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Sandy, Ut, Us

Sandy, Ut, Us

Salt Lake Metropolitan Area, Utah

• Supported renewal of $10.5M of grants by providing or presenting summaries, explanations, and viable action plans to diverse audiences.• Enhanced predictive capability in complex mechanical simulations by employing logistical regression approaches.• Optimized and automated model selection and generation of product run scripts, increasing customer utility and reducing separate codebases from 3+ to 1.• Developed system ensemble technique allowing the prediction of mechanical properties of glassy systems while reducing the computational run time required by 2+ orders of magnitude.• Developed a principal component analysis (PCA) technique to reduce the data required to generate physically accurate absorption calculations by 99%, while maintaining result fidelity.• Constructed automated pipelines in C++ and Python to build input files, perform calculations, and extract and store results of scientific calculations to serve as ground truth data sources. Reduced setup time from roughly 1-2 days to 1-2 hours.• Optimized and automated codes in C++ and Python to fit linear regressions and perform non-linear model fitting, parameterizing molecular models from data sources for well over 25 small molecules and oligomers.• Performed regular (weekly) analysis of time series data of sizes up to 2TB, transforming raw data streams into quantifiable measurements of model performance.• Built an automated system, converting a proprietary 20k line text database to SQL, yielding a vastly simplified system for selecting, generating, and updating parameters.• Independently generated over 100 slides of qualitative and quantitative visualizations clarifying concepts, highlighting unique approaches, summarizing model performance, and interpreting simulation results.

Salt Lake Metropolitan Area, Utah

• Created architectures for minimum viable product; developed, assigned, and supervised task distribution by matching knowledge and experience to task, maximized productivity.• Ensured forward momentum for the life of the project by tracking individual and team progress as well as providing mentoring for up to 5 simultaneous projects.• Established and communicated baseline expectations and guidelines.• Prioritized goals and triagedtasks to reflect changing customer needs.

Salt Lake Metropolitan Area, Utah

• Lead $1M effort which merged proprietary application codebase into consumer-oriented, GUI-based product realizing a tenfold increase in potential customer base.• Converted monolithic, 10k line FORTRAN application and necessary support programs to object-oriented, C++ open-source framework.• Consolidated and refactored common code, optimized critical paths and streamlined interface structure, removing common failure points within code.• Created documentation, streamlined product setup/deployment and provided customer support and technical help.• Managed customer relationships including defining needs, identifying optimal avenues of approach and rectifying pain points.