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Seattle, Wa, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

-Worked on a small, self-contained team in an Agile environmentProjects:-Team delivered an HTTP API to facilitate text communication for internal BUs-I led a team of developers in developing a text-conversation service to allow BUs to communicate directly with customers and process responses-Team inherited a Java-based email communication platformSkills/Tech:-Deployed application infrastructure using Serverless, AWS CDK-Leveraged AWS SDK (Node.js), Python SDK, and AWS CLI-Migrated code base from JavaScript to TypeScript-Built and maintained Jenkins CI/CD build and deployment pipelines in a production environment with Git triggers and Artifactory integration-As microservice applications grew, developed a standard CI/CD pipeline to be shared across applications-Migrated inherited project to use current deployment pipeline while maintaining compatibility with other services-AWS Lambda events:(HTTP, DynamoDB Streams, SQS, cron), invocations:(Lambda, Cloudwatch)-DynamoDB tables tracking event audit history and pairing with AWS Glue for S3, DynamoDB archival-SQS queues for managing requests, failures/retries-CloudWatch queries for log analysis-IAM role/policy CloudFormation Template development applying principle of least privilege-Deployed AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service SQS-Consumer pods through Helm

San Jose, California, Us

-Developed supervised machine learning model to detect anomalous network activity-Amazon Sagemaker Random Cut Forest implementation-Label-encoding integration for categorical variable consideration

Draper, Ut, Us

-Front/back-end web development-Addressed issues during testing and full release of a new internal sales platform-Applied MVC framework incorporating Vue.js and Laravel

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

-Effective challenge and oversight of a broad range of financial and statistical models, requiring strong organizational, analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving capabilities. Continually increasing responsibilities ranging from coordinating and executing internal and regulatory initiatives to formal reporting of complex analyses and required action items. -Statistical analysis and diagnostics-Profitability assessment-Budgeting/financial planning-Discounted cash flow analysis-Credit analysis and underwriting -Analytical software (EViews, QRM)-Time series regression and forecasting Model Validation • Evaluated asset/liability management methods of managing interest rate risk and economic value of equity at risk; includes evaluation of duration, convexity, and basis point value calculations and application of interest rate and deposit response scenarios • Validated data sources and transformations, replicated model coefficients, and challenged modeling decisions and rationale through alternative strategies• Assessed the appropriateness of qualitative inputs, quantitatively-derived budgeted forecasts, modeled approaches, and non-modeled assumptions used in capital planning• Tested deposit and loan balance and pricing regression models for variable stationarity, residual autocorrelation and corrective methods, variable selection and transformation processes, and inclusion of autoregressive structuresModel Risk Oversight• Instituted periodic performance monitoring to assess model accuracy and stability• Designed and implemented procedures to ensure proper identification and governance of internal models and computational tools• Oversaw the development and ongoing production of Executive- and Board-level reporting • Standardized key data fields to facilitate reporting and automation of updates

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Master Of Science - Ms, Software Development

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics