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Senior Data Engineer @ Civitas Learning In addition to the duties of my previous role, I now mentor newly hired Data Engineers and work on special ETL projects. My favorite project involved integration of Civitas's ETL pipeline with a rest API for D2L's Learning Management System. Data Quality Analyst @ Civitas Learning My role as a Data...

Senior Data Engineer @ Civitas Learning In addition to the duties of my previous role, I now mentor newly hired Data Engineers and work on special ETL projects. My favorite project involved integration of Civitas's ETL pipeline with a rest API for D2L's Learning Management System. Data Quality Analyst @ Civitas Learning My role as a Data Quality Analyst was to be an advocate for clients by ensuring data integrity and proper functioning of Civitas Learning's applications. I was fortunate to be part of Civitas's DQA team since its inception, and I took a leadership role in establishing processes, organizing and distributing work, and implementing SCRUM methodologies. In addition, I utilized python and SQL to run queries and tests across databases and clusters of databases. An aspect of this position that I thoroughly enjoyed was that I got to work daily with coworkers from most departments in the company. From September 2015 to September 2016 (1 year 1 month) Austin, Texas AreaFaculty Assistant @ University of Wisconsin-Madison • Assisted in the development of experiments for undergraduate analytical chemistry curricula• Employed Excel and MathCAD extensively for data analysis• Utilized MathCAD for modeling chemical equilibria to explain experimental redox titrimetric analyses• Honed presentation skills by instructing honors undergraduate chemistry students• Implemented instrumental and wet chemical techniques for routine analyses and solution standardizations• Prepared chemicals and instruments for undergraduate analytical chemistry laboratories From August 2014 to July 2015 (1 year) Research Assistant @ University of Wisconsin-Madison • Managed and analyzed large data sets using Excel and Igor Pro• Formed functional organic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on semiconducting iron pyrite single crystals to controllably tune surface electronic properties for solar applications• Proved molecular binding through XPS using fluoride markers• Explored SAM-induced changes in electronic properties using UPS and KPFM• Synthesized shell-core structures of Ge and Si on iron pyrite nanorods through CVD for surface state passivation• Characterized core-shell structures using TEM and single nanowire devices• Maintained, repaired, and trained new users on a number of instruments (CVD, AFM, metal evaporator, and plasma etcher)• In charge of hydrofluoric acid etching station• Mentored undergraduate and graduate students From August 2011 to August 2014 (3 years 1 month) Undergraduate Researcher @ Penn State University • Monitored diurnal and spatial CO2 flux from a forest catchment using a portable IR gas analyzer• Independently analyzed CO2 flux data for trends with soil moisture, temperature, depth, and elevation From May 2009 to August 2009 (4 months) Summer Intern @ LORD Corporation • Collaborated with senior scientists to develop corrosion resistant thin-films for steel• Spray-deposited, cured, and tested polymeric thin-films against industrial standards From May 2008 to August 2008 (4 months) Data Engineer @ Civitas Learning As a Data Engineer, it is my responsibility to map partner data into canonical tables that feed Civitas Learning's applications, shepherd data from source through ETL processes, and finally train models used to power predictions of student success. From September 2016 to January 2018 (1 year 5 months) Undergraduate Researcher @ Gannon University • Computationally modeled phenolic acids found in grapes skins• Collaborated with a colleague to computationally dock structure-energy optimized molecules onto medically important proteins to inhibit unwanted antibiotic export• Built a chemical vapor deposition system, which was employed to synthesize carbon nanotubes• Gained experience operating an AFM From September 2010 to May 2011 (9 months)