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Barrington, Il, Us

• Develop Algorithms to optimize multi-dimensional matrices using Stochastic Gradient Descent.• Develop automated systems for webcrawling to grab information required for inputs of the developed algorithms.• Develop software for loading webcrawled data into MongoDB and merging data to PostgreSQL.• Developing an RestAPI service for database management and backtesting management using FastAPI, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript and React.• Built a HPC using 4 Dell Poweredge R720 child nodes (Linux OS) and 1 Dell Poweredge R710 parent node (VMWare)• Replaced 4x1 GB/s NIC cards with 2x10 GB/s NIC cards and trunked the ports together to supply a 20 GB/s Backbone for the server network• Coordinated all purchases of hardware (Servers, firewalls, switches, and NAS) through extensive research and specification development based on algorithm development needs.• Built a NAS that holds 30 TB of data and allows for 2 failures (RAIDz2)

Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

• Developed data migration tool in Polars to reduce runtime by 95% compared to Pandas.• Replaced RPC endpoint with asynchronous code to increase RPS by 794%.• Deployed a Sentry service and integrated into the backend codebase to reduce system failures by 75%.• Standardized the development environment with docker, docker-compose and shell files to reduce engineering time to develop by 25%.• Implemented Python testing standards with pytest to increase code-coverage from less than 10% to greater than 70% in all backend repositories.• Refactored, designed and developed an integral algorithm to reduce computation times by 99.4%.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Designed and developed FastAPI service for uploading, managing and displaying Cameo model metric data to monitor health metrics.• Developed Dockerfile for automation of pulling Cameo model metrics, cleaning, and pushing data up to the ReST service.• Developed macros and manage automation software for Cameo.

Flex-Kleen - Wood Dale, Il

• Developed software to automate design process through Autodesk Inventor using Python, projected to reduce product design time by 60%. Will reduce production costs and product prices overall by 5%.• Developed tool to pull design criteria from sales team spreadsheets to Autodesk Inventor using selenium and beautiful soup Python packages. Allows no change to current employee process and reduces product design time by 10%.• Software packages have been deployed to Windows server to run on a time schedule. Both monitors and determines when changes have been made to project folders. Eliminates human error and allows for a fully function automated design software package to be deployed.• Developed automated pricing tool for entire standard catalog using VBA. Responsible for 10% of revenue.• Completes all structural design calculations for pressure vessels and the underlying standing structure using ASCE standards, and Autodesk Inventor’s structural analysis tool. Reduced individual project costs by 1-2% due to an over design on historical standard structural designs.• Removed cost of past analyses through development of a finite element analysis process on complex pressure vessel designs for davit arms, nozzle loads, and shell stresses.• Removed cost of ASME code calculations for all ASME code vessels prior to fabrication by implementing PVElite into our product design process for ASME code vessels.• Developed a calculation tool in accordance with NFPA-68 using excel and Python. Eliminates the cost of outsourcing annual updates to NFPA code calculator.

Flex-Kleen - Wood Dale, Illinois

• Completed all structural design calculations for pressure vessels and the underlying standing structure: Uses statics, mechanics of materials, and calculations for wind, snow loads and horizontal loads due to tectonic shifts.• Performed Design review for the Senior Design Engineer for all drawings.• Reviewed all Finite Element Analysis calculations for ASME code vessels.

Melrose Park, Illinois

• Coordinated meetings with manufacturing plant leaders to develop a production optimization calculator for the $400m expansion project. This tool prevented severe overlooks of production lines due to health risks of products being produced and bottled in areas that would otherwise not have been properly ventilated.• Reduced future expansion project by $50m by developing a production plan that optimized for the least amount of downtime of the production facility. Developed algorithm that accounted for production, cleaning, inspection and error.• Integrated architectural, mechanical, and electrical systems using Autodesk’s Revit to reduce contractor costs.• Wrote user requirement specifications (URS) for Solidworks project data management system for FDA regulated projects.• Identified and specified containment equipment for pharmaceutical manufacturing filling lines.• Oversaw project execution and validation.• Led product database for the allocation of 255 million vials of generic pharmaceutical drugs.• Led equipment list of expansion project for electrical and utilities connections.• Led 3-D modeling and the implementation of equipment models into the project building schematics.

Lincolnshire, Il

• Implemented a 3-D printing prototype machine and the corresponding software• Manipulated Mechanics of Materials equations to fit research of electrical connectors• Repaired damaged AutoCAD, Inventor, and Solidworks files for manufacturing purposes• Researched clock-springs and balancers, in order to prove manufacturing flaws in company product• Researched mechanical properties using INSTRON machine and Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, 3.40

Master of Engineering in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.57

Graduated with Cum Laude Honors in May 2016

Associate Of Science - As, Engineering, 3.39