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New York, New York, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

▪ Maintained over 70 Linux operational database and distributed computing servers as the primary systems administrator of three healthcare organizations, including leading US hospital Mayo Clinic▪ Wrote a data analysis python and SQL script that completely overhauled the memory sizing strategy for Epic’s GT.M platform systems, eliminating a daily 5 minute production outage▪ Led cross-team project to implement load balancers for LDAP across all of Epic Hosting customers to address a bug that could add 10 seconds of lag per user login and to improve redundancy▪ Developed Ruby and Puppet automation tools to manage over 500 Linux servers, including a script that used LVM snapshots to cut the end-user impact of data copy workflows from hours to seconds▪ Optimized our customers for sustained growth by investigating root causes of database degradation and reviewing yearly database hardware sizing plans as part of our performance and scalability team▪ Guided customer analysts, executives, engineers, and physicians through migrating operational databases to Epic-hosted infrastructure, halving end-user response times

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• Drafted and edited the weekly engineering school newsletter to notify over 2000 students and faculty of upcoming events• Designed a web-scraping program to reduce 2-3 weekly hours of event entry and formatting• Managed the engineering school’s photo archive in coordination with the Office of Communications

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• Identified, evaluated, and cataloged risks to future energy transition plans proposed by the Center’s Net-Zero America Project• Created a comprehensive register of nearly 100 risks over 3 months to document and compare risk severity and exposure between transition pathways• Prepared the report "Demonstration of a structured risk assessment of climate mitigation pathways" which was accepted for presentation at the 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• Pioneered the use of computational fluid dynamics software Ansys Fluent in the Gas Dynamics Lab to allow continued aerodynamics research during the COVID-19 pandemic• Simulated active flow control systems that manipulate pressure and flow around a motor vehicle• Iteratively designed and tested a passive flow control vehicle model that indicated promising drag reductions of almost 10% over the control for later physical experimentation phases

Beijing, China

• Modeled various rural housing renovation projects and used both physical and digital models to test possible design choices and to demonstrate proposed construction works to local villagers• Documented rural construction conditions by taking detailed photos and placing humidity and temperature detectors• Obtained funding from the Wu Zhi Qiao Charitable Foundation to build solar lamps, aid in building construction, and interview the elderly population of 马岔 village in the Gansu province