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Groton, Connecticut (CT), US

• Led CI Testing upgrade across scientific team, Infrastructure/terraform, and Cloud (AWS) team, and engineering team.
• Expanded data processing workers on AWS / EC2, enabled reprocessing of data with updated parameters and algorithms.
• Upgraded testing harness on sound processing algorithms– improved test accuracy and flexibility, ported to aarch64 architecture.
• Reverse engineered diesel engine controls; built tools to index/analyze communications protocols, including CAN-FD, J1939, NMEA200 messages.

Newport News, Virginia, US

• Architected, negotiated, and implemented experimental UMAA Messages for Next-Gen USV, to fulfill open-ended requirements
• Integrated multiple sensor message streams into radar driver, applied resultant metadata to correlations to output message streams.
• Implement firmware charging station-- message handling, gpio control, & Integration Testing.

Boston, MA, US

• Ensure 276 Gib/hr sensor stream by optimizing network, drivers, compiler, library, and algorithms
• Built robot operations software from scratch; integrated with gpio, pwm, i2c, ethernet and serial peripherals
• Migrated sensor system to newer Linux version--Fixed systemd services, filesystems, library formats, networking, and build systems

• Collaborated with Science team to deliver Python analytics with NumPy and Pandas
• Engineered database for instant, 24/7 responses on 182M-row PostgreSQL tables
• Improved IoT sensors for 24h operation; fixed Go code, using RaspberryPi and SPI libraries.

• Principal author of 4K line feature; expanded simulation code; evaluates designs on 51 criteria
• Resolved critical incompatibility; implemented 5K line feature to simulate landmark designs
• Fixed 3 top user issues; quickly authored fixes in 210k line, 1.2k class Java codebase
• Collaborated with users and developers to identify critical software issues and future features

Boston, MA, US

• Implemented robust, modular, code in python, C++, protobuf, database, and middleware
• Developed autonomous containment behavior - keeps vehicles in a safe region
• Prototyped radar ingest code; evaluated extraction code against requirements
• Benchmarked MongoDB, CouchDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL against common queries
• Assessed SQL (& NoSQL) schemas; proposed changes for performance shortfalls
• Expanded legacy, C++, 2.4M LoC codebase (OpenCPN) to display new data sources

New York City, New York, US

• Techstars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator that holds 13 week programs for startups in Boulder, New York City, Boston, Seattle, San Antonio, Austin, Chicago and London. It is considered one of the best.
• Implemented C++ bridge to synchronize local and command ship MongoDB instances.
• Prototyped python kalman update filter on tracking data. Improved data accuracy and user experience.
• Built Alexa Skill in Javascript, deployed to Amazon Lambda. Created new promotional path for customer.

London, GB

• Evaluated technical cost savings proposal; averted performance shortfall on deployed systems
• Created C++ plugin to control 100s of sensor tracks; enabled understanding of complex data sets
• Implemented conversion from JMS geolocation data, enabled real-time analysis of 100/sec data pts
• Ported C++11 code to Visual Studio, demonstrating proprietary technology on customer platforms
• Provided planning, design, documentation and scheduling as needed

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Developed emerging technologies to meet Air Force and intelligence community needs• Led $2.1M multi-agency coalition to increase geolocation of high value targets by 100%• Led high-visibility space/cyber domain fusion project, provided threat warning for space assets• Enabled intelligence collection on new sources via new sensors; swiftly distributed.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Led debugging effort for $600K multi-disciplinary hypersonic simulation--shared simulation results with Navy researchers• Managed section admin--monitored 67 trips w/$80K budget--maintained productivity & budget• Ensured stringent quality control of software patches -- in-house work saved $200K/averted 6-mo delay• Regenerated analysis interface code in 2.

Master’S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering