Alison Aquinas Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Orlando, Florida, Us

Open to work in Software and Device Development

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Orchestrated software and technology integration after acquisition of CytoSmart for collaboration between the 3 distinct software teams developing Axion’s High-throughput in vitro impedance system (Maestro TrayZ) with CytoSmart’s continuous cell imaging product• Mentored and elevated the skill sets of 3 junior .NET developers, guiding focus towards Architecture and Development while transitioning work to the Maestro TrayZ product• Set in motion the process of integrating metrics from optical data into the experiment databases of the Maestro via a REST API to the CytoSmart cloud-native App, gathering requirements and creating architectural plans• Formulated FIPS-140 compliant code-signing procedures, simultaneously standardizing CI/CD processes, Directing the usage of both Jenkins and Azure across US-based teams in Atlanta and Netherlands-based teams• Streamlined the build and test process by optimizing Nuke build scripts and migrating standard Jenkins builds to pipelines, leading to a 50% decrease in unit test run-time and improved logging of errors

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Led a team of 4 developers (2 local, 2 remote), overseeing all customer-facing software releases • Directed development of embedded .NET code for both an ARM Cortex®-A9 (Linux), an X64 single board computer(Linux), and two WPF desktop apps (Windows):—Maestro Pro and Edge with AxIS Navigator: In vitro MEA platform, with integrated Heat and CO2control for label-free electrical measurement of Neurons and Cardio-muscular cells—Maestro Z and ZHT with with AxIS Z:A configuration-free platform for non-invasive, continuous measurement of cell grown and death • Choreographed migration of the product code-base from .NET Framework 4.6.1 to .NET 6, including a migration from Nancy to Kestrel for the REST-based control of devices and the desktop software• Trained a direct report engineer in control theory for the migration of the Maestro Pro/Edge gas control components to new, more reliable valves and sample pumps• Instituted an internal process for ongoing project estimation and management, Restructuring Jira schemas and workflows to consolidate 150–300 user stories and bugs per software release 2–4 times per year• Devised an internal process for ongoing project estimation \and management, structuring Jira data to consolidate 150--300 user stories \and bugs per software release 2--4 times per year• Constructed a requirement tracking system within Jira, systematically collecting and tracking over 500 business requirements across 5 non-software teams, cross-linked to over 1000 SW/QA-generated stories and tests• Authored a comprehensive software team handbook, delineating policies and procedures that standardized communication, pull-request policies, coding and design standards, and onboarding procedures in common with 2 other internal software teams• Founded a women’s group, fostering a supportive environment that encouraged mentorship and support

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Served as a technical and managerial lead for Axion's software group. • Launched 7 Hardware products and 3 enterprise WPF applications: Maestro Pro, Edge, Z, and ZHT, and the Lumos optical stimulation platform• Launched 3 enterprise WPF applications, Axion Integrated Studio(AxIS), AxIS Navigator and AxIS Z for managing MEA and and Impedance experiments and data Analysis• Demonstrated proficiency in circuit design, DSP, and metrology to create a high-accuracy, measurement of electrical impedance of 96 to 384 culture wells in the Maestro Z• Implemented agile, iterative build processes to foster flexible developments as sales demands arose. Investigated new file format technologies to adopt to help the product's interoperability with high-throughput offline analysis platforms.• Led UX design for managing plate map data and statistical analysis of impedance experiment data in Axis Z:— Composed a simplified WPF skeleton app to mock and focus-group the desktop application— Devised and championed the design that allowed for unsupervised and configuration-freecollection of Impedance data— Formed the architecture data analysis engine with promise-based (Task Asynchronous Processing), data-frame patterns— Released the MVP version of AxIS Z in under 6 months using carefully vetted SW libraries— Collaborated externally to support integration with and GxP and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant processes• Created an XML-based runtime system with 1 μs precision, enabling real-time control ofhardware for rapid application R&D and custom manufacturing operations, resulting inaccelerated innovation• Performed research and algorithm design to adapt the MEA platform for use in the cardiacscreening market.• Defined file formats for storing MEA with a .NET Standard APIs and a read-only MATLAB API• Engineered and maintained environmental controls for the Maestro’s integrated single-plateincubator with ±.1% precision at 5% CO2and ±0.1℃ at 20 ℃ — 40℃

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Originated firmware authoring for the a single-well MEA platform in C++, interfacing hardwareand software• Engineered a PID and Sigma-Delta algorithm, heating cell cultures while keeping induced noise below 10 μV• Refined the same PID algorithm for the Maestro multi-well MEA’s heater, precise to ±0.1 ℃ • Initiated and maintained issue tracking and wiki in Atlassian Cloud, overseeing issue workflow• Adapted firmware for the 1st-generation Maestro, refactoring the C++ code to facilitate reuse between products• Conceived a real-time data processing system for Noise Measurement, Spike/Feature Detection, and the fundamentals of CiPA data analysis for cardiac applications still in active use for over 15 years

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As a Georgia Tech cooperative education employee, I performed integration and verification testing on FPGA-based MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding platforms. I also prepared reports of product test results and procedures.