Research Manager, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Responsible for mentoring from approximately 8 students per semester to complete novel research in the Biorobotics and Human Modeling Lab
Each student contemplated a research question at the beginning of the semester and was responsible for two academic presentations and a final report outlining the finding of their research
I was responsible for helping the students formulate an appropriate research question in the area of encrypted robotics and monitor their progress, throughout the semester.
Student research management was accomplished through weekly scrum meetings and initial Gantt planning at the beginning of the semester
Firmware Engineer, Starkey Hearing Technology, Eden Prairie, MN
Created firmware to power a new line of innovative hearing aid chargers
Designed firmware to respond to data collected from various detection circuits to appropriately react when hearing aids were added or removed from the charger, a certain battery level was reached, a communication fault occured, and more
Collaborated with R&D, various engineering teams, and sales to ensure each part of the device worked in tandem
DevOps Engineer, Starkey Hearing Technology, Eden Prairie, MN
Replaced the legacy firmware packaging system from the ground up, with a flexable plug-in based system, capable of supporting an arbitrary number of user configurations.
Constructed the packaging system to be able to prepare the environment, build the firmware, collect the compiled artifacts and log files into a package, zip and deliever the package to the specified location
Conversions Engineer, Open Systems International (OSI), Medina, MN
Translated customer’s electric-utility databases to conform with OSI’s internal standards
Managed and maintained legacy conversion code for previous clients
Physics Teaching Assistant, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Assisted students during lab period to help them understand and perform lab work as well as grading their lab notebooks
Tutored students to aid in their comprehension of course work and prepare for examinations
Volunteer Positions
Computer Programming Instructor, Girls Who Code, Lakeville, MN
Led an introductory Javascript course to a group of middle and high school students
Worked one-on-one with students who were struggling resulting in a 100% course completion from all participants
Physics Instructor, First Tech Challenge, Lakeville, MN
Assisted highschool students with system dynamics, robot part selection and command generation for their competition robot.
Mentored students on technical writing and scientific reports.
