Work Experience
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Kansas City, KS (Remote)
Data Scientist, June 2022 – present
Costco Wholesale, Issaquah, WA
Data Scientist, December 2017 – May 2022
Data Quality Developer, July 2015 – December 2017
ServiceNow, Kirkland, WA
Software Development Engineer, May 2012 – July 2015
MFTransparency, Lancaster, PA (Remote)
Web Application Developer, July 2011 – May 2012
Penn State, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dept., State College, PA
Senior Research Assistant, July 2009 – July 2011
MetaMetrics, Durham, NC
Software Engineer, February 2006 – January 2009
University of West Bohemia, Center for Applied Cybernetics, Pilsen, Czechia
Academic Researcher, July 2005 – January 2006
The Open University, Knowledge Media Institute, Milton Keynes, England
Visiting Research Student, March 2004 – August 2004
Technical Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Remote)
Doctor of Technology, August 2024 – present
University of Washington, Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle, WA (Remote)
Machine Learning Certificate, 2021
Data Science Certificate, 2017
University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL (Remote)
B.A. Mathematical Sciences, 2014
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (Remote)
M.S. Information Systems, 2004
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
M.Sc. Speech and Language Processing, 2003
Certifications
Microsoft Certified
Azure AI Fundamentals, H598-7313 (December 2020)
Azure Data Fundamentals, H588-1026 (December 2020)
Azure Data Scientist Associate, H514-5060 (Sep. 2020 – Sep. 2022)
Azure Data Engineer Associate, H492-1461 (Aug. 2020 – Aug. 2022)
Azure Fundamentals, H295-1965 (December 2019)
Patent
Fingerprint-based configuration typing and classification (US10210351B2)
Primary Skills
Python, SQL, machine learning, natural language processing, communication