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Seattle, Wa, Us

Upgraded system components using Kubernetes for the Cray System Management product, which is a suite of tools designed for managing Cray HPC machines.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Led a team of 7 engineers to support and improve performance of Arkouda, a NumPy/Pandas-like Python package for interactive supercomputing. On the project, I implemented a parallel, distributed interface for reading in Apache Parquet files, which outperforms HDF5 reads in some cases, modularized the build process to reduce compilation time up to 90%, and implemented an array allocation interface to gracefully handle out of memory errors.

Created a detailed Getting Started guide for engineers new to the HPE Cray Programming Environment (CPE), covering installation, configuration, and basic usage. Collaborated with subject matter experts to ensure accuracy and clarity of technical content. Improved efficiency and reduced time-to-productivity for onboarding engineers. Worked with DITA, RST, and Oxygen XML.

Spokane, Washington Area

Seattle, Washington, United States

Contributed to Chapel, a parallel programming language, and Arkouda, a NumPy-like Python package that allows data-scientists to interactively utilize supercomputers. My specific contributions include performance improvements for set operations ranging from ~20-90%, implementing a scalable reduction, and other memory and runtime language improvements. Recipient of the Bloomington intern program People's Choice award.

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Worked on a team developing an application utilizing real-time data processing, multi-threading, and device integration.

Master'S In Theology & Leadership

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Religious Studies MinorGPA 3.79