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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Reduced report completion time by 75% by developing full-stack web applications for 900 internal users and administrators
• Decreased run time by up to 90% by refactoring existing code
• Consistently met 3 day SLA for bug reports and change requests
• Increased data quality and accessibility of more than 1 million data points by designing and implementing revised database schema, allowing for automated generation of weekly metrics

Saint Louis

• Oversaw data center operations to meet SLA of 100% service up-time over 21 months
• Decreased local data center footprint and operations costs by 70%
• Planned and executed daily migrations, maintenance, and decommissions of data center equipment and met the SLA of 0% error rate across all requests
• Defined and monitored capacity and performance metrics to forecast power and cooling requirements for approximately 50,000 square feet of data center space containing 3,000 servers
• Coordinated support teams for electrical, network, and facilities work within the data center, allowing for timely completion of contracted work while maintaining all security protocols
• Provided 24/7 support and met SLA of < 24 hour resolution time for all issues

• Conducted audits of over 200 application teams to measure compliance with company and government regulations for information security, finding opportunities for risk mitigation in over 30% of cases
• Developed statistical models for audit sampling process, resulting in a 20% decrease in workload required to deliver findings with necessary confidence
• Restructured compliance validation processes to reduce audit impact, resulting in a 33% process time reduction
• Created process training materials for new contractors, resulting in 50% decreased training time
• Facilitated contract negotiations with external consultants and vendors on contracts in excess of 2 million dollars, monitoring cost efficiency and contributing technical and process expertise

• Collected and analyzed fMRI data for human subjects testing of 40 participants, with findings being presented at 2 national conferences
• Gathered requirements and implemented solutions for lab automation and data aggregation, resulting in a 95% reduction of computing prework
• Directed and evaluated activities of 3 undergraduate assistants, ensuring timely completion of interdependent project components

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, 3.8