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New York, Ny, Us

Empowering non-profit organizations and workforce development agencies through technology and program management solutions tailor-fit to the needs for providing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive experience for everyone in this socio-economic ecosystem.▪️Creating and maintaining partnerships across non-profit organizations and workforce development agencies leading to increased employment in clean energy, climate tech, and application development & design industries▪️Bridging the technology needs and agile implementation for non-profits and workforce development agencies to thrive through efficient productivity frameworks▪️Leading product design and product management beginning with design thinking frameworks which leapfrog concepts from ideation to iterative, data-driven, minimum viable product release

Reno, Nevada, Us

Spearheading Envirolution's engagement within the vibrant New York City community, elevating the organization's public profile and driving the implementation of workforce development initiatives with a keen focus on fundraising effort, and comprehensive program management strategies.▪️Attend board of director meetings to evaluate the mission and ensure we are clearly aligned and focused on environmental justice and climate tech issues which impact the greater good of society▪️Lead funding initiatives aligned with Envirolution's expertise and prominence as a non-profit organization and workforce development agency▪️Introduce technology, agile methodology, and program management strategies that improve productivity across the organization

Albany, Ny, Us

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) funds and catalyzes the growth of innovative energy, energy efficiency and clean technology companies. The NYSERDA EIR Program, administered by Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), provides strategic business, finance and technology commercialization guidance to a broad range of early-stage clean energy and climate tech companies across NYS.

Supporting career placement, fostering employer relationships, and managing the associated data for trainees who successfully complete the Clean Energy Academy program, thereby facilitating their entry into green jobs along with reporting for workforce development funders.▪️Project managing data capture across multiple workforce development contracts for reporting program outcomes regarding employment▪️Utilizing the existing career services record keeping systems that support the Clean Energy Academy team in creating reports as they pertain to program deliverables and job placement outcomes▪️Organizing workforce development trainee data for quarterly reporting to New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)▪️Aggregating workforce development outcomes to include in grants which provide funding in support of Career Services expansion

New York, Us

Mentoring, leading, and advising junior and senior, College of Staten Island Computer Science, undergraduate students on how to align and further their skills to meet the needs of technology industry resulting in successful transition into careers in software development, web development, and software engineering.▪️Understanding students' overall initiatives to develop a roadmap aligning career aspirations to technology business owner needs▪️Implementing User Experience design to ideate and build program initiatives based on technology business owner and undergraduate computer science user journeys▪️Building professional network with technology industry business owners to support placement of NYC Tech Talent Pipeline computer science undergraduate students

Chicago, Il, Us

Tutoring and teaching mathematics courses ranging from basic arithmetic to calculus. Assisting with essay writing and reading comprehension with emphasis on New York statewide testing and achieving average grade score improvement of 25% for Common Core Examination. Marketing tutoring capabilities through advertisement in form of flyers and business cards resulting in 85% increase for student lessons.▪️Achieved 100% response rate to student session requests over span of 4 years, maintaining 4.8/5.0 rating and high customer satisfaction.▪️Facilitating improved grades by tailoring lesson plan to meet individual needs of each student and explaining complex topics in comprehensive manner.▪️Expedite learning progress, covering 4-5 months of subject matter in 2 months and supporting topic proficiency which enables students to pass class they were failing previously.

Long Island City, Ny, Us

Exposing students to the use of computers in such a way where they will learn Microsoft Word & Excel with a business-centric focus. Teaching formerly incarcerated students the necessary skills and mindset to plan for their future and develop a strategy to achieve their goals.▪️Teaching students basics around Microsoft Word & Excel through business applications▪️Showing students how to conduct internet research by helping them find articles and open source information around what their career aspirations are▪️Providing expert advice on resume building to help students become marketable in the current jobs economy▪️Helping students strategize their short- and long-term goals

New York, Ny, Us

Applying a unique student-centered approach to teaching mathematics by holding students accountable for their answers through questioning that help them think inquisitively and casually about the topics they learn.▪️Conducting classroom lectures, using a unique curriculum, in where the emphasis is on developing and nurturing mathematical thinking instead of memorizing and applying formulas▪️Led the creation of an expedited, 4-week lesson plan, covering curriculum that is typically covered in a 12-week course

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Conducted market research and strategized to identify industry problems and advise on where company had opportunity to provide solutions to expand market scope for insurance-specific analytics solution. Illustrated business problem and value through user personas, business use cases, and solutions offering, resulting in product development that was focused on customer experience.▪️Conceptualized, developed, and orchestrated integration, using Node.js, between Watson Services and current insurance specific analytics platform▪️Worked with various stakeholders to create presentations and prototypes as proof of concept of product benefits and insurance industry use cases leveraging natural language processing.▪️Worked with various Watson Services technical teams, fostering internal partnerships that helped to streamline and develop new product release.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Managed relationship between client executives and internal IBM resources. Led calls, supported lead accounts, and headed briefings. Generated deal signings for total contract value of $1B USD or more each quarter.▪️Met $1M USD target for recovery of SEET department by managing and tracking department recovery for internal resource client deployments and assignments.▪️Led operations center of Competency Team, ideating and implementing new method for SEET to claim and receive recoveries, reducing average time from 3 months to 2 weeks.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Helped with data migration by parsing, cleansing, and profiling data and reduced development work an average of 50%. This led to 90% reduction in errors during final phase of SAP implementation.▪️Conducted client workshops to identify data migration needs and business requirements and led development work by aligning SAP functionality with client needs and requirements.▪️Supported data migration through use of Extract, Transform, and Load, generating 90% pass rate for loading customer master data onto SAP.

New York, New York, Us

Developed a comprehensive business model and financial strategy for large-scale production of an innovative product, leveraging a diverse team of experts in paint chemistry, surface chemistry, chemical synthesis, and organic/physical chemistry. Played a pivotal role in coordinating a multidisciplinary team of interns and leaders to drive product design, research, and reverse engineering processes.▪️Pitched a concept to key stakeholders resulting in incubation and partial funding to hire resources to build a working prototype▪️Hired and managed a team of 4 chemical engineers and a chemist to formulate a novel paint designed to selectively react with smoke resulting from fire▪️Led team to create a working prototype demonstrating the concept of smoke contacting and reacting with a synthesized paint resulting in a bright glow

New York, New York, Us

Drew sketches, took measurements, recorded data, and took photos to estimate scope of work for mold remediation contractorWrote reports detailing methods necessary to treat moldMade sure correct mold remediation methods were applied on job sites

Reno, Nevada, Us

Surveyed businesses on how they can be saving money by applying Energy Conservation MeasuresLearned about HVAC systems, building envelopes, and combustion systems to help home owners conserve energy by choosing the most efficient method of cooling and heating their home in a safe manner

New York, Ny, Us

Used a programming language called Scratch, developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to introduce children ranging from Kindergarten to 8th grade to algorithms and computer language syntaxInstilled the curiosity and inquisitive thinking necessary for developing young scientists and engineersDeveloped educational methods of acquiring and retaining the interests of young adolescents

New York, Us

Used FORTRAN to simulate the quasi-static growth of a vapor bubble on a heated surface in an axisymmetric domainModeled the convective growth of a vapor bubble by plotting the data of numerical results that arise from applying Fourier’s Law and calculating the heat flux of a domain imposed around a vapor bubbleProduced oral or poster presentations and submitted reports to highlight research progress to the principle investigator of the research project

New York, Ny, Us

Created innovative ways of instructing students to stimulate their intellect, thereby encouraging them to learn topics in an entertaining and dynamic mannerPrepared comprehensive lectures, modified to the unique learning style of each student. Tutored students in Mathematics: basic Algebra to CalculusTutored students in English: basic Grammar to College WritingManaged and scheduled appointments on a weekly basis with students

Helped students structure their essays by showing them the effectiveness of brainstorming ideasMerged students’ most important thoughts into a well-developed thesis and outlineSimultaneously tutored up to 20 students under high pressure situations

Bachelor'S Of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Engineering Science