Experience

Vectech, Inc. (Techstars '23)

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Research And Development

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• R&D Engineer

  • Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

  Baltimore, Maryland, United States



KindHeart Inc.

• Sales Engineer

  • Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Peace Corps Volunteer

  • 2018 - 2020

  Panama • Promote healthy sanitation and hygiene behaviors at the individual and collective level. • Work to build the organizational and technical capacity of local water committee. • Collaborate with Panamanian Government Ministry of Health to legalize and support local water committees as part of their strategy for rural water resource management. • Facilitate and support HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, sexual health, and youth empowerment activities



The Johns Hopkins University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Development Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  Baltimore, Maryland Area M.S.E. Medical Device Innovation Project SurgiSight: a remote monitoring system of surgical wounds • Identified clinical needs related to infection control through surgical and clinical observation. • Conducted market research, literature review, regulatory and stakeholder analysis to evaluate the potential of clinical interventions. • Served as technical lead in computer vision algorithm development, conducted prototype validation and verification studies. Awards: 3rd… Show more M.S.E. Medical Device Innovation Project SurgiSight: a remote monitoring system of surgical wounds • Identified clinical needs related to infection control through surgical and clinical observation. • Conducted market research, literature review, regulatory and stakeholder analysis to evaluate the potential of clinical interventions. • Served as technical lead in computer vision algorithm development, conducted prototype validation and verification studies. Awards: 3rd place at 2018 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition in the Health IT track, 3rd place at the Medical Capital Innovation Competition

• Product Development Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  Baltimore, Maryland Area M.S.E. Global Health Project. VectorWEB, supported by USAID A network of cloud connected smart mosquito traps to provide mosquito surveillance data to public health systems in real-time and at a fraction of the cost of current practice. • Conducted international field visits and usability studies in Puerto Rico and Brazil. • Developed and refined software algorithms and image database. • Develop system design specifications for surveillance technology.

• Design Studio TA

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  Baltimore, Maryland Area • Led prototyping workshops and equipment trainings. • Guided undergraduate students through design process and assist with prototyping. • Enforced safety protocol and maintained design studio equipment and organization



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology Landon Holbrook, Ph.D, Used radiation imaging and 3D nasal models to quantify effectiveness of nasal sprays. Performed image processing using excel and ImageJ, optimized processing with MATLAB.

• Technical Staff at BeAM Makerspace

  • May 2015 - May 2017

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina • Assisted users with questions and use of equipment and resources. • Developed and led workshops and trainings. • Worked directly with Program Manager to design, implement and improve safety and operation systems.

• Research Assistant

  • May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Chapel Hill, NC Center for Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation Modified and enhanced program to calculate diffusion and flow from an image series of phosphorescently labeled proteins (Matlab). Ran Atomic Force Microscope experiments to deduce stiffness of gels and 3D modeling for AFM design modifications.