There are so many people in the world who never have the opportunity to pursue the career they love. I’m not one of them. I love what I do and since starting my career, I’m thrilled to say that I’ve learned from the best and the brightest professionals in my field. I’m a hard worker, a team player and excited to see what projects could benefit from my unique skill set.
WORK EXPERIENCE
My Career
DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
January 2018Â - Present
Big Data & Analytics - Fight Operations Data
Lead data engineering and architecture teams for big data based outcomes
Platform value accelerator - Hortonworks HDP, Hive, Spark, python, R, and scala for complex data fusion and interrogation at-scale for data science, analytics, and fleet support activities
Own product & team growth plans/budget
SR. STAFF TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER / PRODUCT OWNER - GE AVIATION DIGITAL
July 2016 - Jan 2018
Big Data & Analytics TPM/Product Owner
Lead scrum teams
Product visioning & strategy
Manage personnel & budget for multi-million dollar digital product portfolio
Lead both internal and external product roadmaps and drive execution
SR. ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONÂ ARCHITECT - GE AVIATION
Jun 2014 - July 2016
Engineering & Analytics VDI
Led engineering & execution for Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) for GE Aviation
Delivered 20x productivity increases, decreased data center footprint significantly, and accelerated new engine platform certification
PROJECT MANAGER - IT SECURITY OPERATIONS - GE AVIATION
February 2011 - June 2014
Enterprise Security Architect - HPC & Active Directory
Managed strategic roadmap for highly secure government environments for AD & Linux HPC for supercomuting
Owned three datacenters' operations, build-out, and hardware planning
Led several new technology framework introductions that were adopted across the industry
IT SECURITY ANALYST - GE AVIATION
January 2008 - January 2011
Engineering & L3 Support for high-security ops division
Ownership of HPC, Active Directory, network encryption, application portfolio and security auditing
Developed automation tools to rapidly audit & report security/configuration status in all networked assets, driving NISPOM/JAFAN 6/3 compliance
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
What I’ve Learned
AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY
BS - Computer Forensics
Dean's List
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
AAS - Electronic Media Technology