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Boulder, Co, Us

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Cradle-to-grave engineering experience in design, tolerance/critical clearance analysis, drawing generation, manufacturing, production, assembly, test, and sustaining engineering of space-based mechanisms• Spearheaded new execution & production flow communication effort after personally recognizing a major miss of milestone dependencies by team leadership, which allowed for critical schedule to be rapidly recovered.• Proved autonomy as trusted and effective multi-faceted engineer after receiving valuable mentorship & experience in subcontract management & project engineering as technical lead on ~$3.5mil contract by successfully delivering high-quality first set of critical hardware 4 months ahead of originally scheduled delivery date.• Experience with space-based mechanism test campaign, including hands-on work with hardware in cleanroom (with all necessary certifications), and Failure Review Board process contributions• Constant interfacing directly with both customers and sub-tier suppliers, including compiling and presenting technical information and solutions to customers, and conducting/participating in reviews for sub-contracts• Continuous cross-functional teamwork with internal groups like Materials & Processes, Mfg./Production, Test, Machine Shop, CMM/Dimensional Lab, AI&T, Configuration & Data Mgmt., and Project Engineering

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Technical lead for an Internal Research & Development study involving completely new design work to incorporate and prove the superiority of a new method of metal finishing certain flexures.• Took initiative in additive manufacturing and became 1 of 2 responsible for departments 3D Printing resources after completing a successful independent project to create fully functional 3DP models of mechanisms to be used for communication in technical reviews and customer meetings.• Fast-tracked promotion after exceeding junior engineer level expectations, receiving very high praise on performance reviews, and significant contributions to program & department objectives. Nominated, vetted, and briefed for Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Security Clearance (with Polygraph) after < 1 year in role.

Selected as an ambassador based on strong climbing ability and presence as a leader in the climbing community. Created content for social media platforms, volunteered at events such as Outdoor Retailer, provided feedback for product development, and represented the brand through use of their equipment and apparel.

Through CU Boulder’s Mechanical Engineering Dept., my Senior Design team was selected to collaborate with L3Harris on their project, Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Weather Station. The objective was to support L3Harris with the US Space Force's Space Domain Awareness effort to expand and enhance current ground-based space surveillance systems by creating a deployable weather station that provides accurate and real time weather data, capable of surviving in various locations all over the world, often in extreme conditions. As CAD Engineer, my role pertained to delegating, coordinating, and managing all tasks related to CAD; including revision control, ensuring sound mechanical design of physical components and their integration into the system, and FEA.

Boulder, Co

Hands-on position at on-campus collaborative space helping students and full-time staff to design & build projects utilizing facility’s machine shop and makerspace. Specialized during my senior year as a student staff member specific to the rapid prototyping facilities (constant work with laser cutters and many types of 3D printers).

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Provided youth climbers with the skills and support they need to grow as individuals and athletes, and set them up to fulfill their potential in competitive climbing by offering years of expertise as a longtime community leader.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

The CU Climbing Team is a highly competitive team of rock climbers, all passionate about competition rock climbing and climbing outside. Our mission is reflected in the team motto: "We strive to build and maintain a community of those committed to improving themselves as climbers and as individuals". We competed in USA Climbing's Collegiate Climbing Series at the local, regional, and national level.Personally as Team President, I lead the team by example and made sure that the board of directors was upholding the mission and values of the team. As a board, we managed a highly functional, professional, and reputable completely student-run organization. We were trusted by local gyms and international brands alike to represent them as sponsors for our team. In 2020, I had just been elected President right before COVID hit. I had to rapidly adapt to new circumstances and put immense effort and creative thinking into how we could run a sports organization during a pandemic to still provide students with an outlet during difficult times. I came up with unique solutions such as using an app to implement and track health checks, and negotiated with our host gym on how we could still run practices while prioritizing safety. In conjunction with the timing of the COVID pandemic was many of the key protests during the Black Lives Matter movement. During my time as President, the board of directors and I worked diligently to learn how we could support in our community, and ended up deciding to donate our funds that we would have used for Nationals (which was cancelled due to the pandemic) to organizations working hard to support underrepresented groups within the climbing community.

In this position, I worked on a sustainability project involving the recycling of ski boot materials, with the focus being on how all parts of the boot can be recycled and repurposed after the life of the boot. The main part of the project was looking into the possibility of repurposing the plastic to be used as 3D printing filament. This was an independent research project, supervised and overseen by the Ski Boot Engineering Manager, and advised by other design engineers. Through this experience, I was able to apply my engineering knowledge and communication skills to a research project and work hands-on at K2's development facility with full-time engineers.

Boulder, Co

Lead solo project for improvements for lab’s testing equipment including manufacturing 80-20 enclosures designed in Solidworks for Instron Machine/Shock Tower, created bill of materials for the project, applied for and received Engineering Excellence Fund grant for the improvements.

Seattle, Wa

Mercer Island, Wa

Snoqualmie Pass, Wa

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: CU Climbing Team Minor in Global Engineering

Education record

Activities and Societies: Robotics Club President (FRC Team 5937), SBP Climbing Team Captain, SYC High School Sailing Race Team, Varsity.