Experience

Figure Eight Federal

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Data Engineer / Head of Data Science

  • 2011 - Present



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Software Applications Developer

  • Mar 2011 - Aug 2011



Virsona Inc.

• Artificial Intelligence Developer

  • Jun 2008 - Oct 2009

  Created algorithms for conversational computer programs that simulate the personalities of real and fictional characters. Built the interface that allows users to chat with the characters on websites, over multiple instant messenger protocols, and through a Facebook application, while ensuring scalability and high uptime. Created algorithms for conversational computer programs that simulate the personalities of real and fictional characters. Built the interface that allows users to chat with the characters on websites, over multiple instant messenger protocols, and through a Facebook application, while ensuring scalability and high uptime.



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2008

  Developed a testing automation tool for Mac OS X that selects, schedules, and monitors tests so that engineers no longer need to manage the process. Developed a testing automation tool for Mac OS X that selects, schedules, and monitors tests so that engineers no longer need to manage the process.



Personal Robots Group, MIT

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2007 - May 2007

  Designed physical and verbal interactions for social robots that acted as weight-loss coaches for obese people in a long-term assistive robotics study. Designed physical and verbal interactions for social robots that acted as weight-loss coaches for obese people in a long-term assistive robotics study.



Computational Cognitive Science Group, MIT

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2006

  Employed techniques from statistical machine learning to study the computational basis of human learning and inference. Research focused on applying novel clustering algorithms to problems of concept formation and image parsing. Implemented Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms, inference over Bayesian Networks, and the development of generative models. Employed techniques from statistical machine learning to study the computational basis of human learning and inference. Research focused on applying novel clustering algorithms to problems of concept formation and image parsing. Implemented Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms, inference over Bayesian Networks, and the development of generative models.