Do what you love. And I love tackling complex problems: identifying the semantic model underlying messy data and intricate business requirements, and deriving actionable insights.Team LeadershipLeading a team means recognizing and harnessing individual strengths to create a killer product--whether it is a research project or a client deliverable. A leader should be mission-focused, and help each team member buy in to the common goal and understand their role in achieving it.Technical CommunicationExtensive experience with collaborations spanning widely varying backgrounds. I am comfortable engaging with folks across the spectrum of contexts: the company CEO, the Nobel Prize recipient, the electrician installing new facilities, the niche domain expert, fresh undergraduate student, the QA tester, or sales engineer building a new client relationship. I regularly interact with colleagues across the world with varying cultural and language backgrounds. Expert at collaborating remotely and across timezones.Data, data, dataAfter a long career in science, my head is wired for searching for the pattern in the noise--thinking about how to pull significant insight from the messy truth of real world data. I have experience with a range of statistical methods and data science techniques as well as the latest machine learning methods. I now work regularly with cutting edge knowledge graph technology, weaving data with a semantic layer to enrich analysis. With an eye towards the most explainable, clear, and updated understanding of the signals that can be used to drive decision making and action.Materials Science & Engineering, Laser ScienceAsk me about my PhD and postdoctoral research!