Experience

Kremenak NanoTech, Inc.

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operations Officer

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Urchin Black™ antimicrobial (UBam™) is a platform material that protects by physically shredding bacteria and fungi, and immobilizing viruses. No toxins. No resistance. Just structure. I helped found the company and I am currently managing a wide range of early-stage business operations including: 💻 📚 Market analysis, data science, software development, and IoT ©️ Intellectual Property management 💰 Financial/Treasury/Tax/Accounting/Payroll management, strategy, and… Show more Urchin Black™ antimicrobial (UBam™) is a platform material that protects by physically shredding bacteria and fungi, and immobilizing viruses. No toxins. No resistance. Just structure. I helped found the company and I am currently managing a wide range of early-stage business operations including: 💻 📚 Market analysis, data science, software development, and IoT ©️ Intellectual Property management 💰 Financial/Treasury/Tax/Accounting/Payroll management, strategy, and analysis, payroll 👼 💵 Fundraising and investor relations 👨‍💼👩🏼‍💼 Recruiting and onboarding critical team members 💼 General business operations management 📈 Project management 🏦 Prospecting, CRM, and business development 📝 Grant writing and administration 💸 Positioning and value proposition design ⚙ Tools: Python, R, Quickbooks, Nimble, Asana, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Zotero, ADP, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, Microsoft Office, Business Model Canvas Show less



Bidgely

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• EM&V Analytics Consultant

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area Bidgely is unlocking the power of data and AI and becoming an indispensable innovation partner for the modern energy provider, enabling them to achieve their strategic goals while delighting their customers. ❃ Guided Bidgely in its development of Energy Efficiency Evaluation Protocols, including experimental design, data processing, and econometric modeling ❃ Guided Bidgely in the development of its Energy Efficiency Impact Evaluation Tool ❃ Supported Bidgely in its reporting… Show more Bidgely is unlocking the power of data and AI and becoming an indispensable innovation partner for the modern energy provider, enabling them to achieve their strategic goals while delighting their customers. ❃ Guided Bidgely in its development of Energy Efficiency Evaluation Protocols, including experimental design, data processing, and econometric modeling ❃ Guided Bidgely in the development of its Energy Efficiency Impact Evaluation Tool ❃ Supported Bidgely in its reporting related to its Energy Efficiency Programs ❃ Supported Bidgely in conversations with utilities and M&V companies Show less



Metis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Science Fellow

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area 🚩 Projects: Cannabis Price Prediction ✅ ◇ Scraped product prices and relevant features from dispensary menus and utilized supervised machine learning algorithms to predict prices ⚙ Tools: Python, Beautiful Soup, Pandas, SciKit Learn Targeted Marketing for Cannabis Dispensaries ✅ ◇ Performed academic literature review to identify a lucrative market segment for dispensaries. Built a web application that employed classification models to detect the likelihood a consumer was… Show more 🚩 Projects: Cannabis Price Prediction ✅ ◇ Scraped product prices and relevant features from dispensary menus and utilized supervised machine learning algorithms to predict prices ⚙ Tools: Python, Beautiful Soup, Pandas, SciKit Learn Targeted Marketing for Cannabis Dispensaries ✅ ◇ Performed academic literature review to identify a lucrative market segment for dispensaries. Built a web application that employed classification models to detect the likelihood a consumer was a member of the segment ⚙ Tools: Python, Flask, SciKit Learn Cannabis Consumer Purchasing Resource ✅ ◇ Clustered cannabis products based on their chemical composition. Examined clusters for statistically significant differences in reported biological effects to provide consumers a guide to purchasing products that will provide the effects they desire. Additionally, built a content-based strain recommender web application. ⚙ Tools: Python, SciKit Learn, Flask, Tableau, NLTK, Selenium, Beautiful Soup, NumPy, Pandas Forecasting Cannabis Ballot Measure Outcomes ✅ ◇ Utilized publicly available information to predict the outcome of a cannabis-related ballot measures ⚙ Tools: Python, Beautiful Soup, SciKit Learn Show less



ADM Associates

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Scientist/Senior Project Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Apr 2018

  Reno, Nevada Area ADM’s staff of engineers, social science researchers, and economists has developed innovative program evaluation strategies which have been presented at the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) and other professional forums. Its multi-disciplinary staff facilitates efficient, comprehensive energy efficiency program evaluation. ❃ Led and developed complex, multifaceted analyses of energy efficiency and smart grid utility programs, with a focus on demand reduction… Show more ADM’s staff of engineers, social science researchers, and economists has developed innovative program evaluation strategies which have been presented at the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) and other professional forums. Its multi-disciplinary staff facilitates efficient, comprehensive energy efficiency program evaluation. ❃ Led and developed complex, multifaceted analyses of energy efficiency and smart grid utility programs, with a focus on demand reduction, energy savings, and pricing optimization ❃ Built statistical models utilizing large panel energy consumption data sets ❃ Successfully managed the evaluations of large EM&V portfolios for utility clients ❃ Helped develop ADM's data science infrastructure and big data analysis framework ❃ Assisted in the recruitment and performance evaluation of ADM colleagues Tools: R, Tidyverse, panel regression modeling, econometrics, Mavenlink, Microsoft Office Show less



University of Nevada, Reno

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Sep 2012

  Reno, Nevada Area ❃ Lectured, developed curriculum, and completed grading for Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and statistics classes ❃ Assisted Economics professors with their research projects by collecting data, technical editing, and conducting analysis ❃ Assisted professors with the creation and management of their textbooks



DLL

• Netherlands
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Manager/Project Manager

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Wayne, PA ❃ Established relevant metrics to measure department performance based on the needs of internal and external customers ❃ Implemented process improvements that led to the department turn-around time decreasing by over 50%, while at the same time decreasing overall department head-count. ❃ Executed managerial duties, i.e. performance reviews, scheduling, creation of bonus plan, inventory/purchasing ❃ Managed a project that led to the implementation of a pilot e-contracting solution and… Show more ❃ Established relevant metrics to measure department performance based on the needs of internal and external customers ❃ Implemented process improvements that led to the department turn-around time decreasing by over 50%, while at the same time decreasing overall department head-count. ❃ Executed managerial duties, i.e. performance reviews, scheduling, creation of bonus plan, inventory/purchasing ❃ Managed a project that led to the implementation of a pilot e-contracting solution and ultimately closed the final gap precluding the company’s operations from being paperless ❃ Managed a project that derived commercially reasonable strategies that once implemented increased fee income by over 20%. Show less