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Washington, Dc, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

GenInsights has provided pro bono genealogical research services since 1983 with integrity and care – and since 2017 has had the power and insights of data science behind it. In an age where about 85% of records are still not online, GenInsights provides a wide variety of research, probate, inheritance and translation services; additionally, they will take out a patent on a proprietary data analytics engine to obtain insights on migration, labor history, and other social science disciplines from massive data sets like censuses and broadly networked family history files.

Hanover, Md, Us

Contracting with Freddie Mac (July 2020 to June 2021)• Successfully delivered enhancements to mission-critical Big Data Analysis Platform (BDAP)• BDAP is data lake used for analytics by data scientists and for reporting by business teams• As Sr. Project Manager: planned, executed all projects on schedule, cost• As Scrum Master: motivated, tracked team delivering 10 major releases in five months, including• Disaster analytics, file transfer automation for FEMA• Credit risk transfer (CRT) portfolio data reporting• Hybrid appraisal data storage, reporting• Salesforce analytics• Spear-headed refactoring effort for BDAP in preparation for data workload migration to AWS Cloud Native Data Lake (CNDL)• CNDL is next-generation lake for data science, analytics reporting. Features delivered include:• Automated data migration framework• Automated data migration testing framework• Seamless connectivity to enterprise data pipelineUsed: GIT, Python, Unix Shell, HDFS, Autosys, Apache NIFI, Hortonworks, Hive, AWS / EMR, Kubeflow, Talend, Collibra, Okera, and Dremio technology stackContracting with Amtrak (August 2019 to April 2020):• Directed complex, highly visible project to completion, which served needs of 800 Amtrak IT employees and in-house contractors. Project included:• Migration of Project schedule and timekeeping data, as well as documentation, to Azure cloud;• Reporting solution pulled Project Online data to AWS data lake for cleaning and ETL, before pushing, synching to Amtrak’s enterprise data warehouse;• Development of project lifecycle management portal for reports and dashboards on project, timekeeping, financials.• Directed $2M multi-year effort to consolidate and standardize messaging APIs in and out of Amtrak’s mainframe reservation system, Arrow.• Laid off due to COVID-19 pandemic.Used: (1) .NET, NodeJS, BitBucket, SharePoint, ODATA, MuleSoft, Bus. Objects, Azure, AWS; (2) IBM z/TPF mainframe, C++, JSON, MuleSoft Java technology stacks.

Chantilly, Virginia, Us

• Managed BPM (business process management) and digital automation software platform• Wrote 1-yr start-up engineering plan; implemented 80% of 50+ recommendations• Mentored multinational team of 8 software engineers, some who graduated to PM roles• Served as senior PM for 15 software deployment projects, both customer-hosted and SaaS (AWS)• Contributed significantly to writing responses to RFPs with multi-million dollar contract valueUsed PHP, .NET, TeamSite, vex-JS, GitHub, MySQL, Win Server / AWS technology stacks

• Created initial project management infrastructure; evaluated and chose software tools for data management, task management, reporting, communication; established standards• Acted as program manager for small start-up firm servicing needs of medical and pharmaceutical clients in Mid-Atlantic region, as well as national telemedicine partner• Served as construction project manager for acquisition, design, and build-out of state-of-the-art pharmaceutical testing laboratory and 503B-compliant drug production facility• Acquired new company office space and managed move-in plan to completion• Gathered stakeholder data needs; completed structured task entry into PM system• Managed software development and operational activities of team of five• Instituted office policies, performance review metrics, and performance review processesUsed .NET, TeamSite, React / Node-JS, Typescript, GitHub, MongoDB, AWS technology stacks

Washington, Dc, Us

• Chose technical advisory group of vendors and strategic partners to recommend API for online career portfolio tool data sharing between AAMC application services and external third party applications that choose to contract with AAMC in future.• Managed SaaS vendor’s Agile DB and web app user interface development. Coordinated in-house development supporting AAMC enterprise efforts (SSO, application data sharing).• Created product visibility by planning and managing strategic roadmap and Agile development of online career portfolio tool for medical students and professionals with total annual budget of $2M; all deliveries on-time and under budget.• Strategically planned 2016-2018 improvement roadmaps for high-stakes MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) suite of applications for aspiring medical students.• Delivered two critical MCAT security improvements which provided medical school officers access to admission test score information on minority and disadvantaged students.• Assured project quality by overseeing on-site and off-shore QA activities.• Delivered on IT usability goal, making AAMC’s online loan organizer / calculator mobile-friendly and re-brandable for other organizations who contract to provide these tools.• Participated in PMO weekly production meetings and bi-weekly CoP meetings.Used AngularJS, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle, and Apache Tomcat technology stack.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• In AIR’s Education Assessment program, Computer and Statistical Science Center (CSSC):• Provided roughly 20 million students, parents, and teachers scores for online and paper standardized tests. Led team of eight architects, developers, and testers supporting data storage and software controlling scales, scores, analysis, quality control, reporting, and delivery of bulk data from tests taken during statewide assessments.• Managed operational (Waterfall) and developmental (Agile) projects with total contract worth > $100 million; planned and coordinated with test content developers and psychometricians; analyzed functional, technical, and quality-driven system requirements.• Made testing cutting-edge and relevant by managing projects that created online assessment and data mining tools, and supported adaptive testing psychometric studies.• Contributed significantly to enterprise process mapping, streamlining, and training initiatives for the CSSC PMO. Shepherded Agile adoption via Sr. PM committee.Used .Net / Java (Spring), Oracle, Redhat Linux technology stack on AWS cloud. wih .Net, SQL Server, Windows server stack on Intranet.

Us

• PMP certified in December 2008.• Ran enterprise architecture planning in areas of GIS and data warehousing. As result of my recommendations, FHWA elected to incorporate GIS and warehouse functionality in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI).• Developed reputation as go-to person on accessibility, compliance, and documentation standards for PMO and Quality Committee.• Led team of 11 developers maintaining mission-critical NBI system from 2002 to 2012 – used by FHWA, 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico, as well as by other federal organizations, including DHS. Delivered new NBI web app in 2002; retired legacy mainframe NBI 2003.• Assured NBI compliance with engineering specifications by consulting with AASHTO.• Kept FHWA ready by producing and maintaining DR and COOP plans.• Engaged in weekly CM meetings for mission-critical applications at FHWA.• Served as PM tech lead for Benefit-Cost Analysis system, assessing highway projects via Monte Carlo simulations; and Ancillary Structures Inspection Management System, developed to inventory and track inspections for road signs and support structures.Used .NET, Business Objects (SAP), Oracle, Windows server technology stack.

S. B., Mathematics And Physics

M.A., Astronomy

Ph.D., Astronomy