I use emulation to ensure that the AR software architecture and warehouse equipment perform at or beyond peak scale, and to test whether software, configuration, or operational changes have meaningful impact on picking/stowing throughput in Amazon warehouses. Work is heavily metric-driven and requires system-level awareness of how the software components work together to orchestrate warehouse operations.For example, I look for scale performance issues in the architecture as the size and throughput of a warehouse increases. These bottlenecks are identified by analysis of key performance indicators, both in the software (latency, resource usage) and on the solution level (inbound/outbound product, warehouse congestion). Once identified, I investigate to find probable root causes, work with developers and solution designers to confirm issues, and drive solutions to said bottlenecks.

I use emulation to ensure that the AR software architecture and warehouse equipment perform at or beyond peak scale, and to test whether software, configuration, or operational changes have meaningful impact on picking/stowing throughput in Amazon warehouses. Work is heavily metric-driven and requires system-level awareness of how the software components work together to orchestrate warehouse operations.For example, I look for scale performance issues in the architecture as the size and throughput of a warehouse increases. These bottlenecks are identified by analysis of key performance indicators, both in the software (latency, resource usage) and on the solution level (inbound/outbound product, warehouse congestion). Once identified, I investigate to find probable root causes, work with developers and solution designers to confirm issues, and drive solutions to said bottlenecks.

I use emulation to ensure that the (formerly Kiva, now AR) software architecture and warehouse equipment perform at or beyond peak scale. I also use this emulation to test whether software, configuration, or operational changes have meaningful impact on picking/stowing throughput in Amazon warehouses. Work is heavily metric-driven and requires system-level awareness of how the software components work together to orchestrate warehouse operations.For example, I look for scale performance issues in the architecture as the size and throughput of a warehouse increases. These bottlenecks are identified by analysis of key performance indicators, both in the software (latency, resource usage) and on the solution level (inbound/outbound product, warehouse congestion). Once identified, I investigate to find probable root causes, work with developers and solution designers to confirm issues, and drive solutions to said bottlenecks.

Developed software (primarily in Python) to intelligently automate firmware testing of the Equallogic and FluidFS product line. Gained experience working with and planning IT infrastructure, especially virtualization and database management. Applied software engineering principles (TDD, Agile development, numerous programming patterns) to make software flexible, maintainable, and reliable. Developed algorithms to schedule workloads and to select resources for a given test that maximize hardware usage and minimize runtime. The system is able to execute hundreds of tests in days that would take manual testers weeks to run, and has caught regressions and new bugs that weren’t caught by code review or by the development teams. Testing is more repeatable, which has made bug reproduction easy to do. As a direct result, our team was able to qualify releases earlier than expected, including quick turnaround of emergency releases.As an intern, helped develop the model and strategy for the existing software architecture.During my work at Dell I have learned how to work with lots of different enterprise software:VMWare - Deploying and managing ESXi hosts, vCenter, and VMs. Includes HA, FT, and DRS. Some experience with Virtual SAN and SRM.Also have experience in managing it with VMTurbo. Set up the health monitor and operations manager and used it to solve performance and efficiency problems in our environment.Microsoft - Deploying Windows servers, configuring Active Directory, joining machines to AD.Linux - Deploying Linux servers, joining LDAP and NIS domains.iXsystems - Deploying and managing FreeNAS (I have a FreeNAS system at home for my own use).My current project is learning to set up a PXE boot server, but I don't have the resources to test it.I have gained a lot of networking experience which I would probably never have gotten otherwise.

Studying robotics and electronics, working on projects and rowing until I graduate

Assisted in bringing up a new version of a robotics class and helped students with homework/lab/project questions for multiple classes.

Part of a sub-team within Sustaining Engineering which created a model and strategy to automate firmware testing and bug fix verification for Dell's storage arrays, using Python, VMWare and several of Dell's own tools.

Oversaw and assisted students in building robots for Frontiers and Launch, WPI's summer camp program. Done with the Vex Robotics platform.

Developed code to work with Faulhaber linear motors/controllers, allowing them to be used in a robotic arm. Written in C.

Work done as part of a graduation project requirement for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Developed a financial and business model for the company when it was in its start-up phase.