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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Provide project coordination, management, and organization to MBTA Rail Operations leadership related to ongoing and continuous improvement projects. Participate, support, and coordinate continuous improvement activities for administrative functions across Rail Operations.Proactively build and maintain positive and effective relationships with Rail District supervisory staff.Participate in and lead meetings, maintain action logs, and coordinate project activities across Rail Divisions.Prepare scheduled and ad-hoc reports, presentations, budgets, and charts reflecting the status of project activities.Manage project timelines, milestones, and communications with internal and external partners.

Boston, Ma

Safely operate light rail trains, in accordance with all Authority rules, on all light rail lines in the system, while simultaneously serving as a front-line customer service agent to passengers.

Madison, Wi

Contributed valuable practical insights from recent on-site experience to both the support/training team and future South Pole winterover operators of IceCube.

Durham, Nh

Provided systems support for a spaceflight program’s Science Operations Center.

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Responsible for all winterover operations and maintenance at the South Pole of a premier world-class neutrino observatory and associated experiments.Performed critical on-site systems support. On-call 24/7 for immediate resolution of anomalies. Supervised continuous data-taking operations. Monitored data archival and satellite transfer to the north. Attended to system administration and upgrades. Ran special operations and monthly calibrations.Authored weekly reports for the global research group. Provided technical summaries for monthly station science reports to the NSF. Supported outreach activities, providing current photographs of technical activities and station life, teleconferences with schools, guided lab tours, and presentations to DVs/VIPs.Part of a small community completely isolated with no possibility of relief for over eight months. Served on the fire brigade emergency response team, utilizing bunker gear and SCBA. Participated in station-wide activities: weekly cleaning, kitchen tasks, station opening and closing, aircraft fueling and marshaling, industrial vehicle operation, and assisting other team members as necessary.

Boston, Ma

Coordinated a team of professors, graduate, and undergraduate students on an aerospace program that built a sensor suite for a scientific spacecraft mission. Served as the Principal Investigator’s trusted advisor and deputy in all aspects: schedule, design, test, management, financial, procurement, and personnel.Directed weekly status teleconferences with the U.S. Air Force. Authored quarterly and annual reports. Compiled deliverable design documents such as the interface control specification and the requirement and test verification matrix. Organized major design reviews and site visits. Conducted all procurement activities. Ensured the lab’s daily operational needs were met. Authored or contributed to further grant and contract proposals.Established policy and implementation of engineering configuration management. Controlled access to high-value hardware components. Isolated and eliminated leaks from a vacuum system. In charge of lab safety, including control of radioactive test sources. Advised students on concurrent nanosatellite programs.

Boston, Ma

Instructed astronomy majors in optical telescope observational techniques.Organized activities and projects for the night lab sessions.Assisted the department curator to maintain all observatory equipment.

Boston, Ma

Developed software for research work, such as an automated calibration utility for the Cluster-II IES detectors, which replaced lengthy manual efforts. Wrote software to generate plot products for spacecraft missions suitable for publication. Mentored peers on programming and computing best practices. Managed the research group’s workstations, printers, servers, and website.

Boston, Ma

Completely redesigned and refreshed department’s website for consistency, ease of maintenance, and W3C & ADA standards compliance.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Astronomy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science

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