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• Research Assistant, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  Aug, 2021 - Dec, 20232 years 5 months

  Supported development of the SAGE3 platform, an open-source collaborative data science environment used by 800+ institutions.

  • Built a spatial IDE enabling multi-user, real-time interaction with system objects using Python, R, and Julia

  • Authored over 10,000 lines of code to improve workflow performance and enable natural language-to-code generation

  • Produced technical documentation and delivered live demos to visiting teams from NGA, FDA, ARL, AFRL, and others

• Language Instructor, CACI International, Inc.

  Jun, 2021 - Jun, 20221 year

  Digitized government language curriculum to web-based formats in compliance with instructional design standards.

  • Migrated two full-length courses to Blackboard, ensuring accurate formatting of text and audio assets

  • Set up assessments and tracking tools using built-in Blackboard features, maintaining consistent grading and access control

  • Conducted detailed quality reviews to ensure zero content errors across student and instructor versionss

• ISR Mission Manager, The Garrett Group

  Jul, 2017 - Jul, 20181 year

  Served as liaison to USINDOPACOM, coordinating ISR operations to support global intelligence and combatant command priorities.

  • Led planning and coordination of 100+ ISR initiatives involving $1B in assets, enhancing regional intelligence capabilities

  • Delivered high-level briefings and analysis to senior leaders, shaping decisions at the combatant command and national level

  • Represented USINDOPACOM during global ISR force allocation planning, ensuring theater priorities were met

• Section Chief, Pacific Tactics & Adversary Studies Element, U.S. Air Force

  Dec, 2012 - Apr, 20174 years 4 months

  Directed an all-source analysis team supporting regional security and mission readiness.

  • Produced 78 intelligence reports from pattern-of-life and multi-source analysis, influencing regional security policy

  • Supported large-scale NLP training efforts by labeling and structuring raw data to improve model accuracy

  • Reconstructed 1,000+ critical events using structured and unstructured data, streamlining reporting and analysis

Projects Experience

• Deep Taxonomy

  - Present

  Built a multi-resolution taxonomy engine using keyword extraction and clustering to organize unstructured military text for knowledge management.

• FuncX Evaluation

  - Present

  Benchmarked a serverless platform for remote function execution, analyzing performance and feasibility for scalable AI collaboration.

• Where’s Waldo Detector

  - Present

  Built a custom object detection model using Detectron2, highlighting challenges with data quality and annotation strategies.

• Kaggle Regression Challenge

  - Present

  Placed top three in a regression competition estimating galactic distances using structured data and ensemble models.

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