Experience

Supernova Technology™

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Solutions Architect

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Senior Business Analyst

  • Nov 2021 - Mar 2023



Self-employed

• Full Stack Engineer

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Using a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach, I build secure and scalable full stack applications with a focus on re-usable components. Some Highlights: -Mastery of React (JavaScript, HTML, CSS framework built on Node) and associated libraries for frontend -Mastery of Spring Boot and associated Java libraries for backend (server construction and RESTful APIs) -Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented program design. -Experience with MongoDB (NoSQL database) for on-site storage and MySQL via AWS's RDS for cloud storage -Experience building neural nets with MachineLearning4Java library -Experience designing, building, and deploying mobile apps using React-Native through to APK distribution Show less



Intergalactic Consulting

• Business Consulting and Services

• Consulting Engineer

  • Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

  Worked with a range of primarily small and medium sized private businesses to build and execute actionable data-driven strategic plans. Accomplishments: -Created benchtop infusion methods, custom formulations, and scaled-up SOPs for a variety of consumer-packaged goods (i.e. coffee, topicals, water soluble boosters, tinctures) -Built strategic sourcing network to manufacture fully-realized products at scale -Led prototyping of industrial-scale botanical extraction and processing equipment by coordinating with external steel fabrication team, internal assembly teams, and leadership's goal for product-market fit Show less



Scientia Labs

• Biotechnology Research

• President & Co-Founder

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2020

  -Built linked chemical engineering & cash flow model of hemp extraction business that won seed capital and generated $650k of sales in first 12 months -Managed daily cross-functional operations and development of programs, teams, supply chains, and production, balancing resources & deliverables -Held internal & external parties accountable to commitments and goals, deploying “objectives and key results” framework for team alignment & success -Managed expansion of business into private labeling, which required systemizing product development lifecycles unique to each customer’s goals -Managed team of engineers & chemists to develop manufacturing SOPs & QC protocols, and design & build equipment to scale-up processes efficiently -Developed a national consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand (Canapa) that has been featured in publications such as Vogue, Forbes, Yahoo, Bustle -Developed Excel-based models to communicate, analyze and forecast business data like sales stats, -chemical analyses, cash flow, operations scheduling Show less



Intergalactic Consulting

• Business Consulting and Services

• Business Consultant

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

  Worked with a range of primarily small and medium sized private businesses to build actionable data-driven strategic plans. Accomplishments: -Planned and managed successful expansion from OR to MA for vertically integrated company in highly regulated industry, including site selection, license preparation, writing SOPs and building pro-formas forretail and manufacturing businesses -Managed daily business of a retail store to increase gross margins 9 percentage points while growing revenue 39% in 12 months by creating and executing pragmatic plan based on my strategic analysis of sales, competition, and wider market while improving vendor relationships and payment terms. Show less



Trantor Hydroponics Company

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• President / Founder

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Trantor is a hydroponic-focused agricultural technology R&D company with a chemical engineering focus on the reaction kinetics and fluid dynamics components. -Designed, fabricated and maintained fully functioning indoor hydroponic systems for research purposes, including NFT, DWC, ebb & flow, vertical, (passive) Kratky, and several custom/hybrid designs -Deployed and maintained various types of lighting, including fluorescent, multi-spectrum LED, and single-wavelength LED -Developed zero-mold maintenance program to continuously run hydroponic systems for 7+ months with ever-increasing production capacity -Developed data collection systems for optimizing production efficiency, which will eventually be incorporated into computational models that allow us to cheaply and quickly test new designs and further automate hydroponic systems -Plants grown: basil, parsley, chives, cilantro, romaine, kale, spinach, arugula, tomatoes, jalapenos, Tulsi, plus a range of microgreens -Handled advertising and website design, customer relations, and vendor relations. Secured loan from USDA's Farm Service Agency for construction of proprietary designs. -Developed 5-part video tutorial explaining indoor hydroponics to beginners interested in self-sufficiency. I am currently engaged in hydroponic engineering consulting, spanning startup design & construction to optimizing already-running operations. Show less



SunCoke Energy

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Data Analyst and Compuntational Modeling Consultant

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  -Assessed and improved performance at 5 co-generation coke plants by analyzing remote operations data, reviewing process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and on-site manual data collection, often presenting operations data to Technology VP after on-line tests modifying plant processes -Advised multi-department team on $150M capital project, calculating net present value (NPV) and return on investment (ROI) of various construction options at co-generation coke plant by building models in MATLAB and Excel to project costs, maintenance, output, and thermodynamics -Developed novel algorithm in MATLAB to interpolate mass flow rates in specific parts of coke plants based on distributed mass flow sensor array -Identified and rectified errors pre-programed into commercially-produced mass-flow sensor that had resulted in conflicting data output -Iterated with computational fluid dynamisists (CFD) and finite element analysists (FEA) to tune 3D time-series models to real world data Show less



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Teaching Assistant for Astronomy Lab (Phys 112). Teaching Assistant for Astronomy Lab (Phys 112).



Abbott

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Equipment Engineer-Contractor

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Global Pharmaceutical Operations -Managed multi-department equipment procurement project, including internal meetings between sales, marketing, and research and development (R&D), external procurement meetings, and physical data calculations for 1,000 unit / hour packaging line for viscous pharmaceutical products -Pioneered method to encode Javascript commands in QR codes to automate data entry, boosting efficiency of metrology department’s R&D performance data -Collaborated with senior engineers to maximize up-time of equipment for the Humira production line (Humira had $9.3B/yr sales that year) -Assessed equipment for purchase for upgrading production lines, including operating mock-production lines to test printers -Created multi-group-wide shared-folder library of equipment & vendor information -Analyzed maintenance programs globally on an effectiveness metric Show less