Promoted to Sr. Principal on the Professional Track.

Aquired by Ansys

Cloud Architect:• Built a Cloudformation stack using Docker that spins up thousands of Docker containers to train (and another to tune) models and select the best ones, turning weeks of compute into hours.• Building from scratch a Cloudformation template including lambda functions for backend API calls, databases for big data applications, ECS for container-based microservices and scalable compute.• Managed all the DevOps for the team including managing the git repo and the Jenkins CI/CD.• Designed PC cluster hardware and managed on-prem Unix, Spark, Postgres, Mongodb, and Kubernetes server.Machine Learning Research• Independently investigated almost a dozen potential ML applications at the company, providing preliminary results and feasibility studies.• Implemented large scale hyper parameter tuning systems on AWS. Some custom and others using Sagemaker. Worked with AutoML solutions.• Applied Reinforcment Learning to multiple novel problem domains using Mote Carlo Tree Search and Q Learning.• Data visualization and web-enabled dashboard creation in Tensorboard, Plotly, Dash, Tableu (similar software), Matplotlib, Altair, and Jupyter.• Wrote approximately 7 internal publications on patentable inventions, as well as giving multiple company widepresentations on my work.Leadership• Promoted from Developer to Researcher within only 1 year due to outstanding performance. Won top 10% performer every year with the company.• Interviewed over a dozen candidates within 3 years.• Onboarded 3 coworkers in Python best practices and professional software design principles.• Maintained coding standards, led code review, and led planning of development milestones.

• Programmed PLC’s and Yaskawa Robotic Automation.• Designed Electrical and Networking systems using AutoCAD.• HMI dashboard creation for user interaction with the machines.

Worked with physicists and other researchers in designing rigs for scientific experimentation.Helped design applications of Atomic Force Microscopes, Piezoelectric material, Signal Amplifiers, and Terra-hertz Lasers.

Designed and implemented PCB’s for both scientific and consumer purposes.Researched relevant scientific data and performed independent experimentation.Managed projects which led directly to consumer market products.

Created class curriculum based around beginner to advanced programming challenges.Managed a classroom of 30 middle-school aged students.Worked only during Summers.

Controlled local Multimeter via LabVIEW computer interface.Created VI for graphing Voltage, Resistance, & Current Density in real-time.Designed testing rig and product enclosure for solar cell design.

Ran discrete-time Fourier analyses, digital filtering algorithms, and statistical analyses on large time-series datasets in Python and MatLab.Suggested project direction and performed independent research.Created project reports and papers, participated in group projects as a programmer.