EDUCATION:

Stanford University, Stanford, CA (9/06 – 3/08)

Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering, Operations Research concentration

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (8/02 – 5/06)

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics, minor in Political Science

TECHNOLOGIES:

Python, JavaScript, Java, Apache Beam, Spark, SQL, Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Chef, Puppet, Docker.

Previous experience with C++, Objective-C, C#, Ruby, Lisp, Matlab, Stata, SAS. Preference for Linux or BSD.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Vice President Equities Technology, Goldman Sachs, New York, NY (4/2015 – Present)

Created an Equities/Options exchange fee calculator, using Python for APIs and Apache Beam/Spark for data workflows. Automated the reconciliation process and improved accuracy from 20% to <1%.
Lead development on an ETE testing framework used to certify trading and messaging applications using Python, JavaScript/React, and C++.
Owned proof of concepts of Chef, Docker, public cloud services, and evaluating their application in Equities.

Product Manager/Lead Software Engineer, StreetLight Data, San Francisco, CA (11/2013 – 3/2015)

Lead engineer for a SAAS product selling and visualizing geospatial data analytics, using JavaScript/Angular, Python, Flask, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
Mentored junior developers in best practices and established the company’s SDLC.
Launched initial product, prepared product roadmaps, prioritized features, and conducted usability studies.
Collaborated with sales team to onboard new customers through pre-sales reports and custom analysis.

Technical Co-Founder, Cloth & Dagger, San Francisco, CA (3/2012 – 8/2013)

Responsible for all frontend and backend development, infrastructure, and metrics, using Puppet, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Backbone/JavaScript.
Doubled the number of orders processed per day by creating custom inventory management software.
Reduced returns by 30% by creating a predictive algorithm to identify optimal clothing choices.

Lead Software Engineer, Mingle Media Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (10/2009 – 10/2010)

Second employee at a growing startup. Headed engineering team to launch and scale mingle.com
Created fraud tools, a queuing system, automated caching layer, and analytic tools for conversion and usage tracking using Python, Django, JavaScript, and MySQL.

Freelance Web Developer, San Francisco, CA (1/2009 – 3/2012)

Full stack Python, Django, and JavaScript web application development for corporate and non-profit clients.
Responsible for drafting and implementing technical specifications, iterating upon user feedback, and deployment of wide-ranging consumer facing projects.

Intern, Numenta, Menlo Park, CA (6/2007 – 9/2008)

Implemented proof of concepts for machine learning algorithms and technologies in Python and C++.
Object recognition algorithms developed for partners successfully won in DARPA competition and evaluation.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Case Western Reserve University Provost Scholarship, 2002 – 2006
Case Western Reserve University Department of Economics Robert N. Baird Award, 2006
Case Western Reserve University Experiential Learning Fellowship Research Grant, 2004
Case Western Reserve University SOURCE Research Grant, 2005
SOURCE Undergraduate Research Symposium, First Place in Social Sciences, 2006