Background

I am former musician with a successful pivot to the technology field. For several years I have cultivated knowledge on data analysis, data science, data engineering, and general consulting for both technology, big data, and analysts topics. Along with this, machine learning is a topic that fascinates me and I continually look for application opportunities in various fields. Feel free to poke around the site and contact me if you have any questions.

Languages and Technology

Experience

  • Corporate

    • Analysis of data as needed for projects using big data tools like Python, Hadoop, PySpark, etc.
    • Data engineering efforts to enable consumption of unusual data sources.
    • Mentor experience by enabling co-workers to use technology at the company, get them up to speed with the team and the company, work through difficult issues to find best possible solutions.
    • Consultant experience by assisting different teams within the company to solve problems or suggest how to approach difficult data problems.
    • Application Owner of an app used by several teams. Oversee maintenance of the app, as well as other various owner-tasks related.
    • IT Business Analysis experience as part of application ownership.
    • Contributed and maintained code in documents necessary for the course of business.
    • Assisted in transition from legacy systems and databases to new ones.
    • Participated in two hackatons at the company with one second place finish.

  • Freelance Work

    • I've built and maintained this website on my own. It is a permanent work in progress, so look for continual improvements.
    • Solid foundation in front-end web development with HTML & CSS.
    • Excellent skills with NodeJS and Express.
    • CSS pre-processing with SASS.
    • Experience with Twitter's Bootstrap framework and CSS3's Flexbox for building responsive websites.

  • Hobbies

    • Big fan of the Raspberry Pi. I have at least two musings (guides) that help folks with niche items I have found useful.
    • Fluent in CLI for some Linux distros. I mostly use Ubuntu and RasbperryOS (debian based).
    • I manage my own network at home using enterprise-grade equipment. This has exposed me to some network troubleshooting and design topics.

Education and Certifications

  • Cornell University (eCornell)

    • Python for Data Science Certificate - Expected Completion July 2024.

  • Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business - Executive Education

    • Strategy and Innovation Cohort - October 2023.

  • Coursera

  • MongoDB University

  • Codecademy

  • University of Pittsburgh

    • Coursework completed for Bachelor of Science in Information Science

  • Carnegie Mellon University

    • Master of Music - 2012

  • University of Utah

    • Bachelor of Music in Music Performance - 2010