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Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Victoria, Texas, United States

• Created machine learning algorithm that captures comments from stock investing websites and analyses them based on a variety of the post’s features to see if they have any predictive ability for stock price. • Initial results have yielded moderate, but consistent, market beating success. • For more information and proof of concept, visit www.wileyrbaskin.com.

North Carolina, United States

• Used reinforced learning algorithms to find a redirection practice for walking in virtual reality that outperforms the current gold standard, steer-to-center.• Applied real world paths to the reinforced learning algorithm to test if human guidance could improve the RL models.• Statistically analyzed the results of the reinforced paths and the steer-to-center paths to conclude if human expert training really improved results and found a marginal increase in model improvement.

Marble Falls, Texas, United States

• Managed a team of 15 full time counselors from 5 different nations.• Lowered department expenses by 15% by creating a supply reclaim procedure and teaching myself how to repair and maintain equipment.• Focused on clear communication within team and with senior management to assure the achievement of both individual and organizational goals.• Improved the department's popularity ranking from 12th to the top three both summers I was director (the highest rankings ever for Fine Arts).