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Salem, Ma, Us

Salem, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

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San Francisco, California, Us

Flagstaff, Arizona, Us

- Co-lead developer of QIIME 2, a strongly-typed, interface-agnostic, plugin-based bioinformatics framework, which enables reproducible science through a decentralized retrospective provenance tracking system.- Designed and implemented a distributed CI/CD system (QIIME 2 Library) for plugin developers to build, document, and publish bioinformatics-methods tools and visualizations as part of The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative’s Essential Open Source Software for Science program.- Managed user and developer support initiatives on the QIIME 2 Forum (>6,000 users and 46,000 posts).- Wrote and maintained QIIME 2 user and developer documentation.- Organized five (and instructed at 14) domestic and international QIIME 2 educational workshops.- Co-developed the QIIME 2 Youtube education channel.- Created and maintained web services for all aspects of the QIIME 2 platform, with an emphasis on declarative infrastructure tooling.- Wrote extensive unit and integration tests to ensure compatibility and stability of software.- Oversaw a multi-disciplinary team including three junior software engineers and five undergraduate student interns, which included review of programming contributions and mentoring.

- Developed custom database-backed Python and Javascript web applications for management of scientific data on six multi-disciplinary teams at four academic institutions.- Deployed high performance Beowulf and Starcluster clusters for scientific analyses on bare-metal and cloud-based hosts.- Worked with teams to understand and model data schemas, analytical workflows, and custom reporting needs.

Anchorage, Ak, Us

- Supported web applications for clients including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, The Denali Commission, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, The University of Alaska, and Chugach Power.- Worked with clients to implement custom reporting and workflow needs that integrated with their existing tech solutions, including tools built around ColdFusion, ESRI ArcGIS, and Python.- Lead an initiative to migrate internal source management from Redmine & Subversion to Gitlab.

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- Directed, organized, and supported geotechnical engineering projects, including field explorations, lab work, and computer-based engineering simulations and analysis.- Lead small to medium-sized teams in related field efforts. Interfaced with clients to determine requirements.- Tracked and handled project budget and client invoicing.

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

EPSCoR - Alaska Experimental Program to Stimulate Cooperative ResearchResearched frost heave mechanics, frozen soil properties and behavior. Developed software to automate and interpret live testing equipment and results.

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

Institute of Northern EngineeringDirected and planned fieldwork involving permafrost sampling, including core drilling, exposure description, field testing.

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

College of Engineering and MinesPrepared, instructed, and graded student labs. Redesigned lab procedures in conjunction with faculty guidance.

Fairbanks, Ak, Us

Institute of Northern EngineeringPerformed ASTM soil tests. Synthesized data and prepared reports.

Master Of Science (Ms), Civil And Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Civil And Environmental Engineering