I am a Lead Decision Science Analyst on the Marketing Data and Analytics Team at USAA, where I am the head developer/implementer for one of USAA's major marketing models. I work with all aspects of the modeling process; data development and automation, data quality control and assurance, model risk management, and model development. I support the wider marketing team to support optimization of marketing products for USAA insurance and financial products by leading training on various tools and… Show more I am a Lead Decision Science Analyst on the Marketing Data and Analytics Team at USAA, where I am the head developer/implementer for one of USAA's major marketing models. I work with all aspects of the modeling process; data development and automation, data quality control and assurance, model risk management, and model development. I support the wider marketing team to support optimization of marketing products for USAA insurance and financial products by leading training on various tools and models. Show less

• Developed and implemented a data driven process to assess return of investment and enable understanding of the unit's operations in order to drive business decisions.• Supported Subject Matter Experts on cross-functional teams to identify operational risks and gaps and develop solutions to mitigate.• Conducted analytics on unstructured activity and task data to show alignment of the use of organizational resources in terms of time and money against stated priorities.• Conducted… Show more • Developed and implemented a data driven process to assess return of investment and enable understanding of the unit's operations in order to drive business decisions.• Supported Subject Matter Experts on cross-functional teams to identify operational risks and gaps and develop solutions to mitigate.• Conducted analytics on unstructured activity and task data to show alignment of the use of organizational resources in terms of time and money against stated priorities.• Conducted manpower analysis to construct a model to enable better manpower decisions as the organization manpower was reduced from greater than 700 people to less than 500 over a two year period. Show less

• Managed project reimbursable research budgets of over $400,000. • Partnered with a professor at the Naval Postgraduate school to develop an agent-based model of crowd behavior, using NetLogo, and integrate the model with a Java-based, analytic, combat simulation, COMBATXXI.• Partnered with a professor and graduate student at the University of Virginia to develop and implement a text analytics topic modeling algorithm to detect a given set of topics within a corpus of article and… Show more • Managed project reimbursable research budgets of over $400,000. • Partnered with a professor at the Naval Postgraduate school to develop an agent-based model of crowd behavior, using NetLogo, and integrate the model with a Java-based, analytic, combat simulation, COMBATXXI.• Partnered with a professor and graduate student at the University of Virginia to develop and implement a text analytics topic modeling algorithm to detect a given set of topics within a corpus of article and greater length documents.• Developed an optimization model using organization task lists and time estimates to optimize deployment of units and organizations to accomplish specific wartime tasks. • Constructed an automated simulation environment using distributed computing over the Condor platform in order to conduct designed experimentation with a Combat Simulation (COMBATXXI). • Provided organizational survey development and analysis to review key and critical functions across the Army Military Intelligence enterprise (Military Intelligence "Bottom-Up Review"). Show less

• Managed and led a team of 6 operations research analysts conducting capabilities and business analyses for Air and Missile Defense systems and process. • Conducted a cost vs. benefit analysis for an Air and Missile Defense system called the JLENS in order to show the value gained by the U.S. Army acquiring the system (a $6 million plus program).• Led a team in developing requirements for a command and control system, the Integrated Battle Command System, using proven decision theory… Show more • Managed and led a team of 6 operations research analysts conducting capabilities and business analyses for Air and Missile Defense systems and process. • Conducted a cost vs. benefit analysis for an Air and Missile Defense system called the JLENS in order to show the value gained by the U.S. Army acquiring the system (a $6 million plus program).• Led a team in developing requirements for a command and control system, the Integrated Battle Command System, using proven decision theory techniques.• Implemented the use of a combat simulation, EADSIM, at the Fires Center of Excellence, to support decision making within the Air and Missile Defense acquisition community. Show less

I began my career in the U.S. Army as an Engineer. I worked primarily as a Combat Engineer Officer, overseeing teams of combat engineers conducting various complex missions. I served as an Engineer Company Commander managing multiple teams, a total of ninety-six Soldiers, and responsible for maintaining and accounting for over $58 million in vehicles and equipment and managing an annual budget of $100 thousand dollars. Prior to that, I served as an Engineer Platoon Leader managing a team of… Show more I began my career in the U.S. Army as an Engineer. I worked primarily as a Combat Engineer Officer, overseeing teams of combat engineers conducting various complex missions. I served as an Engineer Company Commander managing multiple teams, a total of ninety-six Soldiers, and responsible for maintaining and accounting for over $58 million in vehicles and equipment and managing an annual budget of $100 thousand dollars. Prior to that, I served as an Engineer Platoon Leader managing a team of twenty-six Soldiers and responsible for maintaining and accounting for over $2.5 million in vehicles and equipment. I have also served as an Engineer Staff officer overseeing various construction projects and operations. I was deployed twice to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in capacities that included working with local communities and Iraqi forces to fight insurgency, conducting route clearance to clear roads of improvised-explosive devices, and working with Iraqi contractors on various construction projects. Show less