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Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Edge AI and Accelerated Inference SMEProducts: NVIDIA NIM and IGX Orin• NVIDIA NIM is an optimized inference microservice designed to simplify and accelerate deploying generative AI models on NVIDIA infrastructure.• NVIDIA IGX Orin brings powerful, safe, and secure compute, networking, and software capabilities to industrial automation and medical devices. It includes drivers for commercial OS, a safety extension package to program safety functions on the system, and long-term enterprise support for the entire stack.• Leading technical engagements with customers and founders building accelerated edge computing servers and IoT solutions at the edge.• Scoping minimum viable product for a SaaS solution.• Researching the competitive edge AI SaaS market and sharing findings with internal teams to close product gaps and reposition an existing product.• Supporting sales and business development while working with developers, customers, and ecosystem partners throughout the sales process for GPU accelerated computing and edge platforms.• Supporting Industrial OEM and partners building NVIDIA Certified Systems.• Assisting customers with management and orchestration (containers, docker, Kubernetes) challenges associated with edge-to-cloud deployed GPU accelerated AI applications.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Supporting multiple NVIDIA IGX Orin product initiatives:• Capturing IGX hardware and software requirements from top priority customers.• Delivering roadmap and feature updates as needed.• Defining requirements, timeline, and features to improve developer experience.• Integrating IGX with existing NVIDIA edge technologies and frameworks.• Collaborating with engineering, account teams, sales, and product managers to drive product adoption.

Los Altos Hills , California, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Dual function role:• Global (field) Solutions Engineer - Supported pre-sales engagements with Nvidia, Samsung, McKesson, High-Tech and Media Vertical, and Autonomous Vehicles and Mobility Services Vertical.• Business Development Manager, AI - Supported Automotive and Global accounts on AI initiatives• Generated ~$50M+ revenue annually.• MVP of NetApp Fast Track - #1 presenter amongst 50+ new hires.• Led an AI initiative and cross-functional marketing, sales, business development team resulting in new AI revenue generating opportunities.• Provided input to NetApp's C-level leadership on Edge and AI GTM strategy.• Evangelized as an AI subject matter expert at NetApp's Executive Briefing Center and local Meetups.• Collaborated with marketing, sales, and AI team to develop the #1 viewed AI Sales Playbook.• Supported NVIDIA, Samsung, McKesson, High-Tech vertical, Autonomous Vehicles and Mobility Services vertical, and AI initiatives for F100 accounts in adopting hybrid cloud SaaS products and file, block, and object enterprise storage systems.• Led technical presentations, demos, and POCs with engineers and architects.• Developed POCs, How-To's, and content focused on cloud, K8s, and MLOps.• Provided feedback to product managers for an edge data management solution that transfers data from an NVIDIA Jetson Nano to S3.• Secured executive sponsorship for a joint co-engineering project involving high-performance data transfers via SmartNICS in the AI/ML space.Affiliations• S3 Academy• NetApp Network of Blacks in Tech (NNBT) Site Lead • AI Core Team• World Wide AI SE Specialist Team• AI/ML Training Site Lead

San Jose, California, Us

Inside pre-sales SE for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Supported customers in adopting hybrid cloud SaaS products and file, block, and object enterprise storage systems.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Designed an Unmanned Traffic Management platform that enables, control, communication, video streaming, and telemetry between drones, robots, and ground stations via 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, or satellite.• Defined product roadmap from ideation to implementation.• Collaborated with CTO to modify UTM platform based on customer feedback.• Led and negotiated strategic partnerships with UAS stakeholders and government entities.

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Pl

School of AI - RTP: Our mission is to offer a world-class AI education to anyone on Earth for free. Our doors are open to all those who wish to learn. We are a learning community that spans almost every country dedicated to teaching our students how to make a positive impact in the world using AI technology, whether that’s through employment or entrepreneurship. Each includes an educational lecture, guest speaker, hands-on coding workshop, or an AI research paper study session.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• 1st Business Development hire• Secured funding from US Ignite Smart Gigabit Communities - Smart City grant focused on public safety, drones, and 5G networking.• Developed GTM strategy, capturing new business opportunities and growing existing customer base.• Managed a cross-functional team of engineers and part 107 UAS pilots• Managed team of engineers developing an autonomous drone solution that enabled farmers to collect crop data from aerial imagery.• Instructed Part 107 training for police, fire, and S.W.A.T. team with a 100% pass rate on first attempt.• Identified and leveraged strategic partnerships with existing and prospective enterprise customers.• Submitted RFP's and negotiated government-private sector contracts.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Part-time role while in college.• Tested MDF, particle board and HDF composite panels for quality.• Increased throughput and determined bottlenecks in a manufacturing process.• Developed SOP's that reduced machine downtime.

Tallahassee, Fl, Us

Retaining Engineers Through Research Entrepreneurship and Advanced-materials Training (RETREAT)The 10-week RETREAT program provided students an opportunity to work with leading experts and be trained on the utilization, manufacture, and characterization of multiscale and multifunctional advanced composites. Students were then taught how to successfully commercialize technological innovations by participating in seminars on entrepreneurship and an EngiPreneur Competition (an entrepreneurship-based student project competition) to coordinated by experts from the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship of the Florida State University• Placed 3rd in Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition.• Attended Commercialization seminars to assess marketability of new tech.• Manufactured carbon, glass, Kevlar, and aluminum composites via compression molding & VRTM techniques.• Performed NDE test on advanced composite materials.• Wrote research papers and submitted to a peer reviewed journal.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

• Designed lab experiments independently.• Operated SEM, DSC, and AA equipment to characterize biomass.• Performed composition analysis using basic wet chemistry techniques.

Vonore, Tn, Us

• Developed company's 1st product.• Conducted market research for product.• Presented research at the ASABE International Conference.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

• Saved Cummins $200k by creating a product ID system for Six Sigma project.• Modified and designed engine parts using SolidWorks and Pro-E.

Bachelor'S Degree, Sustainable Materials And Technology

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer And Information Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering