EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Strategic AI and Data Science Leader with over a decade of experience delivering mission-driven innovation across multiple domains, including technology, policy, and national security. Proven in leading high-impact teams, managing AI/ML programs, and translating complex models into actionable policy and governance frameworks. Skilled at aligning technical efforts with ethical, legal, and strategic goals across diverse stakeholders. Holds an active DoD TS/SCI with CI Poly, an MS in Statistics & Data Science, and extensive experience across defense, enterprise, and academic sectors.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• LLM & ML Architecture
• Model Optimization
• Generative AI
• ETL Pipelines
• Production & Deployment
• Data Visualization
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud & SCIF Architecture
• AI Governance & Ethics
• Policy Development
• Technical Documentation
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Agile Project Leadership
• Risk Analysis
• Cybersecurity & Policy Alignment
• Teaching & Mentorship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Machine Learning Engineer • Booz Allen Hamilton 7/2023 – Present

• Implementing solutions like LLM on both AWS cloud computing and private SCIF network architecture
• Reverse-engineering Java-based software and MySQL-based relational databases using XML
• Leading teams in the creation of artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions and guidelines
• Consulting and training National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) staff in AI and ML as SME

Data Science AI Developer • IBM Corporation 11/2021 – 7/2023

• Spearheaded advanced AI model development hosted on Palantir Vantage, optimizing model pipelines for Army Material Command
• Translated SQL workflows to PySpark, reducing ETL processing time and enhancing AWS cloud performance
• Delivered end-to-end dashboards and predictive modeling tools, aligned with operational and governance objectives

Graduate Research Assistant • UCF – National Center for Forensic Science 1/2020 – 10/2021

• Designed a predictive diagnostic system using PCA-LDA and SVM, achieving 98.6% test accuracy on LIBS data
• Co-developed ROC-AUC estimation package in R with integrated documentation for cross-lab deployment
• Co-authored peer-reviewed publications in AI-enabled forensic classification

Financial Data Scientist Intern • Planet Fitness – Sunshine Fitness LLC 6/2019 – 8/2019

• Modeled churn and customer retention using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression techniques.
• Conducted A/B testing for marketing strategy evaluation using parametric and non-parametric methods.

Graduate Teaching Assistant • UCF – Department of Statistics & Data Science 8/2018 – 12/2019

• Taught the principles of statistics and probability theory at the collegiate level

Business Intelligence & Data Science Manager • Biotek Corporation 8/2012 – 8/2017

• Streamlined Cut inventory costs by 20% via autoregressive forecasting models
• Improved delivery time by 55% with optimized routing algorithms.
• Migrated and managed MySQL infrastructure from LAN to AWS EC2/RDS.

IT Contractor and Consultant • Various Clients and Locations 1/2010 – 3/2020

• Overperformed, coming in at 75% under the provided hardware upgrade budget for the University of Chicago Medicine’s Hospitalist Project.
• Recovered files, potentially salvaging Worldwide Diamond Petroleum LLC’s multimillion-dollar deal.

EDUCATION

University of Central Florida

Doctor of Philosophy in Big Data Analytics Incomplete

Master of Science in Statistics and Data Science 5/2021

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Minor Pre-Medicine 5/2012

CLEARANCES & CERTIFICATIONS

• Active DoD Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
• Passed Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI Poly)
• Certified DoD Instructor
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner