Agile Systems Design and Engineering

Web design, SEO optimization, and instructional design for the School of Continuing Professional Studies (CPS) at GW.

Managed the design and implementation of Relational Database Management Systems (Oracle Apex, MySQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript), Pre-Calculus and Linear Algebra, and Data Visualization (Python and R) digital projects. Project cycles involved working across multiple teams and clients during a 16-week design cycle.Collaborated with STEM and STEM-adjacent teams on the design and implementation of digital tools using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript to help them teach fundamental STEM concepts. Topics included undergraduate chemistry curriculum and linear algebra.Co-developed and facilitated a human-centered design and systems thinking series on design and fabrication for engineers at the GW Innovation Center that worked with microcontrollers (Arduino), microprocessors (BeagleBone), analog and digital environmental sensors and graphical programming languages (Pure Data (written in C)).Supported Carpentries and Python Natural Language Processing workshops as a volunteer and as a facilitator, respectively. I designed and taught a workshop on Arduino C, and I co-designed and facilitated a Unity workshop multi-workshop series on 2D game design and C# scripting. The latter was deployed using HTML5, CSS, and AngularJS.Surveyed SEAS faculty about how the Instructional Design Team can better support SEAS faculty in online learning efforts and conducted outreach to secure consultancy work for our team with Medical Devices and Computer Science faculty.Led an internal Quality Improvement Initiative for our instructional design team to examine how we communicate about instructional design (Community of Inquiry) concepts across our team and how those concepts are embedded in our designs for our clients.Authored and presented papers at the Online Learning Consortium’s “Accelerate” conferences in 2023 and 2024 on the importance of digital projects and community of inquiry in instructional design.

Designed and developed audio effects plugin projects using the JUCE framework, C, C++, JavaScript, JSON. Version control using Git.Implemented AWS infrastructure to handle product registration and authorization using EC2, Cognito, DynamoDB, and LightSail.Managed a small team of software developers and interns to complete weekly programming and design tasks.Secured international product distribution, deploying professional-grade products through major product vendors in the United States and Europe.Represented the brand and products at national and international conferences, festivals, and conventions throughout the United States.

I provide music production consultations. Consults are tailored to the needs of each client.

Designed and taught courses on applied audio technology topics to undergraduate students at IUPUI, including graphical programming for audio software development.

Taught digital signal processing and sound design for digital musical instrument manufacturing.Coordinated and facilitated educational programming at the university's innovation and entrepreneurship center.Developed a VR/MR and microcontroller software maker space for artists and makers interested in exploring advanced interfaces.

Designed course syllabi and course content.Lectured on digital audio theory and techniques.Taught music theory and composition techniques.Taught audio recording, editing, mixing, and mastering principles.Trained students on digital audio workstations and graphical programming tools for real-time audioand video processing.Taught music composition, sound design and audio dialogue replacement principles for film.Demonstrated restoration processes for improving the integrity of recorded media.

Designed course syllabi and course content.Taught embedded computing platforms for music.Lectured on digital musical instrument and interface design.Taught electronic music theory and practical digital audio synthesis techniques.

Designed an interactive procedural audio software to render unique sound output based on a real-time sensor input stream.Consulted with corporate partners on hardware platform logistics, sound design iterations and general audio aesthetics.

Designed course syllabi and course content.Taught electronic music synthesis and sound design principles.Instructed students on how to code using graphical programming languages such as Pure Data.Lectured on composing and performing electronic music.

Developed and facilitated courses on music and technology topics including the history of electronic music, software instrument design, sound design and sound recording.Supervised student’s senior thesis projects and academic study plans.Served on multiple academic committees including three departmental search committees, theuniversity and college graduate and undergraduate curriculum committees.Served on the Graduate School Academic Integrity Board.Presented academic papers/articles and performed music at conferences, conventions and festivals,including the AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality and theInternational Computer Music Conference.Published in major journals and conference proceedings including the Leonardo Music Journal,Computer Music Journal and the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference proceedings.Lectured/visited as a guest speaker and as an artist-in-residence at research institutions and undergraduate and graduate programs, including MIT, Berklee College of Music, Nokia Bell Labs, American University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, and the Sonic Arts Research Centre, STEIM in Amsterdam and EMS in Stockholm.Co-founded the Sensory Computation / Experimental Narrative Environments (SCENE) Lab.Researched virtual reality as a platform to help resolve interactivity issues, spatial audio as a tool formusic composition and production, and sonification.

Taught performance and technology classes as part of the undergraduate music program.

Taught electric and acoustic guitar to undergraduate music students.

Researched and wrote a doctoral thesis on music performance technology-related topics including machine listening, auditory scene analysis, embodied cognition, instrument design, and the philosophy of music performance.