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Fort Collins, CO, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

- Developed an AWS Glue ETL process that performed Named Entity Recognition using the python Spacy package- Developed code to generate test data that included free text generation by utilizing the Llama Large Language Model- Made several company wide presentations on data science topics such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models.

South Lyon, Michigan, US

- Developed backend server for CYTK mobile application that assists automotive repair technicians- Implemented code improvements like data caching, request parallelization and data transparency features to improve content search, data accuracy and application speed that reduced content retrieval times from 30s to less than 3s- Performed load and stress.

Remote, US

- Performed research and development of CRASE product for automated scoring of constructed response items through implementation of natural language processing and gradient boosted machine learning- Performed feature engineering for CRASE math features to increase the market space and customer base- Refactored CRASE training process to PySpark to enable.

Silver Spring, MD, US

Developed recommender system to improve user experience and increase user retentionImplemented Snowplow data collection in Amazon Elastic Container service for the purposes of gathering user behavior and API performance dataDeveloped reports and interactive live dashboards for monitoring key performance indicators for finance, content and marketing.

Reston, VA, US

• Lead data science team of 4 developers through aspects of design, evaluation and development of a High Performance Compute Infrastructure for detecting High Frequency Trading, Financial Analytics and Stock Market.
• As a AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Designed Cloud Architecture documents and instantiated a cloud compute environment and IT infrastructure utilizing Amazon Web Services (Hands on experience designing.
• Utilized SQL, NoSQL databases, Python programing and API interaction
• Preformed prototyping and benchmarking with Spark (Databricks) and EMR (Map Reduce)
• Produced BPMN diagrams and work flow documentation with Lucidchart
• Gathered customer requirements and developed Agile work flows in Jira

Washington, DC, US

• Built EnergyStar integrated analysis package for sales team that quickly provided prospective clients with sample deliverables and current performance estimates that led to client engagements valued in excess of $1.5.
• Designed, built and tested predictive analytic models for effective estimation of key business performance indicators, reducing the number of necessary validation visits (cost per trip ~$1,500)
• Developed ranking metrics and functional estimator that allowed management team to evaluate the state of project milestones, building performance and benchmarking.
• Utilized experience with building systems to inform the analytic process and streamline the data identification and loading processes.

La Jolla, CA, US

• Published new scientific research concerning the neuro-biological control of human movements while collaborating with multidisciplinary lab group.
• Invented novel technique for rapid estimation of the connectome from neural activity.
• Developed neural network approach for Netflix recommender system challenge.
• Collaborated in development of Android application that collected large data sets of human movements from smart phone accelerometers to detect early onset Parkinson’s disease
• Researched and built a neural network non-linear control algorithm for unstable dynamic system.
• Presented new research at the annual Society for Neuroscience Conference.

La Jolla, CA, US

• Assisted Professor with instruction and evaluation of undergraduate and graduate level students in the areas of neural networks, data mining, statistics, computational methods and dynamics.
• Taught coursework for ECE270 Neurocomputing, MAE130B Dynamics, MAE107 Computational Methods

Team expert responsible for evaluating legacy HVAC systems for microbiological sampling locations

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Managed more than 30 concurrent projects valued in excess of $1 millon.
• Designed and installed complex HVAC control systems for private commercial and governmental projects including NIH, FDA, NOAA and National Harbor
• Negotiated contracts with subcontractors to bring projects to a close on time and under budget
• Coordinated with client on design, installation and performance evaluation of ESCO contract with Sheehy motors

Ph.D. And M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering