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Houston, Texas, US

• Reported to corporate L2 Vice President to manage all operations, as well as select project teams and all interns, for worldwide organization.
• Managed a large budget for a 70+ person worldwide advanced R&D org. Never missed a budget target even in the face of readjustment through multiple reorgs.
• Managed all legal contracts including research collaboration agreements with a large number of universities in the USA, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Russia, as well as joint development agreements with partners worldwide
• Managed recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of all regular employees and interns for the lab. Recruited, hired, and managed 60+ interns from multiple countries.
• Managed compliance including Global Trade, software licensing, and immigration for a very diverse workforce. Managed organization’s IT infrastructure and capital assets, facilities, and real estate
• Supervised a remote team of software developers in Guadalajara, Mexico

Palo Alto, CA, US

Managed multi-disciplinary advanced analytics and data science projects involving applied research in Statistics, Operations Research, Experimental Economics, and Marketing Science with significant value to HP. Led applied innovation teams that developed new analytics and optimization technologies, prototypes, PoCs, and solutions; transferred numerous.

Master’S Degree, Computer Science

Master’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate Coursework In Business

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering