Experience

Director of Information Technology

September 2020 - 2021
XIA LLC
  • Managing DevOps and TechOps teams
  • Implementing company wide password management transition
  • Designing and implementing a company wide automated quality control infrastructure
  • Managing projects and cross functional team to develop next product platform

Solutions Architect

September 2020 - 2021
XIA LLC
  • Designed and implemented a quality management system to obtain ISO 9001:2015 certification
  • Expanded EDW scope to include hardware production data
  • Led hiring process that expanded the development team by 33%.
  • Led website redesign efforts, which improved website session duration by 275%
  • Identified and mitigated critical IT infrastructure risks to prevent business disruptions

Engineering Manager

September 2020 - 2021
XIA LLC
  • Planned and executed a successful migration between project management tools
  • Led DevOps team to decompose, prioritize, and execute projects within an Agile framework
  • Delivered major API rewrite increasing system efficiency by 30%
  • Worked with executive team to define reporting needs
  • Designed and implementing EDW and associated ETL processes for company-wide reporting
  • Redesigned main website infrastructure to improve page load speeds by 30%

Data Science Architect

October 2018 - September 2020
Jewelry Television
  • Lead team in planning and executing data science pipelines
  • Mentored team members on data, QA, and development practices
  • Worked with executives to develop data use cases and strategy
  • Developed scalable data solutions using AWS
  • Used PySpark to sanitize, congregate, and analyze web data
  • Worked with Chief Technology Architect to implement big data solutions

Data Scientist

November 2016 - November 2018
Tusk Software
  • Managed international development team of 8 developers and QA
  • Mentored team in Agile best practices to ensure software delivery
  • Optimized release schedules through data analysis
  • Increased conversion rates by 1% analyzing Google Analytics data

Data Scientist

July 2015 - March 2017
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  • Managed a world-wide collaboration of 50+ members
  • Led data science team of 8 developing data analysis and acquisition software
  • Increased project execution efficiency by 5% by teaching agile skills
  • Increased experiment setup efficiency by 50% using Kanban
  • Demonstrated communication skills through invited seminars

Certifications

Project Management Professional

December 2015 - December 2024
Project Management Institute