Predictive Analytics for the San Diego Community Review Board (CRB) on Police Practices • Identified gap in reporting and accountability in CRB activity • Conducted Data Analysis identifying key demographic and geographic trends. • Developed predictive model that identifies likelihood of a police misconduct claim being upheld by CRB. Text Analysis of Blogposts on mlbtraderumors.com • Created data pipeline to scrape text and store in SQL database. • Built predictive model classifying team performance based on trends in blog posts. Exo-planet Prediction from Kepler Telescope Data • Built predictive model to classify Kepler Telescope contacts as exo-planet or non-planet. • Allows data collection and classification at much larger scales. Identification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia through Machine Learning • Developed a model that classifies key AML proteins from data in the Biohub OpenCell database. Predicting Full Power Output from a Combined Cycle Power Plant • Created model to predict power plant performance based on ambient conditions. • Better output predictions based on weather forecasts supports improved pricing per available megawatt hour.

Naval Sea Systems Command | Jan 2017 - Present

Ship Design Manager, DDG 1000 Class

Senior technical leader and Chief Engineer, accountable to the Navy leadership for directing a multi-functional technical workforce, executing technical authority, technical decision-making, overseeing ship design, assessing technical risk, designing for life cycle sustainment, and developing technical solutions for complex engineering problems, using best engineering practices. ● Responsible for planning, negotiating, and executing annual multi-million-dollar engineering budgets. Budget includes 15 cross-functional design team personnel, multiple complex engineering studies, and other emergent work. ● Manage a team of engineers to integrate innovative ship to Naval Aircraft interface equipment on the DDG 1000. Resulted in the first in class aviation certification. ● Chairperson on the DDG 1000 Dark Ship Failure Review Board. Utilized collected ship operating data to determine failure modes, and identified class improvements to prevent and quickly recover from dark ship events. Resulted in safe employment of DDG 1000 in 2022. ● Built relationships with the advanced technology group to coordinate future test installations ensure proper integration, risk understood and accepted, and installations done in accordance with modernization policy. Resulted in successful testing of multiple prototype weapon systems and autonomous vehicle demonstrations. ● Established and provided senior technical leadership on the team that identified failure modes of a wetted missile on DDG 1000. Identified and led the solution implementation that resulted in the first SM-2 launch from a DDG 1000 class ship. ● Established and led a team of boat handling system subject matter experts to troubleshoot design and reliability issues. Effort resulted in updates to software, maintenance requirements, technical manual updates, and a modernization package. ● Responsible for the sustainment of the DDG 1000 class ships, ensuring the complex systems integrate well to reliably meet capability requirements.

Naval Sea Systems Command | Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

Ship Design Manager, FF Independence Variant

Senior technical leader and Chief Engineer, accountable to the Navy leadership for directing a multi-disciplinary technical workforce, executing technical authority, overseeing FF Class ship design, assessing technical risk, designing for life cycle sustainment, and developing technical solutions for complex engineering problems, using best engineering practices. ● Manage 17 person cross-functional team through a successful, on time completion of the pre-preliminary design phase. Design was able to meet both cost and performance objectives, leading to customer acceptance to proceed to the next design phase. ● Coordinated requirements verification efforts and sound system engineering processes to ensure design meets customer needs and is executable. ● Developed and negotiated multimillion-dollar staffing plan and resource requirements for the cross-functional team. This included recruiting, interviewing, and hiring design team members. ● Led feasibility and trade off studies for the selection and integration of complex combat systems, survivability upgrades, and increased berthing requirements. ● Influenced senior Navy leadership at technical meetings to fund, organized and directed team for the first segmented hull trimaran scale model test done by the US Navy. This allowed the Navy to increase the weight limit of the design without costly structural upgrades.

Naval Sea Systems Command | May 2013 - Dec 2014

Ship Design Manager, LCS 2 Class

Senior technical leader and Chief Engineer, accountable to the Navy leadership for directing a multi-disciplinary technical workforce, executing technical authority, overseeing LCS 2 Class ship design, assessing technical risk, and developing technical solutions for complex engineering problems. ● Led risk assessments, root cause analysis, and provided total ship systems engineering support to the LCS program and fleet stakeholders. ● Led effort to develop the LCS 2 Class ship structure handbook by implementing better data collection, methods for risk assessment, maintenance, sustainment guidance, and repair procedures. ● Presented overall technical risk status for LCS 2 to Navy flag leadership to support exercise participation decisions. Resulted in the first LCS 2 class ship to participate in the annual Rim of the Pacific exercise. ● Provided technical oversight and leadership during the test and trial of LCS 2, providing recommendations to Navy leadership on material and technical readiness. Resulted in successful Special Trial event in Spring of 2014.

Naval Sea Systems Command | Nov 2011 - Apr 2013

Design Integration Manager, LHD/LHA/LCC-19 Classes

Technical leader supporting the ship design manager in executing technical authority, overseeing ship design, assessing technical risk, and developing technically acceptable solutions for complex engineering problems. ● Reviewed and provided approval recommendations for deviations from ship requirements. ● Led redesign effort for the LHD 8 gas turbine exhaust system. This included collaborating with experts in computational fluid dynamics modeling, finite element analysis, and data collection and analysis. ● Led feasibility study to play an NCAA basketball game on an LHD class ship.

Naval Sea Systems Command | Jan 2010 - Nov 2011

Deputy Ship Design Manager, T-AKE Class

Technical leader supporting the ship design manager in executing technical authority, overseeing ship design, assessing technical risk, and developing technically acceptable solutions for complex engineering problems. ● Led team investigating the root cause of the T-AKE Class stern tube bearing failures. The team included subject matter experts from the US Navy, industry, and academia. ● Planned, negotiated, and managed multi-million dollar design team budget. ● Led effort to replace legacy magazine sprinkling system with modernized, more reliable system. Resulted in improved fire detection and response, as well as$10M savings in installation cost across the class. ● Led engineering drawings and schematics reviews for mechanical, electrical, and structural systems.

Alion Science and Technology | Jul 2004 - Dec 2009

Lead Marine Engineer

Provided engineering services in the form of concept level propulsion plant, fluid system, electrical system, and auxiliary support system design. Supported design reviews, cost-benefit trade off studies, and fluid system simulations.

My Education

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Master of Science in Applied Data ScienceUniversity of San Diego | 2023

Master of Engineering Management in Engineering ManagementGeorge Washington University | 2008

Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering SystemsUnited States Merchant Marine Academy | 2004

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