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United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Itasca develops cutting edge software for geomechanical and hydrogeological simulation and analysis. In this role I...• Spearheaded Itasca’s transition towards cloud computing and managed the company’s adoption of cloud technologies• Directed development of Itasca's Cloud Portal - online resource for management of HPC jobs

San Francisco, California, United States

Rescale provides intelligent computing for digital R&D. It is a Cloud-based platform for executing HPC software.In this role I leveraged my expertise in simulation and HPC technology to:• Coordinate and execute technical activities throughout the sales cycle, including customer meetings, presentations, platform demonstrations, and proofs of concept (POC)• Provide domain expertise to both the customers and the sales and partner teams• Serve as technical liaison between Rescale and independent software vendors (ISV) to ensure superior and seamless user experience throughout the Rescale platform• Articulate and present Rescale solutions at conferences, user groups, webinars, etc.• Provide continuous feedback to product team identifying areas of improvement to position Rescale as market leader

San Francisco, California, United States

• Provided technical support to Rescale’s customers• Developed toolkits to optimize the execution of HPC software in the cloud• Supported sales executives and solution architects in technical discussions and sales calls• Investigated potential defects and verified error fixes• Enhanced and developed training and reference material

Leipzig Area, Germany

Development of proprietary AI-based tools for medical image registration, segmentation and analysis

San Francisco, Ca

• Development of HPC Software (MPI, CUDA, OpenACC, OpenMP)• Commercial Finite Element Software development:>> Process Simulation for Additive Manufacturing (Autodesk Netfabb - former Pan Computing)----> Nonlinear material model enhancements----> Heat treatment simulation----> Crack initiation prediction>> Structural FEA (Autodesk Nastran - former NEi Nastran)----> Lead software developer for the Mesh-Independent Cracking (MIC) project------- Developed and implemented in Autodesk Nastran cohesive elements and traction-separation material law------- Developed and implemented in Autodesk Nastran proprietary MIC elements, which allow simulation of crack propagation (delamination and transverse matrix cracks) in composite materials independent of finite element mesh

San Francisco

Led a team of software engineers through Agile development cyclesCo-created Autodesk software together with the usersPerformed customer focused research, design, and validation supporting Autodesk Simulation product suite• Autodesk Nastran• Autodesk Nastran In-CAD• Autodesk Helius PFA / CompositesResponsibilities spanned all aspects of software product development and user experience definition, including identifying key market problems, examining competitive landscape, conducting user research, creating strategic plans, defining solution requirements, user experience design and validation, product development

Westminster, Ca

As part of a group that serves as a “backbone” of the company, carried out a diverse range of tasks, including product support, organization of training classes and webinars, issue tracking, software testing, and customer acquisition• Provided technical support via phone / email for direct customers and channel partners• Embraced pre-sales activities such as demonstrations via the internet and at client sites, and post sales activities such as telephone support• Taught training classes across the full range of FEA disciplines, both in the Westminster office and at client sites throughout US and occasionally overseas• Carried out turnkey finite element analysis projects for clients• Supported several direct sales people in technical discussions and sales calls• Assisted marketing with the creation of brochures and presentations• Investigated potential defects in released products, filed error reports with created demonstration problems when appropriate for a wide range of analysis disciplines• Verified error fixes in pre-release products• Coordinated software development staff to address shortcomings in future versions of software products• Created innovative training and reference material for the company’s products• Developed finite element code (specifically, nonlinear material models)Supervised international channel sales and operations, EMEA and Americas• Managed international re-seller performance• Insured stellar product support• Contracted new re-sellers

Tackled technological challenges for the business units of Siemens (Energy, Industry, Healthcare)

San Jose, California, United States

Worked as part of cross-functional team performing design of small form factor hard disk drives• Managed to significantly reduce disk pack imbalance on 720 rpm SFF drives and improve op-shock performance

San Jose, California, United States

Collaborated with design and servo engineers• Utilized computational tools to create designs that improved shock performance and reduced track misregistration

Pittsburgh, Pa

Carried out research in the field of finite element analysis and numerical modeling

Canonsburg, Pa

Worked as part of material model development team• Led testing activities for material models included in ANSYS releases 10.0 and 11.0 (shape memory alloy, Drucker-Prager cap, anisotropic hyperelastic and other material models)

Doctor Of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: John Swanson Doctoral Fellowship, Graduate Student ResearcherTitle of PhD dissertation: Finite element modeling.

Mba, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Faculty Fellowship Award, Business Plan Competition