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William "Joe" Brashear

Software Engineer II · Curadel Pharma

Building the future of healthcare through intelligent automation, robotics, and scientific software. Bridging medicine, machine learning, and engineering to solve real-world problems in cancer treatment and imaging.

William Joe Brashear
Now at Curadel Pharma · Bonita Springs, Florida

Engineering toward a world with a cure to cancer.

At Curadel Pharma, a cancer treatment and imaging company founded by Harvard Medical School faculty, I work as a Software Engineer II building products across cancer-care operations—from lead production software and patient communication systems to dosimetry devices, robotics, and scientific tooling. The work brings together the disciplines that have shaped my career: engineering, healthcare, research, and precision in regulated environments.

Communication & dosimetry devicesApplying digital systems, PCB design, and UART communication to connected medical-device development.
Robotics & scientific toolingBuilding dependable automation and software that supports multidisciplinary chemistry workflows.
Full Stack Web DevelopmentBuilding software for critical alerts that support patient and staff safety.
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A new chapter at Curadel Pharma

Why this role brings together healthcare, research, robotics, and software engineering.

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About Me

Building reliable products for modern cancer care

Software Engineer Building Cancer-Care Technology

I'm a Software Engineer II at Curadel Pharma, where I build software and connected products for cancer treatment and imaging. My recent work spans lead production software, patient communication and dosimetry devices, critical-alert systems, robotics, and scientific tooling for chemistry workflows.

That work builds on healthcare AI research at Moffitt Cancer Center, hands-on clinical experience at HCA Florida, and software engineering across Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Qualcomm. I bring a perspective shaped by clinical workflows, regulated engineering, DevOps, AI/ML, and robotics.

With a Computer Science degree from UCF and continued biomedical sciences training at USF, I focus on translating complex clinical and scientific needs into dependable products that teams can use.

4.0
USF GPA
3.85
UCF CS GPA
Winner
Harvard HSIL Hackathon
100+
SASE Members Led

Accolades

Recognition for healthcare innovation, applied AI, and technical leadership

Moffitt Cancer Center · 2025

Glioblastoma Survival Prediction

Tied 1st Place · AI Hackathon

Developed a patient-survival prediction pipeline using multimodal clinical data, survival modeling, and validation-focused feature engineering.

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UCF Senior Design

Engineering Showcase

Semi-Finalist

Recognized for translating an ambitious technical concept into a working, clearly communicated engineering solution.

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Technical Arsenal

Product engineering, medical technology, AI, and technical delivery

Product & Application Engineering

C++QtPythonKivyC#JavaScriptReact NativeHTML/CSS

AI & Medical Computing

PyTorchMONAITensorFlowscikit-learnMedical Imaging3D U-NetSurvival AnalysisFHIR

Robotics & Device Systems

RoboticsDevice IntegrationCommunication & Dosimetry DevicesHardware/Software IntegrationScientific ToolingDigital SystemsPCB DesignUART

Backend, Cloud & DevOps

FastAPIFlaskREST APIsSQLDockerGitLinuxAWSAzureGitLab CI/CD

Delivery & Leadership

Project ManagementTechnical LeadershipAgile/ScrumCross-functional CollaborationRequirements & VerificationRegulated Engineering

Featured Projects

Building solutions at the intersection of healthcare and AI

UpstreamX.ai — Exposome Risk API

Harvard HSIL Winner

Winner of Best Overall Business Pitch Deck at the 2026 Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab AI Hackathon. I served as Project Manager and AI Software Engineer, helping a six-person clinical, technical, and business team turn an ambitious healthcare concept into a focused product and winning pitch.

  • Led project planning, scope, task coordination, team delivery, and pitch development
  • Combined environmental exposures such as air quality, noise, and the built environment with patient data through FHIR
  • Developed an AI risk-engine concept that dynamically weights exposure variables by clinical condition
  • Designed personalized post-operative recommendations grounded in trusted clinical sources
Project Management Healthcare AI FHIR API Design Clinical Decision Support Business Strategy
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Glioblastoma Survival Prediction

Research

Tied for 1st place at the 2025 Moffitt Cancer Center AI Hackathon, competing against PhDs, postdocs, and industry ML engineers with the top predictive performance.

  • Built full survival-prediction pipeline for glioblastoma patients
  • Engineered preprocessing and validation workflows for clinical data
  • Leveraged NVIDIA Brev GPU for deep learning model training
  • Led team of 4 engineers as Project Manager and Lead ML Engineer
Python scikit-learn Cox Models Deep Learning TensorFlow NVIDIA GPU
Moffitt AI Hackathon Team

Radioembolization Prediction Software

Research

Developing machine learning software to predict optimal radiation dosage and location for radioembolization procedures at Moffitt Cancer Center's Department of Machine Learning.

  • Clinical ML application for cancer treatment optimization
  • Predictive modeling for radiation therapy planning
  • Collaboration with oncologists and medical physicists
Python Machine Learning Medical Imaging Clinical Research
Radioembolization Visualization

NASA Mini-RASSOR Competition

Senior Design

Developed software for NASA's Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot competition, creating tools to help high school and community college students learn robotics programming.

  • 🏆 UCF Senior Design Showcase Semi-Finalist — Selected as 1 of 6 teams out of 50
  • Developed an easy-to-use abstraction layer in ROS2 to simplify rover programming for students
  • Created a localization package using OpenCV and ArUco Markers for real-time robot positioning
  • Collaborated with a team of 4 engineers on unit and integration testing
ROS2 Python OpenCV Linux Git/GitHub Integration Testing
William Brashear at NASA

Leadership Experience

Building communities and developing future leaders

Google Developer Group Team - AI Medical Assistant App

Google Developer Group at USF

Technical Lead - AI Medical Assistant App

Sep. 2025 — Present | USF

Leading development of a cross-platform medical assistant application that enables AI-powered symptom analysis, health tracking, and provider recommendations. Managing a team of engineers while driving technical architecture and healthcare data integration.

  • Managing team of 4 developers on full-stack healthcare application
  • Built React Native frontend for iOS and Android platforms
  • Architected FastAPI backend with PostgreSQL database
  • Integrated Pinecone vector database for semantic health data search
  • Implemented AI-powered symptom analysis and provider recommendation engine
  • Contributed to UI/UX design, backend logic, and healthcare data integration
React Native FastAPI PostgreSQL Pinecone AI/ML Healthcare Integration
SASE at UCF

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)

Chapter President & Founder

Sep. 2019 — May 2022 | UCF

Founded and scaled the largest Professional Asian American student organization on UCF's campus from the ground up, creating impact for students pursuing STEM careers.

  • Grew organization to 100+ members with consistent GBM attendance
  • Created foundation and core marketing strategy from scratch
  • Now partnered with companies including Disney, Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, and Meta
  • Coordinated professional development events and networking opportunities
  • Built executive team structure and sustainable operational framework
PAAN Leadership Development Summit at Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Professional Asian American Network (PAAN)

Networking Lead

June 2023 — Jan. 2025 | Orlando, FL

Led networking initiatives for Asian American professionals at Lockheed Martin, building connections between emerging professionals and established company leaders.

  • Organized and facilitated monthly networking events at various Orlando restaurants, averaging 10-15 attendees
  • Attended the PAAN 2024 AAPI Heritage Month Leadership Development Summit at Lockheed Martin headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland
  • Fostered community connections among Asian American professionals in defense and tech sectors

Professional Journey

From defense tech to healthcare AI

Curadel Pharma

Software Engineer II

Apr. 2026 — Present | Bonita Springs, FL

Curadel is a cancer treatment and imaging technology company developing proprietary biotechnology, founded by innovators including Dr. John Frangioni, MD, PhD, and Dr. Hak Soo Choi, alongside an exceptional multidisciplinary team.

  • Leading development of an EMS system for critical staff alerts and building full-stack software that supports patient and staff safety
  • Working on robotics software and helping develop software tooling supporting organic chemistry workflows
  • Building lead production software for precise, dependable operational workflows
  • Developing communication/dosimetry devices using digital systems, PCB design, and UART communication

Moffitt Cancer Center

Research Engineer – Department of Machine Learning

Dec. 2025 — May 2026 | Tampa, FL
  • Developing software to predict radiation dosage and location for radioembolization procedures
  • Applying machine learning to improve cancer treatment outcomes

HCA Florida Largo Medical Center

Operating Room Assistant

March 2025 — Present | Largo, FL
  • Assisting in transporting patients for procedures and performing EKGs
  • Supporting clinical staff in maintaining sterile operating environments
  • Gained hands-on clinical experience informing healthcare tech solutions

Lockheed Martin – Missiles and Fire Control

Software Engineer Associate

June 2023 — Jan. 2025 | Orlando, FL
  • Primary DevOps engineer for the Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Program (JAGM)
  • Automated code inspections using Docker Container, saving 30 minutes per testing cycle
  • Automated missile software hardware verification with GitLab CI, saving 45 minutes per procedure
  • Containerized VxWorks build using Docker, reducing potential downtime by one week

Northrop Grumman

Pathways Software Development Analyst

June 2022 — June 2023 | Remote
  • Technical lead for 3 applications and supported 6 total applications
  • Awarded top performer rating for 2022
  • Utilized SQL to migrate and map over 60% of data for SaaS-to-SaaS migration, improving efficiency by 500%
  • Automated SharePoint site monthly report generation using PowerShell, saving 4 hours per month

Qualcomm

Software Engineer Intern

May 2021 — Aug. 2021 | San Diego, CA
  • Collaborated with a team of 10 Software Engineers in the 5G Software Integration and Automation team
  • Created a dashboard website in Django for engineers to check jobs, reliability results, and test cases
  • Developed REST APIs to enqueue and dequeue test cases to RabbitMQ and calculate reliability metrics
  • Built an application that emails engineers live test case information with reliability metrics
  • Cultivated skills in Python, Django, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, VMs, Linux, RabbitMQ, SQL, Jenkins, and REST APIs in Flask

University of Central Florida

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Jan. 2021 — May 2021 | Orlando, FL
  • Volunteer TA for Intro to Numerical Computation in Python (PHZ 3150)
  • Assisted students with Python programming concepts and numerical methods
  • Provided mentorship and academic support for undergraduate physics students

Lockheed Martin

Software Engineer CWEP Participant

Feb. 2020 — Apr. 2021 | Orlando, FL
  • Coordinated with 5 Software Engineers on the Air-Launched Rapid Response Hypersonic Missile Project (ARRW)
  • Contributed multiple features to the missile graphics user interface using Qt and C++
  • Increased software runtime efficiency by 25% in a Python script for Telemetry File creation
  • Developed skills in Agile Scrum environment, C++, Qt, Python, and GitLab

University of Central Florida

Resident Assistant

Aug. 2019 — Mar. 2020 | Knights Circle, Orlando, FL
  • Served as a live-in mentor and role model at Knights Circle, the largest University-affiliated housing complex in the nation
  • Led community programs following UCF's Residential Curriculum
  • Promoted residents' self-awareness, cultural competence, community engagement, and global impact
  • Managed conflict resolution and provided support for diverse student community

Let's Build the Future

Collaborating across cancer care, medical devices, and software engineering

Whether you want to collaborate on cancer-care technology, medical devices, robotics, or healthcare software, I'd love to hear from you.