Summary: I bring a diverse set of laboratory experience, technical expertise, powerful communication abilities, collaborative skills, and a strong work ethic to the engineering landscape.
Highlights
Technical Skills: Extensive electronics & laboratory experience, including signal analysis, various electronics and associated control software (LabView), fabrication of metallic components, lasers, fiber-optics, and microscopy; advanced *NIX server administration and scripting, web-server & other open-source software deployment and administration; intermediate OSX & Windows administration; advanced knowledge and experience with Ruby/Rails web development framework, C/C++, FORTRAN, SQL database design and administration (PostgreSQL & Oracle), Javascript & jQuery, HTML/CSS, MS Office Suite (esp. Excel and Powerpoint); intermediate experience with AutoCAD 2011 and precision machining.
Electrical and Nuclear Engineering: 5 years of operations and casualty-mode nuclear engineering including experience with reactor materials, radiation health and safety, and design analysis; 3 years as assistant Quality Assurance officer including rigorous compliance with Naval nuclear and high-risk system QA requirements per the Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual (compare with ISO standards).
Communication & Collaboration: 4 years working in a collaborative, scientific research environment in large- and medium-sized international collaborations, including near-constant internal & external technical communications; 6 years as a Naval officer in the documentation-intensive field of Naval nuclear engineering; 2 years of software development using hybrid development methods in small- to medium-sized teams.
Analytical Skills & Critical Thinking: 4 years as a graduate student in experimental physics including thousands of hours working in a fast-paced research laboratory, hundreds of hours of mathematics and problem solving in a classroom environment, and a Master’s degree in Physics.
Leadership & Management: 6 years as Naval Officer in a variety of high-pressure contexts and complex managerial challenges, including a Western Pacific deployment and a sub-Arctic transit.
Education
University of California, Irvine, CA: August 2007 – May 2011
M.S. Physics – October 2008
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: August 1997 – May 2001
B.A. Astronomy and Space Sciences
Relevant Professional Experience
Various: June ‘11 – September ‘13
Software/Data Engineer
- Fullscreen, Inc.: Lead Ruby developer on a multi-purpose ranking & analytics platform for YouTube channels
- Fullscreen, Inc.: Development of data visualization tools and modeling projects utilizing YouTube data in support of novel business intelligence initiatives
- Los Angeles Times: Lead Ruby Developer on “hyperlocal” content initiative
- Los Angeles Times: Lead Javascript developer on “Viewable Impressions” advertising implementation for all Tribune websites
- 3M Cogent: C#/.NET developer on flagship facial recognition web application
UCI Low Temperature Physics Lab: August ‘09 – May ‘11
Graduate Student Researcher
- Conducted autonomous, collaborative research in a modern cryogenics laboratory (to ~3K) in two separate areas of condensed matter physics
- Grew and studied combustion of methane clathrate hydrates, as part of DOE-funded research into viability of clathrates as a fuel source
- Designed and constructed components for a fiber-optic, ultra-low-temperature atomic force microscope for use in nano-scale friction studies
Super-K Cherenkov Light Detector (Kamioka, Japan) Collaboration: July ‘08 – August ‘09
Graduate Student Researcher/Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Developed and maintained programmatic data analysis tools as a member of the solar and relic neutrino analysis teams
- Conducted statistical analysis of extremely large amounts of data as a contributor to the Phase IV solar neutrino analysis
- 4 terms as a graduate teaching assistant, including 10 inde...
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