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Springfield, Virginia, United States

-Lead on project to transition from Data Vault to AWS native tools for ETL and data analysis. Projections suggest this transition could save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.- Develop Predictive Analytics (Machine Learning) Algorithm to identify rogue assets and determine ownership.- Represent the team and product at conferences and interface with potential customers.- Act as a mentor to new hires and oversee new employee tasking and performance.- Automate tasks and enhance efficiency of data transfers through clever coding using SQL, Python, C#, and PowerShell scripts.- Provide statistical analysis and visualizations for customer interface with the data.

San Diego, Ca

•Develop tactical and strategic plans working closely with participating scientists/engineers, and sequence imaging commands to be executed by the Mastcam Cameras on the Curiosity rover.•Assess health and safety of the spacecraft, as well as analyzing downlinked data and ensuring science objectives are achieved.•Investigate anomalies and either refine current tools or develop new tools/procedures to resolve them. •Improve upon existing techniques for maximum efficiency.

• Identify outstanding issues related to planetary science, hypothesize a solution, test the hypothesis, analyze results, and publish findings in academic and professional journals.• Focused efforts on polar ice migration during the Amazonian period on Mars to determine climate history and timing of polar ice migrations. • Participate in Lunar cratering project utilizing ArcGIS.

Denver, Co

• Specialized in ArcGIS extension software (Tobin GIS Suite) related to land lease applications for the oil and gas industry.• Provided support to clients via email and telephone when they experience difficulty with our GIS products. • Recreated issues on a local machine or remote accessed customer’s machine to troubleshoot the issue, resolve the problem, and educate the customer.

• Executed skilled operation of laboratory equipment for use in analyzing chemical abundances of rocks in a clean lab environment. • Performed process of chemical analysis which included: crushing and preparing samples; dissolving and chemically separating samples; maintained sanitized laboratory equipment and environment during and after the process. • Assisted on a project which included acquisition and input of chemical data into an internet database for public use.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

• Developed and executed a FORTRAN code that accurately simulates the interaction and effects of greenhouse gasses in the early atmosphere on Mars. • Simulations using the code were used to write two papers published in Geophysical Research Letters and Planetary Science Letters.

Boulder, Colorado

• Created a map of paleo-flow directions and locations of valley networks on Mars, which is used for academic and professional research in Martian hydrology.• Co-authored a paper entitled: Updated Global Map of Martian Valley Networks and Implications for Climate and Hydrologic Processes in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets.

Master Of Science (Ms), Geology/Earth Science, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geology/Astronomy