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Topsham, Me, Us

Alna, Maine, United States

Volunteer administrative leadership role: Collaborate with other key leaders to develop operating plans, documents, and policies. Oversee rollout and maintenance of electronic volunteer time tracking system as part of larger FRA compliance initiative. Maintain resources for operating crews, including signal flags, emergency response materials, and operating forms. Volunteer operating crew member: Qualified as Conductor for all operations: passenger, MoW, and charters. Qualified as Engineer for Ford Model T railcar, a unique artifact of two-foot gauge railroading in Maine. Responsible for maintenance and repair of Ford Model T railcar, and for training crew members in the operation thereof.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Digital logic Verification: HBM3/4 memory controller and PHY modules, enabling the next generation of memory interfaces for custom ASIC designs. Mixed signal Verification: Complex CDC transfers and full-custom high-speed logic operating on multi-phase clocks. Work closely with analog designers to create accurate functional models of analog modules using real-value modeling in pure SystemVerilog for efficient full-chip verification.Verification Infrastructure: Maintain the EDA environment for mixed-signal ASIC design verification in SystemVerilog, built on UVM methodology. Lead the migration of the testbench from OVM to UVM1.2.

Lafayette College, Easton, Pa

Coordinated staffing for Williams Center performances. Supervised pre-performance front of house activities. Authorized booth operators to start performances. Resolved patrons' concerns. Enforced house policies.

Cranberry Township, Pa

State College, Pennsylvania Area

Daily Activities: Staffed the Help Desk to solve IT-related issues both internal and external to the headquarters. Hardware upkeep and maintenance. Revised application-specific Python scripts. Project work: Rolling out an online donation system. Transitioning e-mail and other self-hosted services to Google Apps.

Ligonier, Pennsylvania

Grounds upkeep. Facilities maintenance. Construction and landscaping.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu

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