Experience

First Street Foundation

• United States
• Climate Data and Analytics
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Engineer

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Data Scientist

  • Aug 2021 - Feb 2023



San Francisco County Transportation Authority

• United States
• Transportation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technology, Data, & Analysis Intern

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021



UCSF Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Machine Learning Intern

  • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Built models to classify the camera angle of echocardiogram video segments in an effort to streamline the workflow of cardiologists and improve upon their classification performance. • Implemented and tuned various convolutional neural networks using PyTorch to accomplish this goal. • Wicklow AI & Medicine Research Initiative (WAMRI) Lightning Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMsE11IAmv8 • Built models to classify the camera angle of echocardiogram video segments in an effort to streamline the workflow of cardiologists and improve upon their classification performance. • Implemented and tuned various convolutional neural networks using PyTorch to accomplish this goal. • Wicklow AI & Medicine Research Initiative (WAMRI) Lightning Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMsE11IAmv8



Revolution Analytics

• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Bioinformatics Practicum

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Collaborated with a Revolution Analytics data scientist on projects over the semester of a Bioinformatics graduate course at USF. • Built an interactive R Shiny web application (https://mdalfaro.shinyapps.io/simulate_data/) enabling users to simulate large datasets of custom ECGs for use in training projects relating to health wearables. • Won Award for Academic Research at USF Graduate Student Project Showcase Competition out of 30 candidate projects. • Collaborated with a Revolution Analytics data scientist on projects over the semester of a Bioinformatics graduate course at USF. • Built an interactive R Shiny web application (https://mdalfaro.shinyapps.io/simulate_data/) enabling users to simulate large datasets of custom ECGs for use in training projects relating to health wearables. • Won Award for Academic Research at USF Graduate Student Project Showcase Competition out of 30 candidate projects.



GenHERation

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Videographer

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Filmed, edited, and produced over 20 interviews, published on the Huffington Post, featuring significant female leaders from across the U.S. • Worked alongside the CEO in a tight-knit startup environment to aid in the curation of ten speaker series events hosted in U.S. cities from San Francisco to New York attended by over 500 young women. • Example of work: https://vimeo.com/189378941. • Filmed, edited, and produced over 20 interviews, published on the Huffington Post, featuring significant female leaders from across the U.S. • Worked alongside the CEO in a tight-knit startup environment to aid in the curation of ten speaker series events hosted in U.S. cities from San Francisco to New York attended by over 500 young women. • Example of work: https://vimeo.com/189378941.