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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Direct and oversee the work of the Analytics Center of Excellence's (J6DA) Emerging Capabilities Branch (J6DAC) consisting of Operations Research Analysts, Data Scientists, and Statisticians who specialize in conducting and supporting complex operations research studies.Senior technical consultant in business support areas relating to operations research for assigned HQ DLA and designated MSC offices.Oversee and direct the administrative and professional program work of the Emerging Capabilities Branch, primarily focused on the development and execution of the Branch's segment of the Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE) study program that encompasses the related HQ DLA business areas and MSC's.Assist in maintenance of the ACE Planning Process, providing input and subject matter expertise to contribute to the generation of the ACE Field Activity Plan and Business Plan.Represent the Branch as a participant in recurring conferences/symposia in the DLA Business Areas, MSC-DLA analytical community and/or professional societies.Serve as a contributing member of the ACE Corporate Board, keeping abreast of the operational activities of the other ACE branches within the Division.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Received the Superior Civilian Service Award for work migrating the ACE Data Warehouse and Integrated Data Bank to the DLA Data Lake, including the provision of detailed, line-by-line process code to the Hadoop team, and working through each process with the developers to enable code development for DLA Data Lake. Independently tested each process, providing immediate, concise feedback. Leader for the UAT effort, identified key personnel throughout the Agency, provided detailed instructions for connecting and running scripts, and collected comprehensive results from test personnel.Serve as technical advisor to ACE's leadership on issues such as process automation, priorities, cost-benefits, trade-offs, and application suitability. Ensure that ACE is well positioned to be in line with and take advantage of DLA Enterprise solutions.Main POC for ACE’s portion of the Strategic Distribution Database (SDDB) run in cooperation with USTRANSCOM to measure the velocity of major classes of sustainment materiel moving through the DoD Global Distribution System.Perform quantitative, cost/economic analysis and operations research studies requiring the application of such techniques as mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, linear and nonlinear programming, simulation, decision theory and probability theory.Provide technical support for DLA's Analytic Center of Excellence (ACE) and external customers on ACE's Oracle database and Unix servers. Diagnose and resolve issues within ACE's Oracle database and Unix based data sets including space allocation, data feed errors, process automation and performance. Write and maintain custom scripts to load data and perform checks related to data quality.Research, collect, and analyze data using software such as SAS, Qlik, Oracle SQL, SAP HANA, Python, and Unix shell scripting in order to present key decision makers with actionable information.

Richmond, Va

• Lead analyst and subject matter expert in fraud for the conversion of HSBC accounts to Capital Onesystems, identifying over 1900 critical data elements and mapping them across data sources tofacilitate a seamless transition.• Improved fraud decline rules by analyzing decline rates and fraud loss across several key transactiontypes reducing fraud loss by approx. $80k per month and reducing declines, which are a key customerdissatisfier, by 10k per month.• Managed the migration effort and development of a new archival system to transfer approx. 18TB oftape archives to a Teradata Cold Storage environment allowing GUI based interaction for user initiatedarchive requests and tighter controls on archiving and purging policies.• Utilized programming and analytical tools including SAS, SQL, Teradata and Unix to formulateanalytical models and develop complex data structures to support business insights and strategy.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Developed an innovative large scale refining process to bring platinum to industry standard purity levels without the use of solvent extraction.• Managed the performance of the chemical refining laboratory including laboratory assistants, process equipment, and chemical supplies.• Improved multiple processes throughout the refinery including the introduction of new fluxes, better assay techniques, higher yield from low grade material processing, and faster stone removal procedures for jewelry processing.• Managed the zero discharge wastewater treatment facility and air scrubbers to recover all metals exiting the facility through drains and fume hoods.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Reliably carried out all field testing operations under strict time and location requirements as well as maintenance and calibration of test equipment.• Performed data analysis across a wide range of variables to determine contributing factors of impaired water quality in the James River and Chesapeake Bay. • Demonstrated the accuracy and precision of field testing results with quality control samples including field blanks and field duplicates prepared for analysis in the Central Environmental Laboratory.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics, 3.8

Physics