Omi Johnson
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Experience
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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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United States
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Research
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Technician
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Feb 2022 - Present
• Conducting research forecasting North Atlantic Right Whale habitats for future climate scenarios in R • Transformed and integrated zooplankton and environmental datasets in 5+ file formats to derive input modeling datasets for 2 prey species with 20K data points each • Built 100+ experimental prey distribution models using Tidymodels in R with 4+ ML engines such as boosted regression trees (BRTs), neural networks, and generalized linear models, achieving AUCs > 90% • Authoring research paper on findings using original analyses and visualizations of final BRT ensemble models, whose results can inform future whale survey effort and modeling • Investigated Tidymodels modeling package for general lab use and created RMarkdown website and GitHub demo repository with comprehensive tutorials Show less
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Northeastern University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Teaching Assistant: Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
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Aug 2022 - Present
• Selected as Lead teaching assistant for Fall 2023 CS 1210: Professional Development for Khoury Co-op after prior TA experience in Fall 2023 • Support computer science undergraduates during their first co-op job search • Offer direction and vision for 21 other TAs through weekly announcements and management of TA Microsoft Teams channel • Identify strengths and weaknesses in TA support and course curriculum and brainstorm improvements • Evaluate resume drafts and host 1:1 sessions with 10+ students to walk through suggestions • Lead mock interviews, workshops, and panels on the co-op experience • Coordinate with co-op advisors, section instructor, and co-TA on lesson plans and responsibilities Show less
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Ginger Labs
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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QA Engineer Co-op
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Jan 2023 - Aug 2023
• Quality tested beta versions for top-rated iOS note-taking app Notability with 10+ million active users • Performed experimental and regression tests on Swift and Objective-C based app using TestFlight, TestRail, and XCode simulators • Co-led testing effort for massive app redesign project, personally catching 200+ issues (50+ release blockers) and processing external and internal feedback • Wrote comprehensive bug and improvement tickets on GitHub with clear reproduction steps • Managed 3000+ beta testers and reported feedback via beta email address and App Store Connect • Coordinated with product, engineering, design, and support teams on issue details, prioritization, PR testing, design feedback, and user workarounds Show less
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Boston University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Research Intern @ BU MiDAS
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Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
• Tested efficiency of clustering algorithms for query-driven, data-agnostic data partitioning in Python • Generated experimental query workloads of 12+ ranges and dimensions • Created and presented research poster detailing work • Tested efficiency of clustering algorithms for query-driven, data-agnostic data partitioning in Python • Generated experimental query workloads of 12+ ranges and dimensions • Created and presented research poster detailing work
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Education
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Northeastern University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences