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- Operate in the realm of internal software consulting for other parts of Ford Motor Company with a focus on Lean, Human Centered and Proof of Concept applications and experiments aimed at quickly gathering feedback- Work in dynamic highly collaborative organization employing Extreme Programming methodology- Adapt to and learn to work with whatever technologies and tools best serve the problem being solved on current project

Dispatch Optimizer team- Worked closely with Data Scientists to implement genetic algorithms to offer both real time and advanced plan vehicle routing schedules to clients optimizing for the factors most important to them- Supported launch of highest volume customer making ride hail requests that Dispatch Optimizer has worked with

Detroit, Michigan, United States

State and Notification Services team in the Platform Services for Ford's Autonomous Vehicle Transportation as a Service-Expanded our service offerings of state management and notification pub/sub for scalable cloud based (AWS) internal teams and supported pilot testing with real vehicle data

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Online Credit Application / Online Vehicle Financing team within Digital Marketing- Contributed to rewrite of Online Credit Application for Ford and Lincoln in Angular 9 (https://www.ford.com/finance/apply/)- Worked in tight knit paired programming agile development team- Maintained and updated Java backend that handles Online Vehicle Financing requests.

Dearborn, Michigan

First rotation in the IT Ford College Graduate program, working on the Global Middleware team in Ford Credit Shop and Buy- Critical in adoption of agile planning and development practices as part of our Product Driven Organization agile transformation- Worked in bootcamp environment with Technical Coach to write first batch of Spring Boot Rest APIs for the Shop and Buy space and run pair programming and test driven development training katas and workshops- Supported credential… Show more First rotation in the IT Ford College Graduate program, working on the Global Middleware team in Ford Credit Shop and Buy- Critical in adoption of agile planning and development practices as part of our Product Driven Organization agile transformation- Worked in bootcamp environment with Technical Coach to write first batch of Spring Boot Rest APIs for the Shop and Buy space and run pair programming and test driven development training katas and workshops- Supported credential management and production launches for services across NA, EU, and China. Show less

Dearborn, Mi

--Developed and automated a tool to configure list of Excel settings for global AVBOM2 PD Wizard users--Leveraged Windows Registry from Java to automate 7 page configuration document--Saved teams of Engineers ~800 hours annually of regularly reconfiguring after Windows Hotfixes --Led introduction of regular standups and GitHub use for support projects in the AVBOM2 PD Wizard team

Lansing, Michigan Area

--Ran help room to assist students working on MATLAB assignments for AESC 210--Answered student questions about course material, MATLAB projects, and programming concepts--Graded student projects and exams

Shaumburg, Il

--Conducted deep dive into order expedite process in distribution center--Process mapping, data analysis (Excel, Google Sheets, & Tableau), process/ information optimization--Consolidated multiple redundant local documents into 1 shared database with added functionality

East Lansing, Mi

Planned, coordinated, and led service opportunities for the MSU Wesley Foundation. Included local long term service partnership with Habitat for Humanity as well as a shared Alternative Spring Break trip with University Lutheran Church to Montgomery and Birmingham Alabama and an international service trip to Haiti in 2017.Coordinated and hosted events such as the annual Keep Making Peace Conference at MSU WesleySet-up, clean-up and occasional hosting or performing music in… Show more Planned, coordinated, and led service opportunities for the MSU Wesley Foundation. Included local long term service partnership with Habitat for Humanity as well as a shared Alternative Spring Break trip with University Lutheran Church to Montgomery and Birmingham Alabama and an international service trip to Haiti in 2017.Coordinated and hosted events such as the annual Keep Making Peace Conference at MSU WesleySet-up, clean-up and occasional hosting or performing music in weekly worship. Fostering community between the members of MSU Wesley Foundation Show less

Lansing, Michigan Area

Lifeguarding community pools run by Lansing Parks and Recreation. --Performed a deep water rescue to save a patron from drowning in July 2015

Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mi)

Assisting a professor and his graduate students with a research project, getting exposure to the university research process

East Lansing, Michigan

Calling customers, making appointments, demonstrating products, and placing orders.

Bachelor’S Degree, Applied Engineering Science, 3.55

Activities and Societies: MSU Society of Applied Engineering Science, MSU Men's Glee Club, MSU Wesley Foundation, MSU Running Club.

High School

Activities and Societies: Varsity Swimming (4 years) (2 year Captain), Varsity Cross Country (3 years) ( 1 year Captain), Junior Varsity.