Experience

Bicycle Garage of Indy

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bicycle Mechanic

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Bicycle Mechanic, Sales, and Bicycle Skills Education at Indy's largest bicycle sales and repair company with three locations in the city. Bicycle Mechanic, Sales, and Bicycle Skills Education at Indy's largest bicycle sales and repair company with three locations in the city.



New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Consultant

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Assisting the Executive Director with email communications, website updates, and increasing community contacts and engagement with the exciting and enriching programs at the New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation. Assisting the Executive Director with email communications, website updates, and increasing community contacts and engagement with the exciting and enriching programs at the New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation.



Self-employed

• Various

• Sabbatical - A Wandering US Bicycle Tour

  • May 2022 - Dec 2022

  I went on a 6,500+ mile solo bicycle tour starting in Hartford, CT, first heading to the Midwest, back to the East Coast south to Key West, FL, and then up the Gulf Coast to Tallahassee, FL and then New Orleans. From New Orleans I took Amtrak up to Champaign-Urbana, IL. The final two days of the bike tour were from Urbana, IL to Indianapolis, IN where I'll be living and working, closer to family. I went on a 6,500+ mile solo bicycle tour starting in Hartford, CT, first heading to the Midwest, back to the East Coast south to Key West, FL, and then up the Gulf Coast to Tallahassee, FL and then New Orleans. From New Orleans I took Amtrak up to Champaign-Urbana, IL. The final two days of the bike tour were from Urbana, IL to Indianapolis, IN where I'll be living and working, closer to family.



CTNewsJunkie

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer

  • Feb 2020 - Dec 2022

  Freelance op-ed writer and analyst for CT News Junkie Freelance op-ed writer and analyst for CT News Junkie



Center for Latino Progress - CPRF

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Transport Hartford Academy & BiCi Co. at Center for Latino Progress

  • Jul 2015 - May 2022

  BiCi Co. is a community bicycle shop in Hartford that I co-founded as a program at the Center for Latino Progress in June 2015 with Yanil Teron, the executive director. The program grew from a summer teen internship program to a fully functioning bike shop, social enterprise, and suite of community focused, bicycle-based programming, workshops, and do-it-yourself hours. www.bicico.org The Transport Hartford Academy is the Center for Latino Progress’s newest program. It aims to deepen resident engagement and create a group of active and informed residents who will shape future transportation developments in the Hartford region. Transport Hartford advocates for biking, walking, transit, and multi-modal transportation as part of a sustainable and socially just region. For Hartford to succeed and grow, it has to move beyond single occupancy vehicle travel both culturally and with well designed infrastructure. Show less



Pratt & Whitney

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer / Designer / Systems Engineer

  • Jun 2001 - Apr 2015

  Mechanical engineer. Started in 2-year rotational product development and design program. Rotations in design, structural analysis, manufacturing, and project management. The first half of my career was spent in turbine airfoil design, analysis, and then product team leadership. The second half of my aerospace engineering career at Pratt & Whitney was spent in systems design management and integration. Inventor on 67 US patents. Mechanical engineer. Started in 2-year rotational product development and design program. Rotations in design, structural analysis, manufacturing, and project management. The first half of my career was spent in turbine airfoil design, analysis, and then product team leadership. The second half of my aerospace engineering career at Pratt & Whitney was spent in systems design management and integration. Inventor on 67 US patents.