My Resume

Education

  • I STATE
    NSF GRFP PhD Fellow
    Iowa State University
    Led a team of 30 undergraduate students processing neuroimages on SLURM clusters & whole genome sequencing data for TB research. Focus on machine learning applications in bioinformatics.
  • Iowa State Cyclones
    Bachelor of Science
    Iowa State University
    Conducted long-term animal trials evaluating the efficacy of recombinant enzyme replacement therapy for BioMarin.

Work Experience

  • Nov 2022 · Mar 2025
    CEO & Founder
    Vitality Robotics Inc
    Boostrapped a cross-functional team implementing ML on AWS to 7 figures of revenue for 16 life science clients. Designed agenic workflows and end-to-end machine learning integrations, reducing costs by 30% and saving time spent manually analyzing data by >50%, enabling clients to accelerate their research workflows.
  • Nov 2021 · Nov 2022
    Senior Manager of Machine Learning
    Verana Health
    Hired & directed two teams of ML engineers designing computer vision and text analytics models using AWS from >6000 hospitals. Saved Verana >$300K/month by migrating machine learning workloads onto AWS SageMaker.
  • Feb 2021 · Nov 2021
    Senior Machine Learning Engineer
    Maximus
    Led a team of 8 engineers, started AI community of practice teaching MLops workshops. Deployed ML models for top secret applications at the USCIS & DHS on AWS.
  • Apr 2020 · Feb 2021
    Senior Machine Learning Engineer
    Attain LLC
    Designed serverless applications using DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway & CloudFront for TB scale event-driven services. Trained ML models using AWS SageMaker for biometric identification.
  • Jan 2017 · Dec 2020
    CEO & Founder
    Thoughtsuite Consulting Services
    Provided consulting services to biotech, fintech executives designing custom ML software. Data management and governance consulting following DCAM & DMM Frameworks.

Accomplishments

  • 2023
    AWS Hackathon - 2nd Place
    Secret Serverless Service
    Developed an innovative serverless solution using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB that secured second place in a competitive hackathon environment.
  • 2022
    Alzheimer's Association Advocacy Representative
    Palliative Care & Hospice Education & Training Act
    Advocated for S.2243, supporting enhanced palliative care and hospice education for healthcare professionals nationwide.