Create menu and pricesCreate websiteManage advertisingMentor current General Manager

Successfully transitioned family business from small counter service to large full-service restaurant and bar.Oversaw all HR aspects: interviewing, hiring, reviews, promotions, and training.Managed menu creation, optimizing cost and pricing with analytics.Led and mentored 30 employees, fostering a collaborative environment.Maintained WordPress website, monitoring analytics for improved online presence.Strategically managed advertising, maximizing exposure and efficiency.Handled financials, evaluating opportunities for growth.Pitmaster for championship BBQ team, 600+ awards since 2006.Spearheaded company growth, two restaurant locations from a food trailer.Created a recognizable brand in Rochester, gaining local market respect.Contributed to the community by teaching barbecue and grilling classes.

Successfully transitioned family business from small counter service to large full-service restaurant and bar.Oversaw all HR aspects: interviewing, hiring, reviews, promotions, and training.Managed menu creation, optimizing cost and pricing with analytics.Led and mentored 30 employees, fostering a collaborative environment.Maintained WordPress website, monitoring analytics for improved online presence.Strategically managed advertising, maximizing exposure and efficiency.Handled financials, evaluating opportunities for growth.Pitmaster for championship BBQ team, 600+ awards since 2006.Spearheaded company growth, two restaurant locations from a food trailer.Created a recognizable brand in Rochester, gaining local market respect.Contributed to the community by teaching barbecue and grilling classes.

Top Secret SCI Clearance with PolyTaught a course on Data Compression, mentored interns, and delivered company talks on machine learning algorithms.Served as Project Manager for the image quality metrics team, leading strategy development and program implementation.Led a team that created a material database from ground truth spectral collections, improving detection performance.Enhanced image quality in a commercial space-based image compression database by 30%.Led image evaluation projects and provided customer briefings with Python and Excel analysis.Automated GIS tasks programming in Python, utilizing version control and reducing data preparation time by 150%.Conducted compression analysis and simulations in a cloud environment, created data visualizations and briefed customers.

Pioneered festival from inception to become one of Rochester's largest.Achieved a remarkable 3000% growth for the festival in just 5 years.Hosted NY's largest BBQ competition and one of the country's largest.Cultivated strong sponsor relationships for the festival.Managed all marketing, website development, and analytics.Successfully sold the festival and brand in 2017.

Instructed History of Mathematics course at the Center for Distance Learning.Ensured quality assurance for online courses.Recommended curriculum changes.

Developed a hyper-spectral scene segmentation and illumination suppression algorithm using Visual C# and C.Designed machine learning algorithms for hyper-spectral image classification and presented research at industry conferences.Served as a program manager for a cross-functional team responsible for building an image processing and analysis tool.

DoD Secret ClearanceImplemented a LZW-like compression algorithm in C++.Coordinated software builds for tactical radio systems.Troubleshot radio issues, applied code changes, and conducted thorough testingDesigned, maintained, and repaired radio test scripts.Utilized the Vision software development process.

DoD Secret ClearancePlanned, coordinated, and led field data collections.Acted as a contracting officer technical representative for a hyper-spectral program.Developed and implemented infrared target detection machine learning algorithms in Python, C++, and MATLAB.Evaluated automatic target detection algorithms using SQL.Utilized Python to optimize algorithm performance based on evaluation results.Oversaw hardware embedding of algorithms to ensure optimal performance.Explored image/data fusion concepts.Presented analysis at industry conferences.