• Created roadmap documentation for managing the data element and edit check reviews used in reporting State’s administration of Federal programs (PIRL report) to improve accuracy of the reports. • Elicited and analyzed requirements from subject matter experts (SMEs) to make improvements to and resolve bugs found in software applications during normal operation. Performed software user acceptance testing and provided deployment support of system applications. • Provided customer support to users with system application issues as technical liaison between staff and developers. • Documented systems processes and standard operating procedures to aid customers in their everyday use of system applications.

Actively Seeking a New Opportunity | Aug 2021 - Sep 2021

Unemployed

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Southern New Hampshire University | Sep 2018 - Jun 2021

Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Data Analytics, achieving a bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Summa Cum Laude. • As a full-time remote, online student, progressed from normal course load of two classes per eight-week term to three classes per eight-week term while maintaining 4.0 GPA by utilizing my excellent attention to detail and solid time management skills. • Completed Foundations of Leadership Certification from the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), an invited honor society.

Fairview Range | Apr 2017 - May 2020

Medical Physicist

• Updated archaic quality management system into an electronic system utilizing Microsoft Excel to store and track data gathered. • Revised quality assurance procedures from standards published in 1994 to current standards published in 2009, resulting in the State Inspection returning zero defects in quality management program for treatment and imaging machines. • Performed integral role in major upgrade (two major version changes) of department’s medical record system by providing training opportunities, mentoring, and support to department cross-functional team during and after the transition. Provided encouragement, facilitated use of practice system, and prepared role-specific training materials so that team members achieved proficiency on new upgrade within first two days of go-live event. • Recognized as the Subject Matter Expert working with the treatment machine operators to diagnose, analyze, and resolve errors, to resume patient treatments with minimal downtime. In at least two instances, treatment downtime was reduced by at least one treatment day.

Gamma West Cancer Services | Oct 2015 - Oct 2016

Medical Physicist

• Provided exceptional customer service to patients in stressful treatment situations and first-class quality assurance of treatment machines, processes, and procedures. • Developed and refined Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to analyze and optimize parameters used in planning high-risk treatments, resulting in a 5% - 10% reduction of patient wait time between device implantation and treatment. • Configured vendor treatment planning system to more effectively visualize optimal treatment plan during the planning process, resulting in a 10% - 25% reduction of patient wait time between device implantation and treatment. • Performed a statistical analysis on the number of patient treatments using high dose rate brachytherapy to show that the practice was operating at a level that was 150% of typical centers with a similar treatment unit.

Intermountain Healthcare | Jan 2015 - Oct 2015

Physicist

• Performed tasks spanning the full spectrum of radiation therapy physics, including facility radiation safety inspection, radioactive material control, policy review, quality assurance checks, and high-risk patient treatment planning and delivery. • Reviewed and revised existing outdated, inadequate, and unintelligible policies and procedures in preparation for successful re-accreditation visit by the American College of Radiology.

Benefis Health System | Dec 2012 - Dec 2014

Medical Physicist

• Improved and expanded the coverage of medical physics at the center, allowing the practice to grow in treatment modalities and procedures offered. • Performed analysis of high-risk treatment program, aligning it with federal regulations, enhancing patient safety and quality assurance measures used in treatment delivery, resulting in a 10% - 15% patient wait time reduction between image acquisition for treatment planning and treatment delivery. • Developed new and revised existing Microsoft Excel documents used in the treatment planning and quality assurance processes to increase patient safety and treatment quality. • During 2014 budget cycle, performed informal cost analysis on the effects of several major capital items; demonstrating that improvements in patient safety and treatment quality were valuable to the institution, resulting in the acquisition of four of six major capital purchases.

Mayo Clinic | Jan 2007 - Dec 2012

Clinical Medical Physicist

• Integral member of a team of professionals providing advice and guidance in challenging and unique situations related to treatment planning, treatment delivery, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. • Mentored junior physicists in all aspects of clinical medical physics and taught radiation therapy students the fundamentals of radiation therapy physics, quality assurance, and treatment machines. • Aided in the creation of fillable Adobe forms to capture key data metrics from various data sources for practice quality improvement and improved safety incident reporting, improving data gathering efficiency and volume by 50%. • Evaluated the existing process by which treatment plans were verified prior to treatment delivery, developing a new and streamlined process that more efficiently processed plans by the medical physics section, resulting in an improved throughput of 30%. • Maintained and updated Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and corresponding datasets that were used department-wide in all quality assurance procedures, preserving data quality.

US Navy | Jan 1991 - Jan 1997

Aviation Electronics Technician

- Performed troubleshooting and repair of aviation electronics systems at the component level - Operated and maintained AN/USM-449 computer-based testing system - Conducted quality control inspections of aviation electronics systems including radar, communications, navigation, and anti-submarine detection for the P3 Orion aircraft - Trained and supervised junior personnel - Taught American Heart Association CPR

My Education

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Bachelor of Science - BS, Data AnalyticsSouthern New Hampshire University | 2021

Master of Science (M.S.), Medical PhysicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison | 2002

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), PhysicsUniversity of Colorado at Boulder | 2000

N/A, General StudiesSkagit Valley College | 1996

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