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Helping data teams solve the world's toughest problems.

Member of the Advanced Technology Group, where we are re-imagining the status quo by building product offerings with AI/ML in large-scale distributed systems in the emerging U.S. market.

I worked with the team to develop end-to-end automation system for a 1.2 million dollars lab that thoroughly tests the hardware and software designs. Converting and integrating raw data into usable information, I perform data analysis, software engineering, code review, and continuous integration. Responsible for creating new capabilities, automates jobs, designs modeling frameworks, and develops dashboards and visualizations, I produce reliable data pipelines for metadata collection on all drives for the NVMe product line.

First to market with a NVMe SSD drive utilizing the advanced LDPC error recovery, I supported algorithm research and development by analyzing risks and collaborating on algorithms to manage quantum mechanical effects of NAND Flash components for solid state device storage while also meeting performance requirements and long-term reliability. The product was released as the fastest SSD on the market with throughput performance at¬ 10GB/s and a 67% increase compared to previous fastest-industry SSD. This role included presenting technical presentations and statistical reports to major accounts and senior leadership.

SSD Controllers for NAND Solutions Group• System Verification and development for Error Recovery Management Subsystem using System Verilog OOP and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).• Simulation and Verification Increased Code Coverage of Subsystem from 0% to 90%

Verification software engineer for optical data storage Systems On a Chip (SoCs)• Object-oriented programming with SystemVerilog testbench design and test development, ATPG

Leveraging high-level system design, I handled signal processing initiatives using Verilog HDL for implantable devices. I built a mixed-signal system for a new Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator therapy using DSP principles for noise reduction and validated a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and Multirate Phase Shift Keying (PSK) design on a FPGA.

Working on a development team in the IBM R&D center, we designed the Cell Processor for Sony’s PlayStation3. I provided VHDL Logic design for an optimized token manager and bus interconnect for broadband media and 3D graphics. Design Team was awarded: • Best New Technology in Microprocessor Report • Best of What's New by Popular Science • Best Development Team by EETimes • Featured on the Cover of Forbes Magazine as "IBM's mighty chip"