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New York, NY, US

Cleveland, OH, US

• Led development of a retrieval-augmented (RAG) Autogen-based Document Copilot chatbot with a GPT-4 LLM backend
• Chatbot is hosted on Azure, and integrated for use within Microsoft Teams. RAG component uses MongoDB vector DB
• Responsible for and mentored one junior software engineer report

San Francisco, US

• Architected and deployed multi-factor product recommendation systems using FastAPI on AWS.
• Tripled the number of products available on platform using semantic NLP and fuzzy matching to improve record linkage.
• Developed OpenAI ChatGPT integration to build environmental consultant chatbot and product record data pipeline.
• Trained deep learning models (CNN BILSTM, Bert) to categorize products and improve user shopping experience.
• Utilized advanced SQL queries to investigate core statistics and overhaul core categorization and peer scoring models.
• Built web scrapers with Python and Selenium to source alternative data and link unmatched brands to companies.

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP

• Investor Redemption
• Investigated feasibility of forecasting investor capital movements.
• Queried SQL databases to obtain raw data; cleaned and structured data to be used to train machine learning models.
• Built model training suite to rapidly train and track performance of hundreds of models.
• Used Bayesian optimization to tune LightGBM model hyperparameters.
• Achieved a lift value greater than 5.0 in targeting accounts likely to redeem their investment.ESG Reporting Product

Washington, DC, US

Lawrenceville, NJ, US

• Cut project completion time by 50% by writing robust Visual Basic macros to automate processes and deliverable creation throughout project lifecycles.
• Lead teams of three to ten engineers and operators, serving as project consultant and client point of contact for projects at industrial chemical process complexes across the U.S.
• Lead Facilitator for Process Hazard Analysis studies and Management of Change discussions.

New York, NY, US

• Metis is a highly selective, immersive, fulltime course in which I developed several data science projects, including but not limited to the following:
• Time series analysis of federal economic data to forecast probability of economic recession
• Deseasonalized regression model to forecast subway ridership load by weather conditions
• Designed voice recognition algorithm to identify speaker in audio clips of presidential speeches
• Leveraged Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques such as Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling to uncover trends in the focus of Congressional legislature since 2013

Blue Bell, PA, US

• Expedited validation procedures by developing automation methods in Visual Basic.
• Completed validation of cryogenic freezers in half the budgeted time.
• Became de facto validation supervisor after training new team member on validation equipment.
• Validated and certified calibration of critical climate-control units; focus on pharma, biotech, and life sciences.

Aachen, DE

• Designed, implemented, and validated EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) projects in pharmaceutical production plant following latest GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards.
• Laid groundwork for entrance to Brazilian pharmaceutical market by overseeing design, installation, and integration of climatic test chamber to assess pharmaceutical product stability.
• Projects include plant ventilation and filter upgrade, explosion-proofing production and storage areas, water purity monitor installation, pneumatic system upgrade.

• Built trust and rapport with clients through prompt, methodical service.
• Promoted to Lead Field Service Engineer in Chromatography department.
• Consulted with laboratory directors on strategy, optimization, and analytical insights.
• Coached and trained new engineers for solo field service.

Santiago, Region Metropolitana, CL

• Used SQL to query historical concentration data and developed a vat leaching simulation model of iodine extraction steps in Guggenheim process.
• Conducted studies with electromagnetic conductance survey data to understand behavior of heap leaching process in piles of raw caliche ore.
• Developed gPROMS simulations to model precipitation of salts and ion concentrations in evaporation ponds.

Freelanced tutoring for mathematics and chemistry courses at high school and university levels.

Santiago, Region Metropolitana, CL

Developed models to predict behavior and designed experiments to test faulty pieces of equipment critical to increasing maximum product throughput.

Assisted in proper fit and design of proprietary modular tractor-trailer load/unload systems. Cut production times by designing a storage unit designed to support 25 tons of materials and a staircase/railing system for mezzanine access.

Used AutoCad to enter hand-drawn design drafts into computer and plotted them for on-site contractor use.