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Bellevue, Washington, United States

As Business Manager reporting to the director of the SEA department of the Natrium project, I perform day to day business operations, identify and fill gaps, and increase operational efficiency as well as the overall department vision. This is a project management-oriented role focusing on performance management that reports directly to the Natrium Department Directors.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Leading the licensing effort for the reactor core analysis methodology of the TerraPower Natrium sodium cooled fast reactor.

Providing expert knowledge and assisting clients to navigate the nuclear energy market.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Strategic initiative leader and technical liaison, responsible for oversight, coordination, and management of global initiatives, teaming with engineering, field service, I&C, and other executives to initiate and monitor project execution.• Collaborate with the technical business C-suite executives to develop, manage, and lead business strategy and initiatives, providing advice and direction on technology solutions• Negotiate and oversee supplier activities on technical initiatives, assuring alignment and benefits consistent with business goals and IT sustainability, security, and financial requirements• Champion new technology innovations proposed by IT technical experts, to business leaders throughout the enterprise, assuring participation, progress, adoption, and benefit realization• Research, establish, and implement new technologies to improve operations and create business opportunitiesAchievements:• Established IT executive governance teams, streamlining business requests, eliminating over 2000 hours of unnecessary effort while slashing project initiation time from 6 month to less than 1 month• Founded the Engineering Tools Governance Council overseeing the efficient and effective deployment of modern applications and processes throughout the enterprise, reducing costs by over $2M in first 6 months• Championed the Mobile Workforce application initiative, streamlining field communication, eliminating emailed reports, and expediting critical notifications• Envisioned and spearheaded the cloud HPC supplier engagement, evaluation, and conceptual testing. Deployment of hybrid in-house and cloud capabilities will cut IT costs by $500K and increase engineering processor availability

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Engineering leader to the technical business units, responsible for development and maintenance of applications, new product development, management of supplied applications, and delivery of high performance computing (HPC) systems both in-house hardware and vendor supplied cloud services.• Set and monitor software development goals and computing system SLAs, assuring continuous availability• Advance software development processes through continuous improvement of the agile and waterfall SDLC, development tools and environments, and quality procedures• Shape the future HPC landscape, working across the enterprise and with technology vendorsAchievements:• Slashed software maintenance costs by over 40% across engineering through centralization• Instituted operational risk assessments into planned system maintenance and upgrade activities, coordinating with the technical business areas to reduce or eliminate impacts of system downtime• Modernized the Westinghouse engineering software development policies and procedures, bringing development practices up to modern standards and incorporating efficient agile methods

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Program leader and system architect for the development of nuclear reactor analysis methods, software, and analysis processes, including new technology introduction and advanced product innovation.• Ownership of the product lifecycle management (PLM) for nuclear analysis, directing three sub-teams with over 40 members across multiple sites globally (US, Sweden, Brazil, Korea, South Africa, and China)• Initiation and oversight of advanced nuclear technology research and feasibility assessments including research data acquisition, performance of physical testing, lead test program performance, and experimental activities• Customer interface for nuclear analysis methods at symposiums, contract discussions, and consultingAchievements:• Eliminated 80% of redundant nuclear analysis applications following competitor acquisition, partnering with Korean customer to leverage cost free labor to achieve common goals• Envisioned and executed development of state-of-the-art reactor analysis system, leapfrogging competition, exceeding results quality and functionality goals as measured at customer symposiums• Applied Six Sigma Greenbelt methods to reduce software testing requirements, while increasing the error free software throughput and speeding deployment of functional modules• Utilized agile/scrum development methodology to achieve quick turnaround of new capabilities

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Technical leader for subcontractor oversight of development, installation, and commissioning of automated train control software and equipment for the Newark airport monorail extension.• Leadership and coordination between the customer (Port Authority of NY and NJ), Bombardier, and subcontractors on all aspects of the train control system• Ownership of design reviews, progress reviews, scope changes, and negotiation of problem resolutionAchievements:• Eliminated subcontractor delivered errors through continuous oversite and introduction of improved testing and documentation processes, working closely with subcontractor and customer leadership.• Drove the delivery of additional scope, Y2K system analysis, to customer on time with full contingency planning, acclaimed as best in class by the customer and their consultants

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

System architect, lead software engineer and planning leader for the Westinghouse nuclear core design system.• Manage the development and maintenance team for the primary nuclear reactor core design code system• Develop long term system objectives, annual system release plans, and integrated system requirements• Produce and maintain manpower needs, work assignments, and project scheduling for a team of development engineers as well as procurement of additional support personnelAchievements:• Assumed the lead role of a faltering team and by applying software development process improvements, led the team to be recognized as exemplary in both software process and product quality• Reigned in cost and schedule overruns on engineering software development projects by application of disciplined SDLC methods and project management oversight and reporting processes, delivering products on schedule within cost for the first time in the history of Westinghouse Fuel engineering

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Lead software developer and application architect for the primary core modeling and simulation tool.• Development and maintenance of the principal nuclear design code• Primary interface for external and internal customers, working to refine code requirements• Communication of status and future direction of code system to management and customersAchievements:• Enabled innovative functional changes to transform the engineering processes and reduce engineering costs• Transformed the system to perform analysis of Russian hexagonal cores to enable fueling of the Temelin reactors

Senior engineer performing all phases of reactor core design including fuel management, safety evaluation, and measurement analysis.• Responsible for multiple reactors of various designs and fuels, including MOX• Collaboration with electric utility to define energy needs, operational data requirements, and licensing services

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Nuclear Engineering