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United States

Served on Unidata’s internal DEI CommitteeDeveloped the first “inclusive software language” guide for Unidata employeesParticipate in active, continual software developmentTroubleshoot, solve bugs, implement new functionality and architecture (re)designs, review code, and design solutions for easier client use and satisfactionImplemented user satisfaction survey for customer support for my software teamHave received exceptional reviews and feedback from usersSupport client-side software on multiple platforms (OSX, Windows, CentOS/RHEL)Maintain and support backend server software based in CentOS/RHELServed on Unidata’s Annual Equipment Award panel in 2020Completed 28-hour NOAA training from Jason Burks regarding AWIPS II softwareMaintain, debug, and enhance Unidata’s public EDEX serverInteract with community through User Committee Meetings and AMS Booth staffingCompleted 16-hour training from Elastic (Elastic Engineer I & II)Provide user support to academic users, private enterprises, and government entitiesServe on multiple fulltime staff and intern hiring committeesVarious Presentations and ConferencesLed several presentations on AWIPS capabilities and Unidata developments to annual UCAR Member’s Meeting, American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meetings, UCAR Presidential Committee MeetingAssisted in various student conference workshops for Python training (AMS 2021 and 2022)ASU Contract WorkDevelop new visualization functionality for ground-penetrating Mars radar instrument dataDevelopment of new features in support of EMIRS instrument for the EMM missionNew functionality for visualizing, and analyzing planetary remote sensing dataSoftware languages: Java, psql, bash scripting

Provide user support to academic users, private enterprises, and government entitiesServe on multiple fulltime staff and intern hiring committeesVarious Presentations and ConferencesLed several presentations on AWIPS capabilities and Unidata developments to annual UCAR Member’s Meeting, American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meetings, UCAR Presidential Committee MeetingAssisted in various student conference workshops for Python training (AMS 2021 and 2022)Various Presentations and ConferencesPresented at NASA mission team meetings, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meetings, COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Conference on Mars Assembly, JPL Presentation, Lunar and Planetary Science (LPSC) conferencesComplete Database Design and ImplementationIdentified a significant weakness in the way data was organized and accessible in our GIS software (JMARS)Took the initiative to completely redesign a solution that allowed for more intuitive data searchingLead a small team of developers to implement the backend solutionCreated all new front end interface to display and search for data using the new backendCreated an independent GUI tool for interacting with the backend database to help prevent developer error and ensure some safeguards were in placeData Repository CreationDeveloped long term repository for full resolution GOES dataCreated archive structure and processing pipeline to enable access in JMARS GIS softwareData Processing PipelineDeveloped and implemented end-to-end processing pipeline for airborne imagery (TIMS)Created a complete repository with detailed documentationImplemented data access and distribution through JMARS integration

Develop new visualization functionality for ground-penetrating Mars radar instrument dataDevelopment of new features in support of EMIRS instrument for the EMM missionNew functionality for visualizing, and analyzing planetary remote sensing dataSoftware languages: Java, psql, bash scripting

Organize, design, and implement spacecraft planning and commanding softwareFreedom and responsibility to design and implement UI for planning softwareRestructure foundational organization of the program suite to allow for viewing data in 3DJMARS Software DevelopmentRestructured organization of data architecture to support enhanced 3D viewing and analysis capabilitiesImplemented new functionality to support multiple different data sets and analysis (radar data, thermal modeling, spectral data, and climate modeling)Create new functionality to allow new analysis techniques of multiple datasets at onceVarious Presentations and ConferencesPresented at NASA mission team meetings, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meetings, COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Conference on Mars Assembly, JPL Presentation, Lunar and Planetary Science (LPSC) conferencesComplete Database Design and ImplementationIdentified a significant weakness in the way data was organized and accessible in our GIS software (JMARS)Took the initiative to completely redesign a solution that allowed for more intuitive data searchingLead a small team of developers to implement the backend solutionCreated all new front end interface to display and search for data using the new backendCreated an independent GUI tool for interacting with the backend database to help prevent developer error and ensure some safeguards were in placeData Repository CreationDeveloped long term repository for full resolution GOES dataCreated archive structure and processing pipeline to enable access in JMARS GIS softwareData Processing PipelineDeveloped and implemented end-to-end processing pipeline for airborne imagery (TIMS)Created a complete repository with detailed documentationImplemented data access and distribution through JMARS integration

Associates, General Aviation Pilot

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Biomedical Engineering

Published Journal article: Methods in Molecular Biology - Neighborhood Impact Factor to Study Cell-Fate Decision-Making in Cellular.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Earth And Space Exploration, Suma Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Graduated from Barrett, the Honor's College Honor’s Thesis: Remote Sensing Applied to Arizona Monsoon: GOES.