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Greater San Diego Area

• Serve as the lead technical expert for sports science applications and algorithm development.• Communicate with MLB organizations as key technical point of contact. Responsibilities include: explanation of performance concepts, player evaluation, and education regarding how the data from Blast Motion can be leveraged within an organization for player development and scouting.• Collaborate with mobile and cloud engineers to implement developed algorithms into production environment.• Leverage large data sets to develop, improve, and validate sport science algorithms using statistical analysis and machine learning models.• Validate accuracy of sensor solution versus optical motion capture system.

St. Louis, Mo

• Conducted hardware and software testing on the Stereotaxis robotic surgical treatment system.• Communicated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and assess system issues.• Worked with development teams to establish product requirements and write testing protocols to verify the functionality of the system.

St. Louis, Mo

Medical Device Design, Implementation and Testing• Designed and built a digital peak flow meter to monitor asthma symptoms.• Conceptualized method to capture critical data and selected appropriate sensors.• Created design files using CAD software and produced prototypes using a 3D printer.• Wrote and tested device firmware in C++.• Created testing methods to verify the functionality and accuracy of the device.Human Biomechanics Research• Modeled the body as a mechanical system to investigate how youth baseball pitcher generates and transfers energy• Utilized findings relate pitching technique to increasing performance and decreasing injury risk.• Designed and built an instrumented pitcher’s mound to collect ground reaction forces of the pitcher. • Utilized a Vicon infrared camera system and the Vicon Nexus software to collect and process kinematic data.• Utilized Matlab and Visual3D to analyze collected motion data with custom scripts I wrote for this project.

Surgical Blood Loss Monitoring• Served as team leader and principal design engineer for a team in the university innovation program. • Designed and built hardware for prototype system to estimate surgical blood loss.• Integrated data from multiple sensors to estimate blood loss in real-time using software written in Python and C++Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prevention• Served as the team’s primary hardware/firmware engineer and created a prototype, diagnostic smart shoe insole.• Wrote firmware in C++ to collect temperature data for key points on the foot.• Developed software in Matlab to analyze collected data and identify potential risk areas for diabetic foot ulcers.• Finalist in multiple national and regional student entrepreneurship competitions.

St. Louis, Mo

Led group fitness classes and helped clients reach their goals.

• Designed mechanical parts and test apparatus using 3D CAD software.• Reviewed and reported on a design specifications document for a government contract.• Conducted testing and data collection on competitor products and prototype parts during product development.• Worked with the lead project engineer to design improvements to the prototype based on the testing results

Master'S Degree In Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Projects and coursework focused on biomechanics, medical device design, computer programming, and systems engineering. Thesis: Energy Flow.

Bachelors Of Science In Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Cum Laude

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Currently taking online courses through Georgia Tech towards a Master's Degree in Computer Science.