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Chicago, Il, Us

Northbrook, Il, Us

Analytics Advancement and Transformation• Research and evaluate new tools and methods for the data science organization.• Automated conversation segmentation. Research models for breaking conversations into topics and providing summaries for each topic.Co-chair of the Data Science Community of Practice• Organize data science seminars to share technical insights throughout the enterprise.

Northbrook, Il, Us

Analytics Advancement and Transformation• Sentiment classification of audio and text. Created a multimodal neural network model to classify portions of a conversation with positive and negative sentiment. • Audio classification. Developed models to remove foreign language and hold music from audio recordings with the goal of improving downstream models and reducing media storage.• Named Entity Recognition models using the Hugging Face implementation of RoBERTa. Developed models to identify dialog actions in conversations, providing information to dialog tracking algorithms.• LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). Investigated the capabilities of the iPhone's LiDAR sensor for machine learning models. Created a demonstration of point cloud classification models. Summer Intern Manager 2022• Managed a summer intern. Created computer vision models for detecting aggressive driving behavior in dash camera videos.Internet of Things (IoT)• Predict the severity of an accident based on telematics data.• Analyzed telematics data to detect claim fraud.Allstate Life and Retirement• Developed a minimum viable product for the accelerated underwriting program. The model predicted whether a life insurance applicant will have a clean fluid test, creating the potential to accelerate the application process and save time and expense. Allstate Roadside Services• Developed a demand model to predict the location and rate of vehicle disablements due to future events such as extreme weather or the addition of new business partners.

Munich, De

Spearheaded the development of optical products for metro optical networks resulting in 150% data throughput improvement. Designed and specified products to meet customer and system requirements.• Specified and validated a 100 Gbps line-side DWDM coherent optical transceiver. Negotiated performance requirements with the supplier. Characterized the optical performance using Matlab. • Designed and validated a 2.8 Tbps switch fabric for the mTera Universal Transport Platform. Created schematics using Mentor Graphics DxDesigner.• Validated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for new pluggable optical layer products. Automated optical testing using Matlab.• Validated 100 Gbps client-side optical transceivers (LR4, LR10, SR10) for interoperability between suppliers. • Defined the optical requirements for an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR). • Supported customer field trials of new product introductions. Solved customer technical issues resulting in new sales.

Alhambra, Ca, Us

Developed a high-speed optical transceiver for connecting Ethernet routers resulting in an order of magnitude improvement in data throughput. Created designs optimized for cost and manufacturability. • Designed and characterized a 10-Gigabit serial fiber optic transceiver.• Performed high-speed simulation using Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) and circuit board layout using Altium P-CAD.• Defined digital status reporting architecture and implemented Verilog FPGA code.• Created microwave transmission line models in ADS Momentum electromagnetic modeling software. Correlated models with measurements taken on a high-speed probe station.• Characterized high-speed performance of DFB and VCSEL lasers.• Created automated test stations including PCB test fixtures and microprocessor code. Automated measurements using National Instruments LabVIEW and recorded data to a SQL server.• Set up volume production of modules at a contract manufacturer in Thailand.

Phd, Electrical Engineering

Bsee, Electrical Engineering