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Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Develop strategic initiatives and facilitate successful outcomes that focus on delivering innovative and engaging online astronomy outreach products.
• Support legacy systems by promoting efforts to reduce technical debt and complexity.
• Lead a team of technical staff in a cross-disciplinary, collaborative work environment that pairs technical production teams with science and education experts to create informative and accessible web products.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Conceptualized, defined, and prototyped WebbVR, a virtual reality platform for astronomy outreach, highlighting the scientific objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope.
• Directed an interdisciplinary team to evolve WebbVR from a proof-of-concept to a comprehensive product.
• Publicly released WebbVR, offering user-friendly interactive experiences and engaging visual effects within simulated astrophysical environments.
• Official Selection for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival (XR Category)
• Over $200,000 in grant funding from Northrop Grumman

• Played a key role in modernizing STScI’s web infrastructure, focusing on UI/UX enhancements by transitioning to a new Java-based content management system.
• Engaged with stakeholders to craft user-centric website designs, components, and templates, enhancing overall user experience and navigation.
• Revamped STScI’s remote access portal with a focus on user experience, introducing a custom interface with improved search and bookmarking features.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Led design and development of PMODash, a financial web application for visualizing Institute financial planning data.
• Debugged and built new features for custom budget planning software
• Created a variety of MySQL scripts to interact with and extract data from our Oracle database servers.
• Worked to improve budget reporting processes by creating automation procedures with VBA macros which increased reporting efficiencies.
• Handled a variety of graphic design needs, as well as managed the production of in-house video training tutorials that focused on custom software packages and business processes.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Takoma Park, Maryland, USA

• Led development of data visualization dashoboards for the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NRSA).Major Accomplishments:
• Awarded 2017 Association of Public Data Users Data Viz Awardhttps://nationallakesassessment.epa.gov/

United States

Owner of Triscale Designs, a creative design and print company which handles the marketing needs of small to large businesses, with a focus on non-profit organizations and local start-ups. Triscale Designs provides a variety of print and design services, focusing primarily on garment and paper print products.

Managed the in-house reproduction department for the Space Telescope Science Institute. Responsible for the operation and maintenance of 13 multi-functional Canon devices, wide-format printers, and other production equipment including binding, folding, and cutting machines.

Master Of Professional Studies, Information Visualization

Bachelor, Political Science

Associates, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa, National Deans List

Education record