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King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Completed 20 labs and 6 projects in a 500-hour immersive course, leveraging data science skills to solve real-world problems with supervised and unsupervised machine learning.
• Cleaned and extracted features from data to develop a linear regression model that accounted for 92% of variability in housing prices in Ames, Iowa.
• Collected data using Reddit API in order to apply various NLP techniques, including CountVectorizer, lemmatizing, and TF-IDF so as to develop a model which predicts success in a Reddit post.
• Worked with a team of data scientists to create a predictive classification model designed to determine likely outcomes for animals in pet shelters, for the purposes of optimizing capacity and resource allocation.
• Predicted a person’s belief in climate change based on 10 years worth of survey data in order to identify key demographics for the purpose of better educating the public on the importance of protecting the environment.
• Successfully predicted the likelihood of Parkinson’s disease in a patient based on audio traits taken from recordings of the patients voice with an accuracy greater than 90%.

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Collaborated with R&D director and fellow team members to implement experiments used for product development purposes while operating, programming, and maintaining the pilot plant unit.
• Ensured proper operation of a supercritical hydrolysis chemical reactor, heat exchangers, hot oil systems, chillers, pumps, and auxiliary equipment
• Implemented Siemens PCS7 programming while installing critical instrumentation for pilot unit
• Spearheaded various chemical process experiments for pilot unit in order to improve overall quality of processes and research projects.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Provided insurance quotes for customers on a daily basis. Translated documents for spanish speaking customers. Performed general customer service duties. Managed several employees. Made business decisions in absence of owner.

King Of Prussia, PA

• Worked closely with the Process Technology Director and fellow team members to implement experiments used for process development purposes while operating, programming, and maintaining the pilot plant unit.
• Led team in upgrading of pilot plant control board from inception to implementation
• Composed documentation and participated in Management of Change processes related to new installations or modifications
• Operated all pilot plant equipment i.e. pumps, mixers, control valves, filter press, parr reactors, wiped film evaporators

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Conducted various chemical processes while promoting safety in hazardous environments.
• Loaded and unloaded liquids trailers, railcar tankers, and different ships, vessels and barges along the Delaware River with various hazardous and non-hazardous liquid chemicals; in accordance with Coast Guard.
• Assisted and conducted routine maintenance and pipe fitting operations throughout the facility including valves, pumps, heat tracing, tanks and pipelines.

Fairless Hills, PA

• Progressed from entry-level operator to managing multifunctional control board within 6 months; demonstrating ability to learn expeditiously
• Operated and maintained different areas of the plant including but not limited to hydrogenation reactors, distillation columns, process and emergency scrubber systems, hydrogen compressors, boiler system and deposition.

Mosul, Iraq

• Operated and maintained a.50 caliber machine gun of the lead truck and conducted various security operations in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Promoted security operations; monitored and instructed classes consisting of 40 to 130 Iraq policemen, strengthening knowledge and proper execution of first-aid, survival, war tactics and security.
• Demonstrated the ability to remain calm and focused during challenging times