OUSD(Policy)Converted from McCain Fellow to Permanent Civilian

John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellow

- Analyze the state of Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing technology and its business value to U.S. manufacturing.- Engage external U.S. manufacturing stakeholders to capture longer-term needs to ensure U.S. competitiveness.- Disseminate analysis results and findings broadly through relevant presentations, papers, and workshops shared both internally and externally to NIST.

- Investigation and presentation of technical research related to lifecycle analysis (LCA), clean energy technology, environmental engineering, and climate-related policy outcomes- Acknowledged contributions to several scientific publications

• Independently led and organized client training curriculum for a Fortune 10 company across multiple sites, brought additional ~$200,000 revenue realization to project.• Installed Warehouse Management software at multiple client sites around the US• Digitally designed warehouses and mapped complex processes, finding optimal solutions • Designed and wrote technical modifications to match client needs

Worked as a consultant for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite to valuate and improve emergency department processes. Worked with an ISyE Senior Design Team and the Innovation Institute to research pathway analysis and save Scottish Rite patients an estimated $3.2 million per year on insurance charges.• Validated and improved emergency room processes to save patients est. $3.2 million/year in charges• Created new clinical process analysis algorithms, breaking ground in academic field• 1 of 5 teams accepted to the Georgia Tech Startup Semester incubator program

• Initiated research on 33 internal networks to improve corporate cross-functionality and communication, presentation to network leaders and Executive Board.• Leveraged network data to develop iPad app for internal communication, presentation at conference.• Cooperatively led User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for 30 international testers over 65 test scripts and 10,000+ specification records. Ensured client and software team coordination and data validation.• Development of SharePoint tools for the continual use of the Technical Integration team. Built surveys, workflows, and data structures.• Interviewed interns and published article on Coca-Cola's internal website on internship experience and company culture.

- Engaged in independent research on historical and technological intersection, collaborated with professors- Published research paper online- Managed and mentored writers, developed content, facilitated scientific dialogue between members of the Tech academic community

- Addressed supply inadequacy in department by researching more efficient cataloging methods- Independently learned AutoCAD to utilize departmental blueprints and schematics