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Kirkland, WA, US

San Francisco, California, US

• Co-developer of an ML system submitted for a software patent.
• Led the development of an end-to-end machine learning pipeline, incorporating a feature engineering pipeline to feature table, scheduled training cycles to model store, and online prediction using MLFlow, Pyspark, and.
• Engineered multi-variant survival models to estimate model specific failure rate curves for data center storage drives, guiding risk management and extension of operational life strategies.
• Designed, developed, and implemented a semi-automated ML forecasting pipeline for hardware right-sizing recommendations in a Kubernetes framework. This optimization aids capacity planners in maximizing data center.
• ERG Leader
• Mentor of several junior engineers looking to advance their careers or move into ML Engineering.

San Francisco, California, US

• Designed, developed, and deployed a cloud computing cost alerting algorithm to identify anomalous patterns in AWS spend. This algorithm combines a changepoint detection algorithm and ranking functionality within a.
• Designed, developed, and deployed a containerized suite of financial algorithms as a part of a financial integration engine, that integrate accounting information with datacenter infrastructure build specs and hardware.
• Creator of technical design and implementation documentation for data science products.
• Codeveloper of features on internal forecasting package in python.
• Codeveloper of methodology for scaling demand forecasts of existing customer workloads on new server technology, for migration planning, based on calculated performance conversion ratios and historical workload.
• Create and deploy Docker containers using Airflow for end to end algorithm automation.

Arlington, VA, US

• Lead the development of work management strategy for newly formed Business Intelligence and Analytics organization, which includes developing operational standards for selection, prioritization, and execution of.
• Develop business intelligence metrics and dashboards in Tableau to support daily supply chain operations.
• Create, deploy, and manage automated SQL ETL pipelines in support of daily supply chain operation dashboards.

Arlington, VA, US

• Program Industrial Engineer for Kawaski Heavy Industries - Section 43 Fabrication
• Reduced monthly inventory holding costs $10M+ at partner site, through the development of statistical models of on time delivery performance.
• Perform production capability and capacity analysis of KHI’s value stream
• Perform master schedule integration analysis of Boeing and KHI’s production schedules, capability, and capacity at each master schedule revision
• Analyze and present facility, tooling, and equipment investment recommendations on the behalf of Kawaski Heavy Industries to the 787 Program Executive Leadership Rate Investment Board on a quarterly basis, in support.
• Saved the 787 program from $30M+ in rate investment requirements, through the use of capacity/capability analysis, identification and implementation of process improvement opportunities, and price negotiations.

Arlington, VA, US

• Program Industrial Engineer for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – 787 Wing Fabrication
• Analyzed and presented facility, tooling, and equipment investment recommendations on the behalf of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to the 787 Program Executive Leadership Rate Investment Board on a quarterly basis, in.
• As a core member of a rate investment team of two financial analysts, two procurement agents, and one industrial engineer assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, we eliminated over 28% ($200M+) of MHI’s baseline rate.
• Performed production capability and capacity analysis of MHI’s value stream
• Performed master schedule integration analysis of Boeing and MHI’s production schedules, capability, and capacity at each master schedule revision
• Maintained constant awareness of MHI’s production health to advise program leadership of potential risks and help needed areas.

Arlington, VA, US

• Develop and maintain long-term Shipping Mechanical Equipment (SME) cycling plans for all commodities to provide flight schedule integrators guidance on near-term flight scheduling and provide the largo cargo freighter.
• Act as point of contact for performing flight schedule impact assessments on Master Schedule driven Change Requests.
• Perform flight schedule impact assessments due to factory operation, partner operation, or airport operation driven changes.
• Utilized a systems thinking approach to develop a Finished Goods Inventory storage plan for Section’s 44, 46, and 30 by overlaying an integrated view of the production and transportation schedules over the cycling plan.
• Led a workshop to create the 787 Rotable Tool Control Committee, and co-led the development of the governing Boeing Process Instruction (BPI).
• Co-led the business case development for a cost recovery initiative, which resulted in operational strategy changes and a net savings of $26 Million to the 787 program.

Arlington, VA, US

• Responsible for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, and control of the SME Development Program through all phases of all projects.
• Led and executed all activities required to develop the Dreamlifter Operations SME Rate Readiness Plan.
• Developed and maintained $100M dollar budgetary forecast for the SME development program.
• 787-9 SME Inter-Organizational Product Team Meeting Lead for cross-functional project team consisting of Tool Engineering, Cargo Design and Stress, Manufacturing Engineering, FAA Airplane Representatives, Life Cycle.
• Developed and maintained status report deck on a weekly basis to keep stakeholders abreast of project updates, upcoming events, plan changes, and risks.
• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and facilitating the "Tooling End-User Design Input" presentations and feedback sessions for all 787 Partner sites that use our SME's (i.e. Nagoya, Japan; Foggia and Grottaglie.

Arlington, VA, US

• Managed all incoming and outgoing work transfer projects for the Manufacturing Business Unit (Tube, Duct, and Reservoir Center - TDRC).
• Planned and executed all phases of incoming and outgoing work transfer activities at the TDRC, including business case development, statement of work development, production capacity/capability assessments, and the.
• Responsible for increasing operational funding by more than $30 Million per year through strategic work placement within our manufacturing business unit.
• Co-led Accelerated Improvement Workshops utilizing Lean Methodology, Value Stream Mapping, and Work Measurement to improve production processes, reduce inventory storage, and develop phased facility improvement and.
• Evaluated and implemented the incorporation of new technology into production processes when necessary, to support incoming work statement.
• Led inter-organizational teams consisting of Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Quality Management, Finance, and Material Management in the implementation.

Arlington, VA, US

• Responsible for creation, release, and execution of Constraint Based Schedule / Critical Chain Project Management based production schedules for 787 Final Assembly; this entailed detail integration of baseline.
• Responsible for maintaining DELMIA Control Station architecture and associated Master Schedule integration.
• Managed production schedule capacity resources in Aurora, a constraint based modeling software, for all Material Handling and Thermal stabilization production models; this included ensuring assembly planning models.
• Developed database and metrics to analyze the health of Final Assembly constraint based production models.
• Analyzed production models within Aurora to determine accuracy of assembly precedence network.
• Responsible for production assembly plans to facilitate material handling activities required to support transfer of shipped components into assembly positions.

Arlington, VA, US

• Developed daily load plans, equipment cycling plans, labor resource plans, and recovery plans as necessary.
• Co-Lead Accelerated Improvement Workshops to drive process improvements, process standardization, reduction of waste, reduction of quality escapes, and to implement better lean practices.
• Provided operational improvement recommendations to First Line Managers and General Managers based on performance data analysis and root cause analysis.
• Created and utilized performance metrics to monitor and control daily operations.
• Conducted rate study of all hydraulic reservoir shipping containers for the 737, 747, 767, 777 programs, which resulted in the surplus of 45% of all shipping containers, freeing up critical floor space.
• Developed and successfully executed build-ahead plan for planned replacement of Salt Bath Dip Braze equipment with zero impacts to the production schedule.

Post Grad Advanced Data Science Studies Certificate

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Data Science

Certification, Project Management Certification

Bachelor’S Degree, Bs Business Admin / Biochemistry

Paderno, Italy, Study Abroad Program

Duesseldorf, Germany, 8-Week Intensive German Language Program