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California, United States

San Jose, California, United States

· Promoted two levels in 2024 for my contributions as the lead of the price/promotion and product/place optimizer.· Support the data science team and client engagement teams in addition to building project road-maps.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

· Data Science and Algorithms Lead for a price optimization software.· Successfully implemented the price optimization product for four clients in the first year,generating over $10M in revenue for Deloitte. Positioned the team for a strong secondyear with the largest project queue in the ConvergeCONSUMER group.· Recognized by leadership with a monetary award for the price optimizer software effort· Effectively trained and led a team of four data scientists, enabling them to assume leadroles on the price optimizer as my expertise was deployed on various projects.· Recruited to revitalize a stalled project for a product assortment optimizer. Withintwo months, rewrote the code and delivered a Proof of Concept, including an optimizedassortment for an early adopter.

San Jose, California, United States

· Took over as Technical Lead for a forecasting project at a multi-level marketing firmwithin one month of joining the firm. Successfully delivered a comprehensive forecastingsoftware that integrated predictions for finance, memberships, and demand.· Stepped in as the Lead Data Scientist for a custom financial forecasting software at a Fortune500 company that was behind schedule. Delivered the software on time, forecastingover 25,000 different revenue streams.· Recognized by leadership with a monetary award for the effort with the financial forecastingproject.

Mountain View, Ca

• Developed data analysis tools and automated code-generation tools, significantly streamliningthe deployment process for new clients.• Co-lead effort to standardize the algorithm to streamline deployments and bug fixes • Support entire pipeline of development including new deployments, bug fixes, improvements, and performance analysis • Interact directly with customers to provide best practices, customizations, and algorithm fixes

Santa Cruz, California

Modeled biochemical states of DNA replication observed indirectly in nanopore experiments as hidden Markov models • Studied nanopore experiments restricted to two states with two distinct signals -Implemented the EM algorithm and Viterbi training to make classical inference on the parameters of the experiment -Applied a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler to simulate the posterior distributions of the parameters • Studied nanopore experiments restricted to three states with only two distinct signals -Developed and implemented an algorithm for classical inference on the parameters of the system which led to substantial bias -The bias was reduced by creating a Gaussian process regression meta-model for the bias and solving the inverse problem for the Gaussian process regression -Created and applied a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler to simulate the posterior distributions of the parameters

Santa Cruz, California

•Served as Graduate Teaching Assistant for 6 different courses within the introductory Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department including introductory applied math courses for economists, engineers, and statistics for the general student population • Led lab session where students are taught to apply theory from lecture to problems

Greater San Diego Area

•Researched and developed route reconstruction techniques for low power usage GPS data which employed the A* algorithm

San Francisco Bay Area

• Participated in a weekly DNA cancer research group• Studied the development of a 3D yeast genome map• Applied linear programming techniques to Circularized Chromosome Conformation Capture data• Participant in a two week short course on Applied Statistics and Machine Learning at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in Minneapolis, MN

United States

•Taught a high school math preparation course for eighth graders

Menlo Park, Ca

• Serve as member of five person staff leadership team selected by school principal • Assist in design and implementation of staff development initiatives • Advise the principal on the impact of policy decisions in the classroom • Act as a liaison between the school Administration and fellow teachers

Menlo Park, Ca

• Work as an Algebra II teacher and Student Advisor for approximately 60 high school students • Responsible for curriculum design and planning with a co-teacher • Responsible for discipline, communication with parents, class registration and assistance with the college application process • Serve as Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) Team Member • Serve as Student Math Exhibition Co-Leader

Sunnyvale, Ca

Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME) Fellow Worked with Operations Senior Manager within a proposal group • Tracked progress on a number of proposals within group and led daily check-in meetings

Los Altos, Ca

• Taught Algebra I to English Language Development (ELD) Students • Collaborated with math department members to create ELD Algebra I curriculum

Arvin, Ca

• Taught Geometry, Applied Algebra, Algebra I (ELD), and Foundations I (ELD) • Served as Head Coach for Girls Varsity Tennis Team and Boys Junior Varsity Tennis Team

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Applied Mathematics And Statistics

Thesis: Modeling of Biochemical States of DNA Replication using Hidden Markov Models

Master Of Arts (Ma), Mathematics

Thesis: Building a 3D Yeast Genome Map Using 4C and LP Methods

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Secondary Education

Secondary Education Major: Mathematics Minor: History