Oversee capital expenditure renovation projects for this multifamily property management company. Served as property manager and project manager, overseeing all aspects of business operations and full scope of improvement and expansion projects, including budgeting and financial due diligence, proposals, permitting, and contractor / vendor management.

By partnering with next-generation display manufacturers, I lead a technically adept team to design and test components to create an ultra-wide field-of-view for augmented reality visors. With my expert knowledge in geometrical optics, I work with the Executive team to gain insight and feedback on prototypes to further enhance and revise the design process.Established collaborative relationships with BOE and JDI, two major next-generation manufacturers, seeking their technology integration guidance.

I spearheaded nanomaterial R&D efforts at a renewable energy start-up.. I managed a small team and a tight budget. We performed electrochemical measurements and detailed structure-function studies using SEM, AFM, and TEM.

I led semiconductor quantum optics and ultrafast laser research within a multidisciplinary environment, including creating and managing a new, $2M state-of-the-art research laboratory, that advanced the next generation of high-performance computing and telecommunications defense technologies. I also procured $2.5M in grants to augment the lab's budget.Our lab worked in the visible, near-IR and mid-IR optical regimes. We used non-linear effects in photonic crystal nanocavities and single photon on-demand and entangled photon pair sources. We performed complex electrical simulations using a Poisson finite-element semiconductor device solver and finite difference time domain FDTD optical field modeling.Additionally, I worked with ultra-high vacuum (UHV) and cryogenic experimentation from concept through completion phases.Key Accomplishments:• Achieved multiple R&D breakthroughs, including design of an ultra-low energy photonic crystal nanobeam electro-optic modulator.• Designed an attojoule/bit optical modulator.• Cultivated collaborations with Pennsylvania State University, University of Dayton, University of Massachusetts, and University of Washington that generated data, proposals, and publications.• Conducted characterization of quantum dots and metal nanoparticles using an ultrafast optical parametric amplifier light source, 4K cryostat, and g(2) apparatus comprised of single photon counters.

✓ Spurred advances in the exploration of metal nanowire structure through novel utilization of synchrotron coherent x-ray diffractive imaging. Brought a host of technical proficiencies into play, including optical microscopy, Lumerical FDTD modeling of plasmonic structures, MATLAB phase-retrieval algorithms, structured light fields using spatial light modulators, CW and pulse near-infrared lasers for pump-probe. ✓ Emphasized automation of laboratory operations, guiding initiatives such as LABVIEW implementation. ✓ Served as a valued in-house expert in characterization using scanning electron, atomic force, and transmission electron microscopy (SEM, AFM, TEM).