Experience

Energy Outreach Colorado

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Data Operations

  • Feb 2023 - Present



VAS

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Data Science

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2023



The AES Corporation

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Scientist

  • May 2020 - Jan 2022



DataRobot

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Facing Data Scientist

  • Feb 2019 - May 2020



Visual Perspective

• United States
• Research Services

• Co-Founder

  • Aug 2018 - Jan 2020



Population Explorer

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder / CTO

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2018

  Responsible for technical development of Population Explorer (PE), a web-based tool for determining population and other demographic data anywhere in the world at a 1km​ square​ resolution. PE is used by Fortune 500 companies and across 115 countries. Web site: www.populationexplorer.com Responsible for technical development of Population Explorer (PE), a web-based tool for determining population and other demographic data anywhere in the world at a 1km​ square​ resolution. PE is used by Fortune 500 companies and across 115 countries. Web site: www.populationexplorer.com



Kimetrica

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

• Director of Data Lab

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2018

  Lead and manage a team of data analysts and economists to provide data analysis and modeling to clients like UNICEF, USAID and DARPA. ● Developed a novel way to detect malnutrition in children living in conflict zones by using facial imagery and neural networks. Project supported by the UNICEF Innovation Fund ● Developed a method for determining livelihood zones in developing countries by using satellite and remote sensing data. Client: USAID’s Famine Early Warning System… Show more Lead and manage a team of data analysts and economists to provide data analysis and modeling to clients like UNICEF, USAID and DARPA. ● Developed a novel way to detect malnutrition in children living in conflict zones by using facial imagery and neural networks. Project supported by the UNICEF Innovation Fund ● Developed a method for determining livelihood zones in developing countries by using satellite and remote sensing data. Client: USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) ● Developed population, economic well-being, and market price models for South Sudan under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) World Modelers program ● Developed models for determining households resilience in the face of climate and price shocks. Client: FEWS NET Show less Lead and manage a team of data analysts and economists to provide data analysis and modeling to clients like UNICEF, USAID and DARPA. ● Developed a novel way to detect malnutrition in children living in conflict zones by using facial imagery and neural networks. Project supported by the UNICEF Innovation Fund ● Developed a method for determining livelihood zones in developing countries by using satellite and remote sensing data. Client: USAID’s Famine Early Warning System… Show more Lead and manage a team of data analysts and economists to provide data analysis and modeling to clients like UNICEF, USAID and DARPA. ● Developed a novel way to detect malnutrition in children living in conflict zones by using facial imagery and neural networks. Project supported by the UNICEF Innovation Fund ● Developed a method for determining livelihood zones in developing countries by using satellite and remote sensing data. Client: USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) ● Developed population, economic well-being, and market price models for South Sudan under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) World Modelers program ● Developed models for determining households resilience in the face of climate and price shocks. Client: FEWS NET Show less



NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research

• United States
• Research Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Visiting Scientist

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2018

• Associate Scientist

  • May 2013 - Sep 2015

  Responsible for investigating long-term atmospheric gas trends, building instrumentation, making observations, data acquisition, software development and data analysis. ● Developed and maintained continuous remote sensing Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) observations at Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Thule, Greenland; and Boulder, Colorado ● Investigated correlation between climate change and rapidly changing Arctic atmospheric gases ● Developed and deployed to the… Show more Responsible for investigating long-term atmospheric gas trends, building instrumentation, making observations, data acquisition, software development and data analysis. ● Developed and maintained continuous remote sensing Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) observations at Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Thule, Greenland; and Boulder, Colorado ● Investigated correlation between climate change and rapidly changing Arctic atmospheric gases ● Developed and deployed to the Arctic an active solar tracking algorithm for remote, un-manned FTIR observations ● Core developer for the Spectral FIT (SFIT) atmospheric inversion software utilizing an optimal estimation retrieval method. Also developed and implemented the error analysis portion



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar -- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011



Ball Aerospace

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineer II - Mission Systems Department

  • Mar 2005 - Jun 2006

  Fulfill the role of data analysis for detector electronics on DoD mission. Develop algorithms and Matlab code to process data to evaluate the performance of detector electronics. Fulfill the role of data analysis for detector electronics on DoD mission. Develop algorithms and Matlab code to process data to evaluate the performance of detector electronics.



The Aerospace Corporation

• United States
• Space Research and Technology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member Technical Staff -- Vehicle Concepts Department

  • Sep 2002 - Mar 2005

  Spacecraft systems engineer for various DoD and NASA missions. ● Lead multidisciplinary teams in real-time conceptual development of spacecraft for missions, such as: Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), MiDSTEP and Sub-GEO Observer ● Develop multiple first-order designs of Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI) payloads for various DoD missions ● Developed infrastructure to allow Conceptual Design Centers (CDC) located throughout the United States to… Show more Spacecraft systems engineer for various DoD and NASA missions. ● Lead multidisciplinary teams in real-time conceptual development of spacecraft for missions, such as: Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), MiDSTEP and Sub-GEO Observer ● Develop multiple first-order designs of Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI) payloads for various DoD missions ● Developed infrastructure to allow Conceptual Design Centers (CDC) located throughout the United States to simultaneously participate in real-time conceptual design ● Responsible for the development and continued support of concurrent engineering design centers at various educational institutions such as the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Naval Post Graduate School (NPS) and the NASA/AMES Girvan Institute ● Co-developed a tool to estimate the performance of hyper-spectral and multi-spectral imagers under various environmental conditions (see, Publications and Presentations, below) Show less Spacecraft systems engineer for various DoD and NASA missions. ● Lead multidisciplinary teams in real-time conceptual development of spacecraft for missions, such as: Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), MiDSTEP and Sub-GEO Observer ● Develop multiple first-order designs of Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI) payloads for various DoD missions ● Developed infrastructure to allow Conceptual Design Centers (CDC) located throughout the United States to… Show more Spacecraft systems engineer for various DoD and NASA missions. ● Lead multidisciplinary teams in real-time conceptual development of spacecraft for missions, such as: Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), MiDSTEP and Sub-GEO Observer ● Develop multiple first-order designs of Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI) payloads for various DoD missions ● Developed infrastructure to allow Conceptual Design Centers (CDC) located throughout the United States to simultaneously participate in real-time conceptual design ● Responsible for the development and continued support of concurrent engineering design centers at various educational institutions such as the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Naval Post Graduate School (NPS) and the NASA/AMES Girvan Institute ● Co-developed a tool to estimate the performance of hyper-spectral and multi-spectral imagers under various environmental conditions (see, Publications and Presentations, below) Show less