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Austin, Texas, Us

Accountable for all data modeling, transformation, transfer, persistence, and management for the New Mexico Human Services Department Health and Human Services 2020 (HHS 2020) program, a $300M+ program to create a cross-agency information technology platform that leverages the New Mexico Medicaid Management Information System. * Operated a $22M+ project within the HHS 2020 program to create a modern data warehouse and business intelligence for New Mexico’s replacement Medicaid Management Information System * Co-managed $29M+ project within the HHS 2020 program to integrate and master data sources from legacy and future systems into a near-real-time data repository using MarkLogic technology* Led canonical data model maintenance through data governance with changing business process requirements* Led a business analysis team that interfaced with external stakeholders to determine business intelligence needs* Oversaw project to create an enterprise test data management platform that conformed with HIPAA Safe Harbor specifications for data de-identification* Directly supervised 3 employees and 4 contractors

Served as a project manager for the Human Services Division to manage technology projects surrounding the administration of public benefits such as Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, and LIHEAP.* Managed scope, schedule, and resources across over 90 stakeholders to execute a $11M+ project to update the New Mexico Medicaid system to adhere to changing federal requirements* Led creation of an eligibility API for the Lifeline program that led to ~$200k savings in the first 6 months of operation* Co-authored a grant proposal to the USDA Food and Nutritional Service that brought ~$525k New Mexico to bring kiosks into the Human Services field offices, a project with a payback period of <18 months* Implemented a chat bot project to answer frequently asked questions of New Mexico Human Services field staff, which averaged 50+ questions per day in the pilot office of ~30 people* Maintained product backlog and worked with stakeholders and team members to capture feature requests and bugs in the state’s public assistance eligibility and enrollment system, which had an ~$11M annual budget

Promoted to define and serve in a new position to manage and oversee the software development personnel as a team and as individuals, identify opportunities for software development lifecycle process improvement, allocate development resources for billable and internal efforts, estimate and reconcile project hardware and labor costs due to development, and internally represent the best interests of the development department. Managed a growing team of 24-29 developers by tasking employees, tracking employee utilization, and forming ephemeral project teams.Key Contributions:• Grew team size 20% by streamlining the interview process, clearly defining job qualifications/responsibilities, and aggressively processing the candidate pipeline• Implemented a code review process, increasing development velocity, code consistency, and knowledge redundancy• Devised and implemented the first formalized company-wide employee and management peer feedback process in company history • Supervised and coordinated conceptual split of software development team into R&D and software services teams through the company’s acquisition• Served as 24/7 on-call technical escalation for two customer accounts and second-level escalation for all other accounts

Promoted to help mentor project managers to manage small- to medium-sized projects (≤$1.5M) and to personally manage small- to large-scale projects (≤$3.5M). Responsibilities included those of a project manager (defined below) in addition to mentorship of less-senior project managers, delivering customer-facing presentations, and organizing and managing larger software teams.Key Contributions:• Executed a $3.5M project to build a comprehensive warehouse simulation by coordinating a 12-person operations research team• Deployed a $2.2M conveyor control solution across three facilities without production stoppage by leading a team of eight PLC engineers, developers and QA engineers

Hired as a project manager to work under the Vice President of National Projects at Reddwerks to execute and serve as the subject matter expert for several small- to medium-sized software projects (≤$1.5M). Responsibilities included customer requirements elicitation, documentation, and approval; definition of visual design modifications to user interfaces; planning onsite testing and implementation efforts; generating end-user documentation for training; creating and maintaining project schedules; managing and communicating customer expectations; and managing and tracking the progress of a cross-functional team of software developers, quality assurance engineers, and controls engineers on a daily basis.Key Contributions:• Launched Reddwerks’ first electronic controlled substance ordering system (CSOS) with a team of developers and QA engineers in a $1.1M software project • Facilitated development and delivery of a $1.3M warehouse management software project one month ahead of schedule

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

- Led weekly discussions and held office hours on integral calculus- Administered quizzes and exams to diagnose understanding- Taught 68 students across four weekly sections

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

- Created and evaluated the properties of new antibacterial surface coatings- Used ISO techniques in microbiology and fluorescence microscopy to assess antibacterial effectiveness

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

- Synthesized and characterized anti-fog and anti-reflective surfaces by assembling nanoparticles on glass surfaces- Co-authored two peer-reviewed journal articles from this research

- Supported manufacturing-scale production of Remicade through small-scale bioreactor experiments- Refined temperature and media composition extremes of bioreactor conditions for production of monoclonal antibody- Developed and wrote a protocol for counting aggregated mammalian cells

Us

- Maintained mammalian cell cultures in small-scale bioreactors- Evaluated impact of media composition extremes on cell viability

Master Of Science, Bioengineering

Bachelor Of Science, Bioengineering, Materials Science Engineering