Completed a long winding hike on the Continental Divide Trail.

Contax is multi-national SAP certified Partner Center of Expertise that works with UPS to provide a seamless multicarrier multimodal shipping solution. Functionality includes packing, manifesting, rating, returns processing, address validation, modal optimization, packing optimization, the use of international consolidation carrier services (UPS Worldease and Trade Direct, DHL Breakbulk, etc), customs compliance, hazardous material document generation, ship notifications to customers. Customers include global entities such as: Caterpillar, Bosch, Eastman Chemical, Briggs and Stratton, and Invisalign among many others. Benefits of integration reported by customers include: - Labor reduction. Less headcount needed as manual steps in shipping process automated to improved overall warehouse efficiency. - 90% reduction in internal IT support due to smoother manifesting and improved reporting. - 90% reduction in customer service calls related to shipping and delivery status inquiries. - Improved delivery accuracy, $5k/month, with the use of address validation tool. - Upwards of $300k in annual shipping costs using carrier service modal optimization. Served as the Senior Manager of a team of software developers and implementation specialists responsible for delivering customized ERP shipping solution. - Solution architect for functionality expansion and development of SAP certified add-on. - Lead project manager of shipping solution division.- Member of sales and business development team.- Resource and hiring manager of implementation team

Senior Technical Lead and Technical Project Manager responsible for guiding customers through end-to-end software rollouts. Led full scale blueprinting, development cycle, timeline management, testing cycle, go live, and go-live hypercare.- Senior technical resource on all projects within shipping solution division. - Implementation design architect.- Core developer for SAP certified add-on. - Managed team of development resources with task assignment and code review.

Wandered from Mexico border to the Canadian border on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2019

Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) Lab Assistant

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Participant