M.S. Analytics

The Institue for Advanced Analytics at NC State University

• Graduated 2018
• GPA 4.0

B.S. Computer Science & Statistics/Operations Research

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Minor in Mathematics
• GPA 3.84
• Dean's List all semesters
• Graduated with Highest Distinction

Semester abroad

The University of New South Wales — Sydney, Australia

Bain & Company Atlanta, GA

Senior Manager, Data Science & Machine Learning Engineering

• Mentored team members on a variety of topics including advanced Python and SQL, object-oriented programming best-practices, specific machine learning techniques, and client interaction. This enabled team members who were interested in, but lacking the skills to do, technical work to contribute to client-ready codebases
• Managed the professional development and well-being of my direct reports and team members including detailed objective setting, performance reviews, continual feedback, and team fun
• Created and executed workplans for fast-paced, multi-month engagements to build complex analytical systems with applications in business domains ranging from personalized marketing to supply chain optimization. These workplans resulted in complex products being delivered on time, within budget, and while maintaining team sustainability
• Negotiated difficult client situations while balancing client requirements along with my team’s sustainability and growth goals to create a positive experience for both the client team as well as my team
• Designed proven high-impact machine learning solutions for clients while incorporating strategic business priorities, timeline and budgetary constraints, resourcing constraints, as well as technical limitations. These solutions were extremely well-received by executive client leadership and I was requested personally to continue the growth of these products and to train the client team on them
• Built effective machine learning models in a range of industries including financial services, consumer products, retail, restaurants, and media. These models drove tens of millions of dollars in bottom-line value to the client organizations
• Wrote well- structured and documented code to extract and load data, transform the data, train machine learning models, deploy the models, and host containerized user-facing applications within the client’s production environment
• Recognized a process inefficiency and proceeded to develop, deploy, and maintain a React-based application to manage staffing across our global team. This application was heavily adopted within our team by 150+ team members and streamlined the process of identifying free and suitable team members for staffing to new projects
• Developed multiple internal Python libraries and frameworks that are helping our global data science team be more effective in current and future engagements. These libraries utilize core software principles including OOP, graph-based dependency scheduling, and parallelization of compute-intensive tasks
• Presented technical concepts and business impact to clients ranging from junior developers all the way through C-level executives
• Served as a global technical team champion for rolling out and instilling best practices for the use of Git, GitHub, and AWS

SAS Institute Cary, NC

Risk Research & Quantitative Solutions Intern

• Sanitized, transformed, formatted, and exported data for operational risk management
• Designed/developed web tools and RESTful APIs, interacting with multiple databases and formats. SAS leadership recognized the project work and the tools are an established part of many projects across SAS

UNC Computer Science Department Chapel Hill, NC

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• Selected to assist in the teaching of a computer science course (object-oriented Java techniques)
• Provided one-on-one coaching for programming concepts
• Conducted lessons for groups of 30-40 freshman to senior students

UNC Computer Science Department Chapel Hill, NC

Research Assistant

• Co-authored an ACM (top-tier computing association) conference paper on machine learning for UI design
• Wrote Java code for a PhD dissertation to estimate communication response times with machine learning

UNC General Alumni Association Chapel Hill, NC

Web Developer

• Developed and published a web application to coordinate UNC alumni meetings across the country

Languages

• Python
• Java
• SQL
• Javascript
• HTML/CSS
• R
• SAS

Tools & Frameworks

• Git & GitHub
• AWS
• Docker
• Linux
• React
• NodeJS
• Firebase
• Excel
• Adobe Illustrator

Data Science

• Machine learning
• Data engineering
• Efficient big data handling
• API queries

Computer Science

• Code optimization
• REST APIs
• Graph theory
• Object-oriented programming

Bain Band Atlanta Bain & Company

Leadership Team and Vocalist

• Helped organize the Atlanta Bain Band's performances with responsibilities ranging from recruiting new members to planning and executing on day-of logistics
• Participated as a lead male vocalist for multiple concerts

Carolina Analytics and Data Science (CADS) UNC Chapel Hill

Co-Founder and Vice President

• Founded CADS, gained sponsors (university department heads and industry leaders), and raised funds to successfully launch the club
• CADS is now an established organization which educates students about data science and helps them network with analytics professional
• CADS hosts a yearly data science hackathon drawing students from all over the Southeast
• Engaged speakers including C-Level executives and industry luminaries

Speaking Engagements UNC Chapel Hill

Speaker, Panelist, and Chair

• Delivered a lecture on time-series analysis to students at a data science hackathon
• Was a panelist for a presentation to CADS from the Director of The Institute for Advanced Analytics
• Chaired multiple Model United Nations conferences, moderating up to 50 students in sessions

Hack GTGeorgia Tech

Student Hacker

• Won an award from Delta Airlines for using computer vision to estimate remaining overhead baggage space in aircrafts without any human intervention

PearlHacks UNC Chapel Hill

Mentor

• Aided student hackers with any bugs or technical design issues they may have encountered, and were not able to solve on their own

VandyHacks Vanderbilt University

Student Hacker

• Won best Pebble app award for creating a Pebble app and a Microsoft Powerpoint add-on using C# and Javscript which, together, help speakers manage their during presentations

HackNC UNC Chapel Hill

Student Hacker

• 2013: Collaborated with a team of 4 other students from Florida State University to remake a multiplayer version of the arcade game Snake that used Pebble smartwatch, Java and C.
• 2014: Created a location-specific question-and-answer network with a group of 4 other students from Georgia Tech using Microsoft Azure, Javascript, Android and Java.
• 2015: Won best use of the Capital One API for making a restaurant recommender system based on credit card transaction history and Yelp! reviews.

Bitcamp University of Maryland at College Park

Student Hacker

• Developed a clone of Apple's iMessage system for Android phones and Windows computers using Android, Java and NodeJS with 2 other students from Georgia Tech.

IBM's ACM Programming Contest UNC Chapel Hill

Student Programmer

• Worked against time pressure on 8 difficult computer science problems in this contest

SAS Institute

• SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
• SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9
• SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling
• SAS Certified Predictive Modeler Using SAS Enterprise Miner 14

MIT Professional Education

• MIT's Tackling the Challenges of Big Data

SAT

• 2240 with a perfect mathematics score