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San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Developed, prototyped, and built a streaming anomaly detection service on top of Flink that uses machine learning modeling to automatically detect anomalies for all golden metric time series (approx. 70 million time series) in the New Relic platform.• Built an automated feedback loop that allows for continuous improvement of anomaly detection models by incorporating user feedback into the training process.• Wrote and presented multiple internal blog posts and sets of documentation detailing both the high-level and technical workings of the anomaly detection service.• Supported all of the services owned and maintained by the anomaly detection team by participating in on-call activities and responding to internal engineering questions.

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• Modernized Nationwide’s enterprise model end-to-end deployment process by transitioning the advanced analytics organization off of on-premises tooling to AWS based cloud infrastructure with Amazon SageMaker and Kubeflow.• Led and participated in the training effort for the entire data science community on the modernized model deployment infrastructure that was put into production at the end of 2021.• Successfully converted five legacy machine learning models into a modern, cloud-based workflow.• Defined and introduced the concepts of MLOps to the advanced analytics teams and how these concepts fit into the overall data and analytics ecosystem.• Member of the Amazon SageMaker governance team that makes recommendations on best practices and usage patterns for the enterprise.• Built and proctored a machine learning educational event for IT associates.• Presented on Amazon SageMaker at an internal technology conference.• Mentored an intern during the summer of 2021 virtual internship program.

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• Developed a Python method for automating a currently manual adjudication process for Pet Wellness claims.• Developed method using PySpark and Databricks for supplementing telematics sensor speed data with speed calculations from GPS coordinates.• Built a dashboard using Tableau to aid the Nationwide Discovery Management Unit Legal team.• Built out data and machine learning centric educational workshops for both the internal Learnathon program and an AI/ML workshop for the Chief Technology Officer Cabinet.• Completed a POC demonstrating the potential of utilizing MLflow with AWS native tools as a solution for machine learning model training, experimentation, and deployment.• Participated in the vendor selection and tool modernization effort for the enterprise’s predictive modeling end-to-end solution.• Participated in the Enterprise Data Office job shadowing program and provided a data science/engineering shadowing opportunity for a fellow associate.• Mentored an intern during the Nationwide summer intern program in 2020.

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Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Developed methods to improve current protein structure prediction within the Rosetta software suite by introducing experimentally derived hydroxyl radical footprinting mass spectrometry data.• Analyzed the Protein Data Bank for trends regarding the relative usefulness of each amino acid type for solvent exposure measurements to be used with protein structure prediction.• Conducted extensive data analysis using Python.• Developed a new Diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) algorithm in Fortran using the rotational and torsional excited states of highly fluxional molecules like H5+.• Developed C++ code that is included in the Rosetta software suite.• Discovered positive inotropes for cardiac troponin C using computational small molecule docking software.• Presented work at six different conferences to a variety of audiences with varying degrees of computational and biochemical knowledge.• Mentored and trained 2 undergraduates and 10 incoming graduate students.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Supervised undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory course involving both wet lab and computational experiments. • Prepared and taught a weekly recitation session on chemical quantum mechanics and aided students with their assignments.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physical Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematics And Chemistry