Patrick Howard Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Ithaca, NY, US

• Research, develop, & implement cutting-edge tools, technologies, hosting options & cloud solutions to meet customer requirements while minimizing costs
• Led teaching sessions for coworkers covering new tools & technologies (Docker, AWS ECR + Lambda + ECS/Fargate, CRON, User Authentication) for a wide range of implementations, such as API development, container.
• Created R/Shiny application template for company-wide use on new R/Shiny client projects
• Acquire new clients, onboard coworkers for new client projects, and migrate client projects across cloud providers (GCP to AWS) & accounts (AWS)
• Full stack web application development for multiple clients, both individually & as a team, with frameworks like R/Shiny (+ R Markdown) & React (Typescript, Prisma, GraphQL)

Atlanta, GA, US

• Develop & market OSS/PaaS for R/Shiny developers, featuring User Authentication & Web App Hosting, through Cloud Infrastructure, API development & integrations, and database design & management
• Research & development for hosting architectures, CI/CD, & other automated tasks used in production for internal use & clients
• Handle Application Development Life-Cycle, including Database, Server, & API creation/maintenance, for multiple clients from a range of professional fields

Atlanta, GA, US

• Develop a variety of web applications according to each client's specifications & provided data
• R&D for new methods/tools to continuously improve upon the development pipeline
• Assist with marketing, finding potential clientele, & onboarding new trainees

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Conducted machine learning for stratification of Crohn’s Disease by implementing Bayesian nonnegative matrix factorization on variant-trait associations of genomic and clinical patient data to assess disease subtypes &.
• Developed web application with R/Shiny framework, following PI’s specifications used as a tool to help users evaluate the influence of genetic risk scores on the prediction of outcomes.
• Assisted with development of a Ph.D. student's web application and database for viewing expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data and the corresponding LocusZoom plots, completed for his thesis

• Assembled and packaged microelectrode arrays (MEA) using a personally developed and constantly evolving protocol in order to optimize cell culture viability and electrical activity
• Cultured neuronal cells from dissociated rat cortices and recorded the extracellular electrical activity on the personally packaged MEA’s (using Linux CLI, MatLab, & predeveloped software that required debugging)
• Assisted with signal processing and analysis of neuronal recordings used to study action potential propagation and neural plasticity

• Performed various tests and implemented numerous laboratory techniques and protocols to localize and characterize the fucosyltransferase (FUT) gene family in the Arabidopsis plant in order to better understand its.
• Later on, I earned the role of Senior Undergraduate Researcher with the responsibility of training new interns and undergraduates
• Also, I conducted research and assisted with writing for an undergraduate project regarding the contribution of a specific FUT gene mutation to root cell wall biosynthesis

Professional Master Of Science, Bioinformatics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

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