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Cary, North Carolina, United States

Annapolis, Maryland, US

Leadership position with the MUVE section (Medical, Urban, Veterinary Entomology) of the Entomological Society of America. I manage the operations of the MUVE section and serve as a representative and advocate for academia and industry professionals within the ESA governing.

Cary, North Carolina, US

Product Development Manager supporting Professional Pest Management and Vector Control businesses. Currently manage the development of new products (both digital and traditional) from concept to launch, and support a product portfolio of insecticide baits, dusts, and sprays.PRODUCT LAUNCHES:2023: Launched TruDetx (lateral flow strip enabled bed bug.

Self taught Mobile Application Developer experienced in Flutter, Dart, Java, and Python.Knowledgeable in cross-platform mobile application frameworks (Flutter / Dart), native application frameworks (Android Studio), machine-learning applications on edge devices, beautiful UI (User Inferface), no SQL database management (Firebase), persistent data (Hive).

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Bayer Product Development Manager supporting Professional Pest Management and Vector Control businesses. Currently manage the development of new products (both digital and traditional) from concept to launch, and support a product portfolio of insecticide baits, dusts, and sprays.Product launches (technical):- Barricor SP (general insect control spray).

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Short Term Assignment as Marketing Lead for Disruptive Innovation and Special Projects based in Lyon, France.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Developed method of generating training images for the identification of rodents in CCTV camera footage. Also developed image recognition algorithm for the identification of rodents from images.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Bayer Product Development Manager supporting Professional Pest Management and Vector Control businesses. Currently manage the development of new products (both digital and traditional) from concept to launch, and support a product portfolio of insecticide baits, dusts, and sprays.Product launches (technical):- Barricor SP (general insect control spray).

South Elgin, Illinois, US

Data Scientist / Quality Manager / Data Czar. Used data to drive operational efficiencies and decision making among branches. Worked in collaboration with Bayer's digital pest management team to test the rodent monitoring system in various accounts throughout the Chicagoland area. Provided the Bayer digital pest management team with critical feedback to.

South Elgin, Illinois, US

Regional technical manager for McCloud pest control. Managed technical development for the largest of three regions (Chicagoland). Worked in collaboration with Bayer's digital pest management team to test the rodent monitoring system in various accounts throughout the Chicagoland area. Provided the Bayer digital pest management team with critical feedback.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Lab studies of German cockroach insecticide resistance, glucose-aversion, and nutritional physiology. Completed projects:1. Effect of alternative foods on bait efficacy.2. Effect of insecticide resistance on secondary kill properties of cockroach baits.3. Characterization of multi-insecticide resistant German cockroaches.4. Effect of foraging distance on.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Aided pest control operators with the identification of structural pest insects and produced educational materials for the structural pest management training and research facility.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Teaching assistant for General Entomology class. Instructed students in biology, ecology, insect behavior, and identification of insects.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Teaching assistant for Urban Pest Management class. Instructed students on pest identification, control, and best practices.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Evaluated genetically modified cotton for activity against Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis). Presented favorable final results to the Bayer technical group. Also developed rearing capacities for thrips and developed bioassay used for damage evaluation.

Durham, North Carolina, US

Entomology instructor for academically gifted Duke TIP (talent identification program) students (Summer 2012), and academic adventures weekend instructor for entomology (Fall 2013; Spring 2014; Fall 2014; Spring 2015; Summer 2015) and ecology/evolution classes (Fall 2013).

Lab studies of geographic variation of diapause in the Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula).

Evaluation of various fungicides against a plant pathogen (Phytophthora capsici) in pumpkins. Identified most efficacious candidate formulations for additional testing.

Introductory biology student teacher. Taught 6 classes independently; average class size of 30 students.

Newark, DE, US

The use of DGGE (Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) to determine distribution and abundance of bacterial Vibrio populations in the Delaware Inland Bays. Discovered that bacterial Vibrio populations were most abundant at the "mouths" of estuaries after mapping bacterial populations throughout the Delaware inland bays.

Laboratory and field studies examining the causes and consequences of biogeographic patterns of body size in the Eastern Lubber grasshopper, in particular, studied the variation between the thermal ecologies of grasshoppers at various sites.

Microbiology laboratory studies of bacterial Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Entomology

Master Of Science (Ms), Biology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology Education

Executive Mba, Marketing