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Seattle, Washington, United States

• Led the end-to-end development of a family of Transformer-based protein sequence VAE models, trained on the OAS dataset. This included hyperparameter tuning and optimization of training code to eliminate I/O bottlenecks, demonstrating my ability to select suitable architectures and improve efficiency in machine learning workflows.• Introduced modular management of training parameters using Hydra, enhancing the flexibility, traceability, and scalability of the model training process. Deployed an MLFlow Tracking Server and wrote custom callbacks to allow seamless run tracking within the training pipeline.• Engineered a fault-tolerant in silico antibody optimization pipeline that distributed parallelized jobs corresponding to 28 distinct experimental groups across a cluster of 48 EC2 instances. This was achieved using a combination of PyTorch, Ray, MLFlow, and Spark, highlighting my proficiency in distributed computing, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning at scale.• Spearheaded the design and implementation of modern security best-practices for a multi-account AWS Organization. This included the introduction of SAML-based Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and standardized enforcement of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), demonstrating my commitment to cloud security and best practices.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Conducted scientific research, adapting state-of-the-art publications to new data and integrating their methods with SMR.ai's summarization tools, including extensive hyperparameter tuning with multiple popular frameworks. Datasets included NLP, image classification, and automotive telemetry. • Created multiple containerized build and deployment environments for C++ packages with cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and Windows using Docker, gRPC, Python, GNU Make.• Designed, created, and published a SageMaker Algorithm to AWS Marketplace that wrapped a C++ backend in a more accessible interface.• Updated a CMake build setup for a large C++ project to use modern target semantics and external package import mechanisms.

Greater Seattle Area

• Summarized and presented graphical overview of account structure and performance for an account with over 100k ads• Used R, SQL, and H2O to perform NLP across a wide array of ad copies, creating an n-gram analysis and a custom word-embedding model to identify common features of maximally effective ad text

Greater Seattle Area

• in vivo deployment of novel therapeutic US treatment systems to analyze transducer design and optimization. Provided engineering consultation for new surgical protocols, equipment, and assays.• Implementation of big-data approaches to over five years of experimental records using R, Tableau, and MATLAB. Consolidated hundreds of scattered experiments into a centralized multivariate analysis which has allowed rapid insight and increased utilization of prior data.• Created and submitted a full-length manuscript that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Controlled Release. In addition, I summarized and presented my research as talks to other experts in the field at several conferences

Greater Seattle Area

• Signal processing of ultrasonic cavitation effects for the optimization of a therapeutic ultrasound system• Design and prototyping of a semi-automated control and hardware solution for the generation of lipid-shelled microbubbles, using a range of skills spanning both electrical and mechanical engineering. Related experience includes pneumatic circuit design, control systems architecture, and embedded system development.• Detailed simulation of custom US transducer wave propagation across heterogeneous media, published as a poster and awaiting future publication. This research allowed our group an unprecedented diagnostic investigation into the true US conditions associated with our in vivo procedures.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Design and deployment of advertising campaigns for both recruitment and performances.• Coordination with voice department faculty and university students to tailor branding and promotions that are both representative of department interests and engaging to our target demographic.• Graphic design, copywriting, and layout using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.• Established a modern, professional image for Washington University Choirs that has positively affected event attendance and more than doubled new member auditions compared to the previous year.

Signals Processing and Systems Characterization• Signals and Systems – Systems analysis with matrix methods and frequency domain analysis. Focus on implementations in MATLAB• Digital Signal Processing – Discrete time signal analysis with focus on problems in sampling and filtering. Extensive MATLAB component.• Advanced Robotics Laboratory – System characterization and control using MATLAB and Simulink. PID control, multi-algorithmic switching, theoretical and empirical calculation of Hamiltonian parameters.Electrical Circuit Design and Analysis• Adv. Circuits Lab – Filter/Network Design and Analysis• IC Design – Custom IC layout, digital logic, and computer architecture.

Master Of Science (Msee), Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Photographer | Student Life (Spring 2010 - Spring 2012), Public Relations Manager | Washington University Choirs.