I am working to improve our data ingestion and big data management systems with an aim to provide more reliability, automation, monitoring, and quality control in our ETL and data ingestion pipelines.[-] Oversee the ingestion, transformation, storage and security of billions of records of medical data.[-] Developed data profiling tools and utilize various statistical and data mining techniques to evaluate and verify the quality and completeness of costly 3rd party data.[-] Architected and deployed a custom secure, multi-tenant Cloudera Hadoop distribution, including scripted deployment and maintenance tools.[-] Transitioned legacy ETL, analytics and reporting tools over to the Hadoop GCE system, significantly improving throughput, scalability, visibility and security while cutting cost by more than 30%.[-] Implemented various scalable, high performance, purpose driven data structures as well as various data ingestion and automation jobs.[-] Trained engineers and data scientists in the use of Spark, Hive, Impala and other technologies in the Hadoop ecosystem.Spark | Hive | Hadoop | Linux | Python | Scala | Docker | Kubernetes | AWS | GCE

As a member of the Data & Search team, I provide expertise in large-scale data mining and data analysis, present results and insights to help guide business decisions and design and develop models and systems that leverage our unique data. Including:[-] Designing and prototyping systems that perform real-time automated market segmentation and intent inference by leveraging search and behavioral data for use in real-time programmatic advertising[-] Providing analyitical insights into the quality of our traffic and designing efficient systems and algorithms to detect suspicious and fraudulent traffic, culminating in the development of a high-performance actor-based automatic traffic quality handling system[-] Designed and implemented a custom Latent Semantic Index which provides accurate and flexible automatic topic classification of 3rd party coupon data[-] Provided analytical and algorithmic support on the development of type-ahead systems for mobile devices, including developing systems for automated detection and removal of objectionable content[-] Designed data schemas and taxonomies for use in our User Generated Content system that are simple enough to allow rapid development yet rich enough to allow for analytical insights in the futurePython | Spark | MapReduce | Hadoop | Scala | Redis | Clustering Algorithms | Classification Algorithms | Data Mining | MongoDB | Big Data

I worked in a small team of engineers and product managers to improve the accuracy, relevance and quality of the Krillion localized shopping platform. [-] Developed and prototyped machine learning systems, improving search relevance and automated product classification[-] Used data mining and machine learning techniques to extract valuable insights from our historical data, including the extraction of product price history trends from hundreds of millions of product records.[-] Oversaw and automated the data-quality management of nearly two-hundred web crawlers, collectively generating millions of records daily[-] Developed internal tools and APIs to automate monitoring and data quality analysis, significantly improving data quality and system uptime[-] Implemented and oversaw version control and release cycle management for the Krillion platform, trained developers in best practices[-] Performed data mining and evaluation of new product data and developed procedures for integrating new data into our ecosystem rapidly[-] Designed and prototyped a custom ETL system to handle loading and merging of millions of diverse product recordsPython | R | MongoDB | Git | Elasticsearch | Classification Algorithms | Data Mining | Big Data

I oversaw the growth and development of the English Language Department, including hiring, training and managing new talent, maintaining student enrollment, and curriculum development.[-] Designed and oversaw the execution of a cohesive ESL curriculum, increasing student enrollment, engagement and attendance[-] Managed the day-to-day operations of the department, including the hiring process[-] Provided professional development for staff

Developed an internet based software for Categorical Perception data collection, storage and visualization to assist in classroom instruction.JavaScript | jQuery | python | SQL | Boostrap | Google Visualizations API | Google App Engine

Provided adult ESL students with instruction in reading, writing and speaking English including comprehension, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary and preparation for the TOEFL examination.

Presented a guest lecture on writing and publishing articles in psycholinguistics

Received a Ph.D in Linguistics on December 14, 2011.

Designed and taught a tutorial on using python and the peyetools library for data analysis

Presented a guest lecture on Language Innateness for the primary instructor, Michael Shepherd

Acted as elected webmaster for the Graduate Students in Linguistics student organization

Faculty Director: Elsi KaiserAssisted in the design, implementation, and data analysis of psycholinguistic experiments, in the training of new lab members and in the initial setup and maintenance of the lab

Linguistics 115: Language & SocietyAssisted primary professor, interacted with students through office hours and weekly break-out sessions

Designed and presented a tutorial on web-based experiments and use of the phpExp script

Faculty: Shri Narayanan, Krishna Nayak, Dani Byrd, Louis GoldsteinParticipated in the discussion and analysis of real-time MRI articulatory data. Developed web-based tools for the display, search and organization of fMRI data

Maintained the Linguistics Department website, designed and implemented additional content as needed

Provided visiting Japanese high school students with several weeks of intensive English instruction

Provided instruction and mentoring to assist minority and marginalized students prepare for the upcoming year’s course work

Acted as a writing fellow for history and new media courses in the Honors Program

Helped students in a variety of disciplines improve their writing ability. Researched, designed and implemented various web guides to writing in psychology

Assisted faculty in the design and implementation of departmental and personal web applications and the use of technology in research and the classroom

Faculty Directors: James Sanford, Linda ChrosniakAssisted in the collection, coding and evaluation of cognitive psychology data

Faculty Director: Adam WinslerAssisted in the collection and evaluation of developmental data as well as digitization and digital noise cleaning of various data

Assisted students with topics in writing, statistics, and English as a second language

Acted in an editing, selection and artistic capacity, and represented the magazine at various functions

Worked as an instructor, and later senior instructor, instructing students ages 3 to 17 in English phonics, grammar, composition and usage as well as mathematics up to early calculus