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Pacific Grove, Ca, Us

Florida, United States

Senior financial data scientist focused on the application of methods from the fields operations research, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to gain insights into challenging data driven problems.

Principal data scientist and operations research analyst responsible for leading and contributing to interdisciplinary teams of experts, typically numbering 5-10, in the development of innovative solutions to challenging real world problems in support of organizations across the whole of government as a member of the Data Science and Analytics Group. Lead applied research, from proposal development through execution, focused on the development of solutions to enable better decision making through the use of methods from data science, machine learning, operations research, and systems engineering.

Florida, United States

Senior operations research analyst and data scientist responsible for leading and contributing to interdisciplinary teams of experts in the development of innovative solutions to challenging problems for the public good. Employs techniques from data science, operations research, and systems engineering to develop novel solutions to real world challenges in support of agencies across the Department of Defense and the whole of government.

Monterey, Ca

Senior operations research and data science professional serving as Technical Director and AI Enterprise lead. Improves the quality of analysis at the enterprise level through applied research, process improvement, workforce education, and collaboration with academia and industry. Leads inter-disciplinary teams of experts in the application of machine learning, operations research, data science, and artificial intelligence methods to solve challenging problems. Operates at tactical to strategic levels and serves as technical adviser to senior leaders on a variety of topics.

Monterey, California, United States

Senior operations research and systems analyst and data scientist for Northrop Grumman's support of the Research Facilitation Laboratory of the Army Analytics Group which reports to the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army. Led and contributed to applied research in text analytics and projects to measure and improve user experience for information systems architectures.

Monterey, California, United States

Responsible for the education and development of officers in assigned classes and for the growth and development of future Army analysts assigned as graduate students in the Operations Research curriculum. Data science and analytics consultant that leads and supports applied research projects for a variety of Department of Defense agencies. Lead for the development of an analytics track within the Operations Research curriculum.

Monterey, California, United States

Director of applied research center with a diverse 10 member team focused on innovative application of methods from operations research, data science and systems engineering to challenging problems. Provided technical management and leadership for the development and execution of a portfolio of applied projects for the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Analysis Center (TRAC) and the Department of Defense (DoD) totaling over $5M annually. Project portfolio required application of techniques from operations research, machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence to produce analytic products for decision makers and transition software products for use within the DoD analytic community.

Monterey, California, United States

Led a diverse team of 10 subject matter experts in the design and implementation of simulation and training tools supporting warfighters in counterinsurgency operations while conducting dissertation research resulting in the application of simulation tools to support the Afghanistan assessment process and capability developments acknowledged by the Army Modeling and Simulation Office. Research also generated a perceptual learning trainer designed to improve soldiers ability to detect improved explosive devices.

Monterey, California, United States

Led expert teams in the execution of competitively-funded projects providing innovative solutions to organizations across the DoD with a total value of over $3M annually. Impacted DoD acquisition decisions for soldier and small unit equipment by designing experiments, live and simulated, to obtain data to build improved soldier performance models employed within combat simulations and to measure the effectiveness of emerging networked technologies on combat effectiveness and situational awareness.

Iraq

Hand selected as the first active duty officer to participate in a pilot program to embed operations research analysts within brigade combat teams as part of an initiative sponsored by the JIEDDO during Operation Iraqi Freedom 08-09. Primary analytical consultant to the brigade commander and other staff sections providing timely and clearly communicated analysis products using tools such as ARC GIS, Clementine, R, JMP, and Excel. Analysis of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets resulted in increase in collection assets for brigade. Logistic network analysis resulted in avoidance of over 100,000 convoy miles.

Various

As an infantry officer, led progressively larger teams of specialists (35-350 men and women) operating and maintaining equipment valued from $12M-150M, successfully accomplishing all mission goals. Successfully managed budget and logistics operations for 1,000 member organization, exceeding all mission standards. Successfully managed all aspects of a daily sports program for over 4,000 athletes and daily fitness programs for over 1,000 athletes at the United States Military Academy.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Modeling, Virtual Environments, & Simulation

Dissertation: "Learning from Noisy and Delayed Rewards: The Value of Reinforcement Learning to Defense Modeling and Simulation"

M.S., Operations Analysis

M.Ed., Physical Education

Bs, Engineering Management