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Remote/Menlo Park, Ca

1) Manage 7T MRI research strategic roadmap and external ultra-high field collaborations.2) Technical lead on collaborative MRI neuro research projects with academic partners at Stanford and UCSF.3) Develop MRI pulse sequences and image reconstruction algorithms in C++/Matlab/Python as prototypes and product.4) Significant contributions to projects in Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI), functional MRI (fMRI), anatomical T1w Imaging, Diffusion, and Motion Correction (MoCo).

Oxford, United Kingdom

1) Researched MRI biomarkers of cancer in radiation therapy and chemotherapy treatment planning.2) Developed novel MRSI and CEST pulse sequences at 3T on the GE EPIC platform for use in liver, rectal, and head/neck cancer imaging.3) Developed fast MRSI pulse sequences at 3T on the Siemens IDEA platform for use in brain imaging.4) Developed post-processing algorithms for MRSI and CEST imaging data.5) Supervised clinical PhD student research and co-developed imaging protocols for cancer imaging trials.6) Promoted to Dept of Oncology, MRI Core Lead after first year

Malibu, Ca

1) Developed and applied modern mathematical algorithms from machine learning, spectral graph theory, and network sciences to computational neuroscience and cognitive modeling project.2) Developed, implemented, evaluated, and integrated algorithms into large, multi-threaded software architecture to perform neuro-anatomical feature learning, data analysis, pattern recognition, and classification in Matlab and C.

Greater Los Angeles Area

1) Conducted research into 2D, 4D, and 5D MR Spectroscopic imaging in vivo under Dr Albert Thomas.2) Developed multi-dimensional under-sampling techniques for MR Spectroscopic imaging and implemented post-processing sparse reconstruction methods including: Maximum Entropy, Compressed Sensing, and Group Sparsity that reduced clinical scan times up to eight times in vivo.3) Developed novel MRSI pulse sequences on the Siemens IDEA platform to support multi-dimensional MR Spectroscopic imaging.4) Developed improved post-processing techniques to remove spatial and spectral phase artifacts caused by B0 inhomogeneity, B0 field drift, eddy currents, and spatially separated phased-array coils.

1) Documented Windows 7 and 8 networking API behavior for external software developers on MSDN.2) Regularly performed source code reverse engineering in C/C++ in support of documentation.3) Wrote and tested code samples included in the Windows SDK.4) Wrote Perl scripts used to programmatically walk the sample code tree, build each sample, and report any errors to sample owner.

Redmond, Wa

1) Promoted the usage of the Windows kernel source code and Windows kernel based curriculum in operating systems research and instruction at universities worldwide through the Windows Academic Program. 2) Defined requirements, designed, developed and tested instructional sample projects, labs and source code examples in C/C++ as additions to the Windows kernel-based curriculum.3) Presented the Windows Academic Program to audiences of systems faculty and students in Computer Science departments. 4) Engaged with academic developer evangelists and universities to develop and drive the student adoption programs of the Windows kernel-based curriculum.5) Drove community development of the Windows Academic Program in areas of forum support,self-learning tools, and instructional documentation for student audiences.

Redmond, Wa

1) Reverse engineered and documented the wire behavior of Microsoft’s packetized and proprietary network protocols and extensions to public network protocols per Department of Justice and European Union disclosure directives.2) Recipient of the Microsoft Gold Star award for reverse engineering and documenting the Active Directory, FRS, and DFS internal server to server logic and wire protocols during the fall of 2005.3) Team lead and program manager on Department of Justice documentation bug resolution project.4) Researched and wrote documentation for several protocols including: NTLM, Kerberos, Disk Management Services, PEAP, IPSec, RCMP, CredSSP, and RPC. 5) Regularly performed network traces and source code reverse engineering in C in support of documentation.6) Wrote prototype Perl script used to programmatically verify accuracy of protocol documentation against Netmon network trace output.7) Provided technical consultation to Microsoft anti-trust legal team and regulatory compliance specialists.8) Negotiated parts of the technical content of the protocol documentation with the European Union and Department of Justice regulators.

1) Troubleshot and provided technical assistance to customers on network architecture and LAN/WAN technologies: Ethernet, Frame Relay, ATM, TCP/IP, SONET, MPLS, Token Ring, Cisco Routers/Switches, etc.2) Hands-on experience at Sprint Labs in firewall design, IP numbering scheme, and Cisco routers. 3) Provisioned and tested capacity links: T1s, T3s, and channelized/fractionalized ports. 4) Provided customer with network metric presentations on a regular basis.

1) Conducted research on the power consumption of an IEEE 802.11 NIC as it relates to Packet Error Rate (PER) and network throughput.2) Designed experimental setup of ad hoc network, performed testing, and analyzed packet traces and oscilloscope readings using statistical methods.3) Used Perl, C++, Linux, Windows, and networking skills extensively in experimental setup.4) Gained experience in large project management and technical documentation design. 5) Research paper published at the European Wireless Conference, February 2002.

1) Developed error logging utilities used on embedded systems of the AS400 server in C++2) Developed code library tools in Perl in AIX environment3) Developed automated test sequences for embedded systems of AS400 servers in C4) Tested embedded software on AS400 and RS6000 servers5) Initiated a more efficient way to test embedded software on AS400 server in C. 6) Webmaster of intern web page.

Phd, Biomedical Engineering

Dissertation based on sparse image reconstruction of MRI. Recipient of the 4 year NIH-NLM fellowship for study and research in medical.

Mphil, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: President of graduate student body Selwyn College, Collegiate rowing teamThesis titled: "A study.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Awarded the RASF scholarship to conduct research for 6 months at the Technische Universität Berlin. Results published at the European.

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