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Montreal, Qc

Led the technical development of applications built on VIA's platform using agile methodologies. Worked directly with the product owner and customers to set technical requirements, gather feedback, and set the release schedule of the application. Set up CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployment. Led a cross-functional team of developers and data professionals and contributed to the development and analytics. Led the process to get continuous authority to operate (cATO) for the eJARVIS application. Advised teams across the organization on application development and releases.Key projects:- JARVIS, an application which provides access and data analysis related to critical infrastructure. The application is used by the US Air Force to inform decisions on infrastructure maintenance.- eJARVIS, an extension of JARVIS to support the transition to electric vehicles.- SLAM AI, an application that enables visualization generation based on natural language inputs.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Led the technical development of applications built on VIA's Trusted Analytics Chain (TAC) platform using agile methodologies. Worked directly with the product owner and customers to set technical requirements, gather feedback, and set the release schedule of the application. Set up CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployment. Led a cross-functional team of developers and data professionals and contributed to the development and analytics.Key projects:- JARVIS, an application which provides access and data analysis related to critical infrastructure. The application is used by the US Air Force to inform decisions on infrastructure maintenance.- SWEET, an application for cleaning and standardizing data from electrical meters.

Montreal, Canada Area

Led the technical development of applications built on VIA's Trusted Analytics Chain (TAC) platform using agile methodologies. Worked directly with the product owner and customers to set technical requirements, gather feedback, and set the release schedule of the application. Set up CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployment. Led a cross-functional team of developers and data professionals and contributed to the development and analytics.Key projects:- A pilot application to showcase the benefits of VIA's Global Data Asset Collective for Transformers and how it uses VIA's Trusted Analytics Chain to protect users' data. The pilot was demoed for over 30 potential customers in the first 2 months.- JARVIS, an application which provides access and data analysis related to critical infrastructure. The application is used by the US Air Force to inform decisions on infrastructure maintenance.- TAC Ingestion Engine, a microservice to enable TAC users and applications to prepare and standardize their datasets before connecting to TAC.Other responsibilities:- Mentored team members in software architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and related tools such as docker and kubernetes.- Worked with internal stakeholders to improve uptake of internal VIA technologies.

Montreal, Canada Area

- Developed software and APIs to enable data analysts to access power company data through VIA's data privacy platform, TAC.- Developed directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to represent data science workflows and used a workflow management platform to control scheduling and triggering of the DAGs.- Contributed to software design.- Mentored new team members.

Montreal, Canada Area

TandemLaunch scouts, accelerates, and commercializes early-stage technologies from the world's top universities in close partnership with major Consumer Electronic brands. We collaborate with innovative entrepreneurs and technologists to turn these initial ideas into high quality startup ventures that our partners then lead to international impact.In this role, I evaluated academic research for commercialization potential in consumer electronics.

Coordinated outreach for the physics department at McGill University* Worked with local teachers and volunteers from McGill to implement five inquiry-based physics modules in four primary schools* Collaborated with other stakeholders in the McGill and Montreal community to improve science education at all levels* Organized volunteers and logistics of public lectures, lab tours, and other events about physics or the role of science in society

Consultant for client generating K-12 science assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards:* Reviewed physical science test questions at a variety of grade levels; determined alignment to the appropriate standard and depth of knowledge.* Corresponded with content writers to provide feedback and suggestions for improvements.* Developed content for assessments.* Followed up with graphic creators and copy editors to ensure the quality of the final items.

Austin, Tx

* Gained new insight into physical properties of graphene layers and the use of boron nitride as a substrate for graphene. * Utilized a variety of analytical and numerical techniques for theoretically analyzing the electrical and optical behavior of these two dimensional systems. * Compared to experimental results to evaluate the theoretical models. * Communicated results to scientific community through publications, conference presentations, and invited lectures.

State College, Pennsylvania

* Thesis research on electronic properties of two-dimensional systems of Dirac fermions in graphene and topological insulators.* Worked in the Center for Nanoscale Science as a part of their "Electrons in Confined Geometries" interdisciplinary research group. * Collaborated with experimental and theoretical researchers.* Developed communication skills through conference presentations, publications, and seminar lectures.* Participated in public outreach projects supported by the Center for Nanoscale Science. These projects are designed to teach and promote science to various audiences, from kids to adults, depending on the project.

State College, Pennsylvania

Led discussions and laboratories for introductory physics courses including mechanics (PHYS 211 and 250) and electricity and magnetism (PHYS 212).

Funded by the National Science Foundation (USA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (China), lived in Beijing for 2 months while collaborating on a research project at Peking University and improving US-China relations via people to people exchange.

Phd, Physics

Activities and Societies: Center for Nanoscale Science, Physics and Astronomy for Women

B.S., Physics; Minor In Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Commonwealth Honors College