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Work Experience

Health Emerging and Advanced Technologies

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Interoperability Branch Head & Research Engineer 2021 - Present


  • Supported hiring activities, including resume reviews, interviews, offer process coordination with HR/TM and onboarding
  • Mentored junior personnel for career growth and satisfaction and conducted yearly appraisals
  • Managed student employees from identification / recruitment of candidates through hiring and assigning projects / duties / leads for co-mentoring and supervision to assure a positive student learning and cultural experience
  • Collaborated on the development of the strategic vision and execution plan for HIS-B with the Division Leadership and Laboratory Directorate
  • Led / co-led contract development and expansion activities and interfacing with research sponsors
  • Managed budgets, resources, and compliance with policies and procedures, with the support of the program and project portfolio team
  • Led an agile team in developing and influencing health interoperability solutions, standards, and applications to cover a diverse array of stakeholder needs
  • Identified new opportunities to expand our health interoperability sponsor base
  • Led research activities supporting sponsored projects to achieve on time and on budget deliverables for both internal and sponsored research projects
  • Developed and executed internal research and development programs supporting the division's and ICL's strategic visions
  • Developed proposals and scopes of work for new / cross-disciplinary research efforts and new business development efforts
  • Created a Python package for FHIR Data Generation for testing systems that require data with certain codes and values
  • Implemented and administrated a REDCap system
  • Used Clinical Quality Language (CQL) and Natural Language Processing Query Language (NLPQL) to filter and retrieve clinical data for proof-of-concept applications
  • Utilized a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab using Docker and Linux commands to deploy applications in an internal space
  • Crafted technical documentation of internal tools for project deliverables as well as open-source guides for the health technology community
  • Designed and implemented application programming interfaces (APIs) to support frontend development as well as connecting backend analytics services for delivery of results from structured and unstructured (NLP) data analyses
  • Used SQL to transform a large clinical data set to the standard OMOP CDM for research use

Skills

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
Python
Technical Document Writing
Clinical Quality Language (CQL)
Docker
OMOP CDM
SQL
REDCap
Git
Linux
Solr
CI/CD
Atlassian Tools (Confluence/Jira)

Electro-Optical Systems Innovation

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Student Assistant 2019 - 2020


  • Was tasked with the design, analysis, assembly, alignment, and testing of optical systems, including a system was recently named one of GTRI's major initiatives
  • Some significant projects include: an optical imaging system for space situational awareness initiatives, a sensor review for a degraded visual environment system, and an underwater-mapping LiDAR system
  • Collaborated on a summer internship project for the research of integrated modeling of optical systems, using Python to connect Zemax OpticStudio and SolidWorks to decrease time spent on optomechanical design and analysis

Skills

SolidWorks
Zemax OpticStudio
Python
Optical Alignment
Git
Technical Document Writing

Enterprise Systems Division

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Student Assistant 2018 - 2019


  • Provided written documentation for systems infrastructure applications developed and maintained by the department by updating this information in the department Wiki
  • Created an architecture diagram for each application in Microsoft Visio and updated this diagram when necessary
  • Created and documented systems architecture for existing enterprise applications as well as applications in development
  • Problem-solved solutions for information management to increase efficiency for leadership when viewing workplace data
  • Significant projects include: Merging Duplicate Users in a Compliance-Management System, Gathering Data from Oracle SQL Databases for Analysis, and Creating an Automated Resource Management Spreadsheet

Skills

Technical Document Writing
Git
Python
Microsoft Visio