Education
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PhD in Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
M.S. in Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.S. in Physics, Eastern Kentucky University, Summa Cum Laude
Employment
Ernst & Young LLP
- Manager, Technology Consulting, Full-stack Developer / - Present
- Continued development on projects originated at Enovational, after Enovational was acquired by EY
- Reduced page render times from 90s down to ~200ms through optimizing DB calls, index calls, and implementing a custom system so only visible HTML elements rendered when scrolled into the viewport.
- Utilized: Vue JS, Typescript, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, Capybara, Cucumber, RSpec
Enovational (closed)
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- Lead Software Engineer -
- Senior Full-stack Developer -
- Full-stack Developer -
- Developed a 500K LOC no-code application builder with a team of 16 that served over 1.2 mil users
- Developed a custom solution for users to synchronize their app data with Salesforce which sent/received 1-2 mil messages/week
- Developed framework for users to “self-serve” debug any operation on their own, similar to Salesforce and DataDog, to reduce need for investigation by developers
- Laid groundwork and maintained test suite of over 5k end-to-end and unit tests
- Enacted code reviews, standardized technical documentation, and established weekly internal talks for developers to increase application code quality, lower onboarding time to new code, and promote team interaction, respectively
- Collaborated with Solutions Architect and CTO to redesign the developer career track for clearer understanding of a developer’s current expected skill set and career growth abilities
- Mentored team of five developers, including feature guidance, career development, time management, code reviews
- Participated regularly in product development/solution events to shape the future of the application
- Managed sprints, led meetings, conducted interviews, to improve the developer team and reduce time per feature
- Utilized: Vue JS, Typescript, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, Capybara, Cucumber, RSpec
Teaching Experience
- Director of Tutoring and Test Prep - (Math ETC, Bowie, MD)
- Supervisor: Johanna Ihegihu
- Hired and supervised instructors, managed scheduling, created curriculum for tutoring students (K – college).
- Constructed standard procedures to increase the efficiency and functionality of the company.
- Ran standardized test prep classes, created study curriculum for private school and college entrance exams.
- Math Instructor - (Math ETC, Bowie, MD)
- Supervisor: Johanna Ihegihu
- Tutored students in math (K - Calculus) and physics, 10-25 hours/week.
- Teaching Assistant and Tutor - (UMBC)
- Adviser: Dr. Lili Cui
- Prepared labs, lead discussions, and constructed assignments using WebAssign and VPython. Assisted the professor during calculus-based intro physics class of 25-100 students. Worked 15-20 hours/week.
- Teaching Assistant and Tutor - (EKU)
- Inquiry Physics for Teachers: Assisted the professor with physics exercises for education majors.
- Tutoring for introductory physics courses was an open session three hours/week.
Research Experience
- Doctoral Research - (UMBC)
- Research Adviser: Dr. Theodosia Gougousi
- Published six papers, four as first author.
- Present research eight times at international conferences.
- Collaborated with researchers at UMBC, George Mason University, and Johns Hopkins University.
- Mentored two undergraduate and two graduate students.
- Research Experience for Undergraduates - (Vanderbilt University)
- Research Adviser: Dr. Richard Haglund
- Fabricated nanoscale gold metamaterials, analyzed white light extinction spectra. Senior thesis at EKU in May 2010.