Experience

GoGuardian

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Director of Data Science, Edulastic

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Edulastic was acquired by GoGuardian in June 2021. It is the leading assessment platform for K-12 schools. Identify gaps, help students learn and measure growth all in one easy system. In the classroom and at home. Edulastic was acquired by GoGuardian in June 2021. It is the leading assessment platform for K-12 schools. Identify gaps, help students learn and measure growth all in one easy system. In the classroom and at home.



Edulastic

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Data Science

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2021



Albeado

• Saratoga, CA

• Engineering Director

  • Jun 2014 - Mar 2015

  Graph based machine learning platform. Graph based machine learning platform.



PeerReach

• Netherlands
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Data Scientist

  • Mar 2013 - May 2014

  Real time news app. Data mining from Twitter, influence, trend analysis, scoring. Real time news app. Data mining from Twitter, influence, trend analysis, scoring.



Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Research Scientist

  • Sep 2011 - Nov 2012

  Social gaming division of Disney. I worked on data mining, customer value modeling, retention/virals, data visualization, data quality. Social gaming division of Disney. I worked on data mining, customer value modeling, retention/virals, data visualization, data quality.



Brainiac Dating

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Founder and CEO

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2011

  My own attempt to build a company… After three years I closed it down as it was unable to reach financial viability. I did everything… the php software development, web design, analytics, marketing, and advertising. I applied machine learning techniques to optimize certain aspects of the website. Brainiac Dating is a niche online dating site for intelligent singles. Currently gaining about 1000 new members each month and generating revenue from premium memberships. Recommended on the Today show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fio7j-Sa4M I have six Facebook apps in beta. See http://SocialUniverse.com Show less



Magma Design Automation

• United States
• Semiconductors
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Design Architect

  • Mar 2007 - Oct 2008

  I worked on new hierarchical floorplanning chip design and implementation product testing new features and customer support. Used perl and tcl. Read more about the product here: http://www.magma-da.com/products-solutions/chipplanning/hydra.aspx I worked on new hierarchical floorplanning chip design and implementation product testing new features and customer support. Used perl and tcl. Read more about the product here: http://www.magma-da.com/products-solutions/chipplanning/hydra.aspx



Cadence Design Systems

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineering Manager

  • Mar 2005 - Feb 2007

  Product validation manager and later switched to be a product expert role (Core Comp). Utilized Python/Perl scripting. Supervised a team of 8 engineers. Worked on X routing product which included diagonal and Manhattan routing layers.. Read more here: http://www.eetimes.com/conf/dac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164302501&kc=2443 and http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2006/2/embedded19518.html Product validation manager and later switched to be a product expert role (Core Comp). Utilized Python/Perl scripting. Supervised a team of 8 engineers. Worked on X routing product which included diagonal and Manhattan routing layers.. Read more here: http://www.eetimes.com/conf/dac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164302501&kc=2443 and http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2006/2/embedded19518.html



Ammocore

• Software Development

• Principal Engineer

  • 2001 - 2005

  Support of small block (sblock) partitioned chip assembly product, benchmarks, feature testing. Extensive travel to Japan. Perl, tcl/Tk scripting. Read more here: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99103315.html Support of small block (sblock) partitioned chip assembly product, benchmarks, feature testing. Extensive travel to Japan. Perl, tcl/Tk scripting. Read more here: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99103315.html



MIPS

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Engineer

  • 1998 - 2001

  Place and Route flow specialist, cell libraries and layout design rules, tool evaluations and flow development. Place and Route flow specialist, cell libraries and layout design rules, tool evaluations and flow development.



Hitachi MicroSystems

• San Jose, CA

• Senior Engineer

  • 1996 - 1998

  Methodology and CAD, transistor models, drc, lvs. Perl, shell scripting. Methodology and CAD, transistor models, drc, lvs. Perl, shell scripting.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • 1993 - 1996

  Astronomy Department Miller Fellow and Postdoc radio astronomy and star formation Astronomy Department Miller Fellow and Postdoc radio astronomy and star formation