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United States

United States

R&D and Customer Relations

• Formulated and executed comprehensive Wi-SUN and cybersecurity strategies across all business units, ensuring robust protection of assets and interoperability. • Led the lifecycle management of products, overseeing conceptualization to end-of-life, resulting in streamlined processes. • Fostered close collaboration among cross-functional teams including engineering, program , and account management to define, refine, and improve process for product requirements, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and market demands. • Drove mutually beneficial partnerships with third-party vendors enhancing value proposition and customer value. • Collaborated with engineering and project managers to optimize production processes and quality control, resulting in improved operational efficiency and product excellence. • Developed and maintained custom dashboards for feature development enabling internal transparency and reduction of lead time, accelerating time-to-market and enhancing competitiveness. • Gathered feedback for continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.• Fostered collaboration among cross-functional teams to align product requirements with objectives and market demands.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

• Maintained the backlog and owned the requirements during feature planning with architects, software, and data engineers, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and stakeholder expectations.• Streamlined data service connections and fortified cybersecurity capabilities to bolster data reliability, mitigate risks, and enhance system robustness, ensuring uninterrupted operations and data integrity.• Achieved a 40% increase in story completion rates by implementing a bi-monthly release schedule, optimizing workflow efficiency, and accelerating project delivery timelines.• Orchestrated a 30% reduction in cycle time through enhanced team coordination for infrastructure changes, promoting agility and responsiveness.• Enhanced performance metrics by over 20% through the implementation of customized Azure DevOps dashboards, enabling real-time monitoring, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.• Designed and planned enhancements to current systems along with New Product Introduction (NPI) processes for IoT medical systems, leveraging embedded systems and Azure IoT.• Strategically managed and coordinated improvement changes with cloud architects and engineers to ensure optimal system performance and enhancements for cloud computing services and infrastructure.

• Successfully Completed an 18-week program at Humana, initially contributing to a cybersecurity professional team and later transitioning to the data management team. Specialized in Microsoft services for effective database management and aggregation.• Executed professional standards and enhanced security database repositories through situational awareness analysis.• Leveraged Azure cloud services, particularly Azure Data Factory (ADF) and Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), for efficient database management and improved connectivity.• Led a collaborative project with a senior cloud engineer and tech interns, focusing on offloading data from ThousandEyes and ServiceNow. Emphasized data visualization, aggregation, and enhanced database management using Power BI and API integration.

Miami, Florida, United States

The IC-CAE intelligence fellowship program at Florida International University; Involvement in the intelligence community with the intent to gain experience with professionals working with private and governmental institutions.• Conducted thorough research on North Korea's APT 37 and 38, analyzing their cybersecurity threat model and global cyber disruption motives. Contributed to a deeper understanding of cybersecurity dynamics in geopolitical contexts.• Delivered a concise and impactful briefing to a panel of security professionals, highlighting evolving cyber capabilities and their implications for national security. Provided valuable insights for proactive threat mitigation strategies.• Collaborated effectively with colleagues, partook in cybersecurity workshops and completed industry know cybersecurity certifications.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering (Iot)

Activities and Societies: FIU-IEEE Treasurer and FIU-HKN SecretaryEE with focus on IoT Domains

Master Of Science - Ms, Ai/Ml (Iot)

Activities and Societies: FIU-IEEE Treasurer and FIU-HKN secretary

Product Management Studio

This product management training was led by Faculty Director and Earl F. Cheit Faculty Fellow at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

High School Diploma, Design And Architecture / Information Technology

Activities and Societies: French Honor Society Design and Architecture Publisher