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Chandler, Arizona, Us

• Responsible as the key stakeholder for overall product quality of portfolio of complex fiber optic microscope test technologies and software with millions of units deployed worldwide in both a lab/production and field setting• Reported quality metrics, issue trends, statistics and Go/No Go decisions to senior management during product design reviews and product releases• Designed overall test campaigns based on product requirements ensuring quality at all levels of the program• Managed available resources, requirements and schedule with input from engineering designers, product managers and other stakeholders to meet deadlines while ensuring appropriate test coverage• Managed allocation of tasks and workloads for engineering team using the Agile method • Held regular 1:1’s and performance reviews with direct reports, provided feedback, accountability and goal setting • Collaborated with cross functional and internationally distributed engineering team, working closely with non-technical teams to ensure design requirements captured as user stories and covered by tests• Supported customers, sales and other external teams by performing root cause analysis, issue reproduction investigation, triage of customer reported issues and driving them to resolution with engineering teams• Designed test methodologies and processes including complex system test scenarios and integration with external teams• Developed automation solutions in Python (RobotFramework, pytest) to increase testing coverage and reduce test cycle time including creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Docker, Jenkins) to deploy candidate builds to hardware• Reviewed design proposals and code from engineering team ensuring best practices • Architected the composition and workflow of test plans in Jira XRAY; final reviewer and approver of tests and test sets

Chandler, Arizona, Us

• Responsible for verification, validation, repeatability and reliability of fiber inspection test equipment.• Used data driven analysis to ensure tangible quality improvement on proprietary image analysis software with custom tools developed in Python and C# .• Researched innovative methods to collect, visualize, and analyze large data-sets from hardware test bed.• Developed automated tests and test plans for bare-metal microcontroller device and associated PC software.• Lead team of test engineers, managing project schedule, tasks, and goals. Represented team as subject matter expert in key design discussions, and as a technical liaison for customers to diagnose and solve issues.

Geneva, Ch

United States technical expert for international joint working group for the development of IEC international standards, often later adopted to national standards. Expert on TC 86/SC 86B "Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components." Active member of working group (WG) 4 "Standard tests and measurement methods for fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components" and WG 6 "Standards and specifications for fibre optic interconnecting devices and related components"Additionally, served as technical expert for United States National Committee (USNC) and United States Technical Advisory Group (TAG) including the USNC Young and Emerging Professionals Committee and USNC Professional Mentoring Program. Responsible for authoring, editing, reviewing, submitting comment documents, and voting on international standards for communication applications related to fiber optics and related devices. Collaborated with international cohort of experts to reach consensus for standard documents. Attended meetings as a technical expert representative of the United States and VIAVI Solutions.

Redmond, Wa, Us

* Responsible for testing, maintaining, documenting, and validating spacecraft UHF radio, software defined radio and ground station antenna.* Performed anomaly resolution involving root-cause investigation, hardware inspection, fault testing and verification closeout. * Supported EMI/EMC chamber testing including test automation and automatic data processing and analysis scripts using Python. * Designed and performed validation, characterization, and reliability tests for spacecraft hardware and ground support equipment.* Lead testing and documentation operations of multi-disciplinary team for remote UHF ground station development with tight delivery schedule.*Operated spacecraft on orbit; created pass scripts, monitored ground station activities and reviewed telemetry data for off-nominal signals.

Redmond, Wa, Us

* Designed and developed ground support equipment including build, test, and documentation of cost effective spacecraft component testbed. * Performed integration testing and thermal cycle testing on PCBs of experimental satellite subsystem; validated and analyzed test data.* Prepared, validated, and maintained electrical and RF test beds to support development; developed validation testing procedure * Worked as student co-op to grow knowledge on spacecraft systems.

New York, New York, Us

*Managed operations for 5 classrooms and 15 teaching staff in the Seattle area serving 100 high school students during summer immersion program.* Served as local program administrator and single point of contact between Seattle area and Girls Who Code Headquarters in New York.*Resolved student emergencies and issues, fostered teacher development, and managed partner engagement and relationships.* Hosted weekly check-ins with teaching staff to provide coaching, advice, and problem-solving support in order to facilitate appropriate solutions for classroom issues*Managed escalation/de-escalation of situations and kept necessary stakeholders informed; made judgment calls about which situations required escalation to Girls Who Code headquarters * Responsible for solving personnel issues, approving time cards, and managing overtime

New York, New York, Us

• Taught 245+ hours of computer science curriculum to 20 high school girls with no experience in coding over a 7-week Summer Immersion Program.• Mentored students in non-technical skills such as presenting, working on teams, self-advocacy and conflict resolution.• Direct supervisor for 2 teaching assistants and liaison between Girls Who Code, the industry-partner host site, parents, and guest speakers.• Managed classroom, including making judgment calls regarding curriculum changes, student behavior issues, and student progress

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Planned, supported, and implemented educational programs and events.• Program planning and support - Responsible for selecting events and programs which fulfill educational objectives, creating fliers and banners, maintaining project schedule, budgeting expenses, hosting college-wide events ranging and evaluating the impact on student life• Crown College Nights - Collaboratively planned themes, decorations, education, entertainment, advertising and menu for college wide (350+ student) dinners and events. Assisted with set up, implementation and clean up.

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

- Responsible for creating, facilitating, and leading a small group learning environment where students would have the opportunity better understand class materials and ask questions. - Taught core course topics to students- Attended lecture and held three, hour long, drop-in group tutoring sessions of up to 15 students each week - Tutored for course CMPE 100: Logic Design

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

- Conducted lab sessions for students to answer questions, debug and troubleshoot problems, brainstorm project solutions and check off lab assignments.- Served as project manager for five student teams during the final project and a liaison between my student teams and the course Professor and other teaching staff.- Prepared and maintained hardware and software for labs. Duties included through-hole and surface mount soldering, laser cutting materials and laser cutter operation, robot and field assembly, SolidWorks part modeling and modification, as well as code maintenance and keeping equipment firmware up to date- Supervised student operation of laser cutter, solder stations, drill press and other potentially dangerous equipment. - Graded lab reports, exams and quizzesCourse Website: https://classes.soe.ucsc.edu/cmpe118/Fall15/

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

• Conducted lab sections for CMPE 100 Logic Design with graduate level Teaching Assistant• Responsible for understanding course concepts to assist students with implementing lab assignments• Answered conceptual questions about lab topics, identified problems in lab assignments, performed lab check-offs • Course topics include: Boolean algebra, logic minimization, finite-state machine design, sequential circuits, common logic elements, programmable logic devices, and an introduction to system level design. The electrical behavior of circuits including three state outputs, propagation delay, logic levels, and fanout.

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Served for one academic year as the Crown College Representative on the Student Committee on Committees (SCOC). The SCOC appoints students to committees in order to strengthen student representation in University policy and procedure. Responsibilities:- Represented 1000+ students of Crown college when selecting applicants for committees- Interacted with university staff and administration to present findings, suggest solutions, and create policies and procedures- Prepared weekly report for college governing body- Coordinated 350+ student outreach event with one other SCOC representative to increase student awareness and participation in committees

New York, New York, Us

• Taught computer science curriculum of Scratch, Python, Robotics, JavaScript, HTML/CSS/jQuery to 20 high school students during the seven week intensive GWC Summer Immersion Program• Served as a project manager for groups of students during their final projects• Ran official social media accounts for AT&T location (Twitter and Instagram handles: @GirlsWhoCodeSeattle) • Helped students both one on one and in large group settings during projects and labs• Taught Computer Science topics, debugging skills, code management and logical thinking• Met with Girls Who Code managers as well as AT&T partners to provide updates and facilitate dialogue

Washington, Dc, Us

Pre-college internship working with senior engineers to explore data acquisition and analysis, flight telemetry, and project managemento Responsible for working with senior engineers to ensure the accuracy and reliability of flight data processed through the WATR (Western Aeronautical Test Range) system and delivered to the Mission Control Centero Utilized and debugged mission control user interface in IADS v7.2o Accessed Unix servers via PuTTY and winSCP to transfer and aggregate data

Washington, Dc, Us

Selected for the INSPIRE Internship program (Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience) to participate in a 8 week summer program for high school and pre-college students. Worked with 9 other students on an intensive project to become familiar with the NASA flight review and test process. o Created and presented Abstract, Objectives and Requirements Document, Critical Design Review and Technical Briefingo Used textbook equations and flight data analysis to perform parameter estimation and performance evaluation on the DROID 3 (Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone) model aircraft

Bachelor Of Sciences (Bs), Robotics Engineering, Minor Electrical Engineering

High School Diploma