Associate of Science in Computer Science with a 3.9 GPA, focusing on backend development, applied AI, and systems design. Selected for the USC CHIPS Fellows Program at USC Nanolab, participated in the Google DeepMind × UCLA hackathon, and won 1st Place at Hack2Impact 2026.

I build AI systems for problems that have real consequences — emergency response, trade intelligence, supply chain analysis. Long term, I want to build at the intersection of AI infrastructure and high-stakes decision-making.

Bilingual (FR/EN) · Princeton Algorithms I & II · DeepLearning.AI certified.

// Startup Venture

Startup Venture

Counterpass AI

Maritime Intelligence Platform

Co-founder & Technical Lead Early-stage · Pre-revenue · In development

Problem

Port delays and demurrage fees create expensive blind spots for importers, brokers, and logistics operators — critical intelligence that is fragmented, delayed, or inaccessible.

Counterpass AI is an early-stage maritime intelligence platform focused on port-risk analysis, congestion monitoring, and demurrage risk detection. Building an AI-powered dashboard that surfaces shipment risk, port conditions, and operational bottlenecks in one place.

My Role

Co-founder & Technical Lead — product architecture, backend logic, risk-model design, and demo development.

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Pepperdine Graziadio · Most Fundable Companies — Completed the quarter-finals review process, receiving structured investor-readiness feedback across market opportunity, go-to-market strategy, team composition, and fundraising readiness.

Port Risk Analysis Demurrage Detection AI Risk Scoring Supply Chain Intelligence

↗ counterpass.ai

Maritime Intelligence Platform In Development

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Port Risk Engine

Congestion & demurrage risk scoring

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Shipment Tracker

Real-time status & delay alerts

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Trade Intelligence

Import pattern analysis & anomaly detection

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Operator Reports

Auditable AI-generated risk briefs

Port Risk Signals

Congestion

High

Demurrage

Med

Delay Risk

High

Route Alt.

Low

Entity Graph · Conceptual

// Featured Work

Projects.

Six builds across backend engineering, applied AI, and embedded systems — shipped at hackathons, in independent study, and live online.

01 / 06

Incident API

Backend Engineering · REST API

CS Independent Study · Santa Monica College · February 2026

SMC Independent Study

Built a Spring Boot incident-management API with JWT authentication, PostgreSQL, Docker, Swagger/OpenAPI documentation, JUnit tests, and Postman validation — replicating backend engineering practices used in production environments.

Secure REST API with JWT auth and role-based access (create/update/close/list)
Relational data model: Users, Incidents, Events, Notes with CRUD + pagination
Dockerized with Docker Compose (API + PostgreSQL) + Swagger UI documentation
JUnit tests + GitHub Actions CI pipeline with automated reports & badges
Postman test suite automated with Newman — smoke tests + health checks

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLJWTDockerGitHub Actions

⬡ GitHub 📁 Documentation

02 / 06

REACH

AI Emergency Companion

Hack2Impact 2026 · UCLA · May 2026

UCLA End Overdose

Built emergency-response features including GPS alerts, overdose reporting flows, real-time AI crisis guidance, and user-centered support tools for the End Overdose nonprofit.

One-tap AI chatbot crisis guidance with voice input
Computer-vision symptom detection (Claude Vision API)
Automatic structured EMS report generation
Live family alerts with real-time GPS location sharing
Built for and validated by End Overdose nonprofit

React NativeClaude APIComputer VisionGPSVoice AITwilio

⬡ GitHub ↗ Devpost 📄 Pitch Deck

03 / 06

AURORA

Global Energy Crisis Simulator

Google DeepMind × UCLA Hackathon · March 2026

Google DeepMind UCLA

Built a real-time AI crisis simulator using a Planner → Critic reasoning loop, SQLite audit logs, and multimodal city-risk projections powered by Gemini 3.1 Pro and Imagen 3.

Planner → Critic → Verdict multi-agent pipeline with human-in-the-loop validation
Imagen 3 generates city-specific photorealistic crisis projections
Live War Room UI with reactive risk orb, real-time cognition logs, and SQLite audit trail
Custom Web AudioContext API bridge for zero-latency audio on Safari
Structured JSON outputs with defensive parsing and safe fallbacks

PythonGemini 3.1 ProImagen 3Multi-AgentStreamlitSQLite

⬡ GitHub ▶ Demo Video

04 / 06

MIRROR

Preventive Health AI

PantherHacks 2026 · Chapman University · April 2026

Chapman University Healthcare Track

AI-powered wellness companion built in 48 hours at PantherHacks 2026. MIRROR analyzes facial images using Claude Vision AI to detect early signs of fatigue, stress, and dehydration, turning visual signals into structured health insights delivered by a voice companion.

Claude Vision AI analyzes 4 facial zones: eyes, skin, muscles, posture
face-api.js real-time detection with animated bounding box overlay
3 wellness indicators: Fatigue %, Stress %, Dehydration %
Voice companion "Megan" delivers health insights via Web Speech API
SQLite history with trend chart showing last 5 sessions

PythonFlaskClaude Visionface-api.jsSQLiteWeb Speech API

⬡ GitHub ↗ Devpost

05 / 06

AI Study Planner

Smart Learning Companion

24-Hour Team Hackathon · Cal State · April 2026

Live

AI-powered study companion built in 24 hours to help college students study smarter. Features assignment analysis, AI-generated quizzes, personalized hour-by-hour study schedules, and a voice-enabled AI coach.

Assignment Analyzer: AI extracts tasks directly from course text
Quiz Generator: AI generates interactive quizzes from lecture notes
Daily Schedule Generator: personalized hour-by-hour study plan
AI Study Coach with text-to-speech voice guidance
Built-in Pomodoro focus timer for deep work sessions

JavaScriptGroq APILlama 3.3 70BWeb Speech APIHTML/CSS

↗ Live Site

06 / 06

VitaGotchi

Smart Wellness Wristband

IDEA Hacks 2026 · UCLA · April 2026

UCLA Hardware

Smart wellness wristband that monitors biometrics in real-time. Two ESP32 microcontrollers communicate via ESP-NOW to track heart rate, temperature, humidity, and movement. A React dashboard streams live sensor data via WebSocket, with Claude AI generating personalized wellness messages when burnout is detected.

Dual ESP32 architecture with peer-to-peer ESP-NOW communication
Real-time biometric tracking: heart rate, temperature, humidity, motion
React dashboard streams live sensor data via WebSocket
Claude AI generates personalized burnout-prevention messages
Hands-on hardware + firmware + cloud full-stack build

ESP32Arduino IDEESP-NOWReactWebSocketClaude API

↗ Devpost

// USC Nanolab

CHIPS Fellows.

Selected Cohort · 2026

04/2026 – 05/2026 · Los Angeles, CA
CHIPS Semiconductor Technician Fellow at USC Nanolab — 52 hours of hands-on semiconductor training in photolithography, wafer fabrication, cleanroom operations, and metrology.

Fabricated neural probes and transferred patterns to silicon substrates

Followed travelers for spec compliance and zero material waste

Metrology protocol: profilometry, ellipsometry, SEM, optical microscopy

Iterated process settings with USC engineers via data-driven adjustments