ProfileExperienced Corporate and Software Professional specializing in Data Analytics, Search and Discovery turning data investments into business results. I am subject matter expert in Search technologies and Analytics. (Solr ElasticSearch). Leading influencing large teams. Reputation for building professional trust by focusing on hearts, heads, and hands. A Polyglot programmer engineer. Excellent liaison between the technical and business world and facilitator of progress among various types of people, groups, and departments. I ve been a software engineer, consultant, pre-sales, principal architect, manager of IT systems, and an academic researcher. Core QualificationsExcellent communicationTechnical ExecutorFacilitator of progressLiaison between business and technicalIdea generatorTeam integrator Education Disruptive Strategy,Expected in2016toHarvard Business School - HBX-,GPA Course on Disruptive Strategy in organizations. Credential of Readiness,Expected in2016toHarvard Business School - HBX-,GPA Primer on the fundamentals of business through coursework in Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting.Master of Science Computer Science,Expected in2007toGeorgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta,GAGPA National Science Foundation Fellowship WinnerMinors in Finance and Information SecurityBachelor of Science Computer Science,Expected in2004toGeorgia Institute of Technology-Atlanta,GAGPA Graduated with Highest Honors Professional ExperienceDirector of Product Management, Data Analytics,11 2016toCurrentGenesys Salt Lake City,UT,Building software data products for GE. As a director, responsible for finding repeatable problems and pain points for GE businesses and productizing the solution to it. Subject Matter Expert in Search Solr ElasticSearch and architecting Analytics Solutions. Hands on building systems and mentoring other team members. Currently leading a product team that is building a revolutionary Data Management and repeatable analytics product that will change how GE build analytic solutions. We are essentially productizing a solution that has been under R D for years.Primary responsibilities include Designing Developing products that include search and analytic technologies (Solr, Elastic Search, and Analytics frameworks)Taking research solutions from the R D arm and productizing it for mass use.Helping to build an engineering team around the productInterfacing with customers to understand their pain pointTranslating customer needs to technical requirements for engineeringLeading the engineering team with prioritiesFilling gaps technically personally when neededMarketing and being the voice of the product Manager, Data Analytics of Industrial IoT,11 2015to11 2016Us Government Other Agencies And Independent Organizations Norfolk,VA,Manager of Data Analytics driving an outcomes based approach to delivering Analytics for Internal GE use cases. This includes architecting and building Search and Analytics solutions (Solr ElasticSearch Spark). Essentially building the Analytics portion of Digital Thread within GE that spans all GE Businesses. Use cases span from Enterprise use cases to Industrial operational analytical use cases. Primary outcomes so far Founded the Repeatabile Analytics Initiative at GE to scaleOver 10 Million in efficiency gains through the deployment of analyticsChampioning cross business interactions and knowledge sharingOver a PetaByte of dataStandardized and championed an approach being studied by other internal groupsRunning a team of 12 people.Manager, Business Architect. Search, Analytics, Industrial Internet (IoT, Predix Cloud),05 2015to11 2015Verizon Communications Brunswick,GA,Manager and Architect of the GE Data Lake and Predix Platform to serve Industrial Internet use cases and outcomes. Principal solutions architect of GE s Brilliant Factory Initiative guiding platform teams, ingestion teams, analytics teams, and visualization teams to make GE Factories efficient. Brilliant Factory outcomes include drive energy efficiency, machine health, quality manufacturing, and process optimization. Very diverse data sources from machine sensor data, ERP purchasing data, unstructured work order, weather data, and more. Responsibilities include Find millions in efficiencies in outcomes for GE factories and Internal Sourcing.Play role of Solution Architect for all outcomes identifiedManage client relationshipsManage technical teams to drive implementation of outcomesPlay mentorship role for technical teamsPrincipal Architect Search Big Data Analytics,03 2014to05 2015Avalon Consulting, LLC City,STATE,Director of the Search Practice (Solr ElasticSearch). Helping clients turn data investments into business results. Many large implementations and integrations with Hadoop. Wells Fargo, Bell Helicopter, Fossil, and Securian. Responsibilities include Technical Execution of the biggest clientsPOC DevelopmentProduction SupportSales EnablementProject Oversight as Architect mentoring other team membersThought Leadership through publications and speaking engagementsInternal TrainingBig implementationsSenior Search Architect,05 2011to11 2014Turner Broadcasting Systems City,STATE,Architect and engineer for search implementations for all of Turner s public websites and mobile sites apps. Architect and Engineer for all TBS and TNT TV show Companion Sync Mobile App backend data publishers. (Solr and Autonomy IDOL).Responsibilities Include Design, development, implementation, on-going support, and managing an enhancement roadmap of Search implementations of a fast moving digital business. Internal search consulting resource for many clients CNN, NBA, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TruTV, Golf.com, PGA.com, SportsIlustrated.com, HLN News, CNN Money, TeamCoco.com, and TheSmokingGun.comSelected Accomplishments Revamping the search implementations for www.nba.com, www.golf.com, www.cnn.com, www.cartoonnetwork.com, www.adultswim.com, and many more. Work is currently in progress.First of its kind Companion Sync Mobile App Backend Architect - Team Coco Sync App (won an Emmy Award!), Big Bang Theory Sync App, Leverage Sync App, Falling Skies Sync App.Implemented first of its kind online video feeds for Fanhattan and other outside online video vendorsSearch Implementation for Adult Swim Bump Builders Xbox Video AppVisual Analytics Research - Data Visualization Discovery,07 2009to07 2012Georgia Institute Of Technology City,STATE,University research while pursuing plans to do a PhD. Exploring Visual Analytics and Data Visualization of business connections in converging business ecosystems. Built a visually interactive platform that allows users (such as C levels, venture capitalists, analysts of any type to make sense of an entire industry or ecosystem of firms whom interactive with each other. This can be useful for competitive intelligence, firm research, and industry research.Responsibilities Included Intelligently aggregated open and closed data sources.Mined the data.Architect the platform for the research.Visualized the connections found on an interactive platform for the user to play with.Presented our work at the IEEE VisWeek 2010 Conference and the Broadband Institute Annual Meeting in 2011 as a poster paper.Published in IEEE CG A 2012.Selected Accomplishments Innovation (R D) of novel data visualization technology.2 Publications (see publication section below)Website http www.cc.gatech.edu gvu ii dotlink Quantitative Investments Analyst,2009to07 2009United Parcel Service City,STATE,Analyst supporting the Chief Investments Officer and Portfolio Manager of UPS s Retirement and Pension Fund.Responsibilities IncludedSupported investing, management, portfolio optimization of 17Billion of the UPS Retirement and Pension Fund.Performed quantitative model development, due diligence, interviewing of investment firms, and investment managers.Analyzed return streams.Worked closely with the CIO and Portfolio Manager.Selected AccomplishmentsDeveloped model for portfolio optimization that allowed input of constraints to enable viewing of optimal portfolios in various performance requirement scenarios.Conducted research that led to hiring of 3 investment firms for a 200M investment deal.Performed normality testing, time series correlation, and regression testing of return streams.Created internal VaR model for Retirement Pension Plan, including GARCH implementation.CEO and Founder,08 2008toCurrentConcinnous Solutions City,STATE,Architecting, implementing, and integrating, Enterprise Search and PCI DSS data security implementations into production environments. Security implementations were to meet PCI DSS Compliance. Built and managed an offshore development team.Responsibilities Included Managed P LSales, Account Management, Technical Architect, Managed offshore team Execution and training, and Production delivery with critical go-live support.Some of the clients and environments include Costco Wholesale (Seattle), Helzberg Diamonds (Kansas City), 1800Flowers.com (New York), and Presbyterian Health Services (Albuquerque).Selected Accomplishments Re-architected American Medical Association s Search Implementation. www.ama-assn.org.Produced a renowned solution and implementation that was referenced at the RSA conference and written about in news articles.Built and mentored an offshore team to produce results required for today s pace of business.Overall, facilitated modernizing systems, policies, and procedures to meet operational and security compliance.Professional Services Consultant - Search Discovery,03 2007to08 2008HP-Autonomy City,STATE,Road warrior implementation consultant for Autonomy products.Responsibilities IncludedIdentified needs, architect solutions, implemented solutions for clients in need of Data Management in production environments. This position was constantlyInvolved in technology integration and QA processes for production environments. I alsoFrequently prepared documentation and lead training exercises.Environments worked with include Washington Mutual, JP Morgan Chase, Time Warner Cable, and CountryWide-Bank of America, and many more Selected AccomplishmentsPlayed major role in facilitating post-acquisition integration of company technology for production environments.Performance optimization of production environments.Performed extensive implementations in a wide variety of production environments.Developed integration implementation procedures and authored best practices.Worked with technology partners and vendors at client sites to resolve client issues.Learned and broke apart new technology and environments very quickly in very fast paced and high valued consulting engagements.Information Technology Specialist,05 2006to07 2006Federal Aviation Administration (Intern) City,STATE,Selected AccomplishmentsImproved efficiency by evaluating and implementing new technologies, including VMWare.Installed servers and served as department s internal webmaster.Facilitated preparations for Capability Maturity Model (CMMi) certification audit.Software Architect,02 2005to2007United Parcel Service City,STATE,Architect and developed first of its kind Treasury technologies envisioned by the Director of Treasury for UPS. Its still used around the world among UPS managers today.Responsibilities Included Designed, developed, and supported an entire web infrastructure that served to automate UPS s internal financial treasury process. This functional and analytical web infrastructure did not exist when I was hired and I built it from scratch. Worked closely with executives including the Directory of Treasury of UPS and translated business financial processes and needs to technical application objectives. It quickly became a technology used worldwide among UPS. Helped build and technically lead a team of 4 individuals including interns. This solution solved a major manual process business problem and the solution is still in use today around the world among UPS employees.Selected AccomplishmentsGain organization wide efficiencies saving costs and reducing lead time of internal treasury processes facilitating smarter investment decisions.Conducted system training and served as system knowledge expert for financial management users worldwide.Created system recognized nationally as showcase as part of the internal Treasury process.Designed and developed the entire web infrastructure which required being multiple roles including business analyst, technical project manager, financial application developer, database administrator, and support engineer.System still in use around the world at UPS today.Artificial Intelligence Research (Meta Learning),2005to04 2005Georgia Institute Of Technology City,STATE,Data Mining through case based reasoning, decision trees, and info gain attribute evaluation. This was premised research to test the feasibility of developing a new architecture of AI called Asynchronous Reasoning and Learning. Used Java s Weka library, Matlab, and proprietary software named Sentinel from the Enkia Corporation. SkillsLanguage ExperienceOctave Matlab (Modeling for Machine Learning), Python, Java, Angularjs, nodejs, dotNET, C, C , Ruby, Lisp Scheme, HTML5, PHP, ASP, VBscript, Actionscript, XML, Perl.Frameworks and ToolsOctave Matlab, Play Framework, Twitter Bootstrap, Apache Mahout, Sci-kit learn, Google App Engine, Hibernate, SpringMVC, JBoss EJBs, Weka, GATE and Lingpipe, Webspinx Web Crawler, and more ...Storage SearchSolr, Elasticsearch, Lucene, Autonomy IDOL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Hadoop ecosystem, and traditional relational databases, and more ...  SEP  Organization Overview Manomin Resawn Timbers covers all areas of reclaimed wood including flooring, paneling, timbers, mantels, as well as a span of beautiful custom projects. From initial contact with a client to final product, we pride ourselves on our high standards, product quality and passion for the industry. All of this is integral to our success and stellar reputation. Our company recognizes that reclaiming old lumber is about much more than tearing boards out of old buildings. We know that to provide our clients with the highest quality experience, it starts with a strong team. At Manomin, we work with a wide range of high-end designers, builders, architects and eager homeowners. But mostly, we work very closely with one another. We have a strong, driven, close-knit team with a self-starter mentality. Manomin is a place where our employees enjoy coming to work every day, and can see not only the potential in themselves to be successful, but also in an expanding business. Primary Function The Office ManagerAccountant supports our Founder to ensure our company is running smoothly. We want someone with a passion for serving others and who is a self-starter! This position handles a wide berth of responsibilities including bookkeeping, payroll, insurance, clerical work and some HR functions. Responsibilities Complete daily invoicing and deposits.Calculate referral fees, code and enter all payables and complete payments to vendors. Reconcile accounts payable and accounts receivable, ensuring that receivables are being collected in a timely manner. Manage inventory systemComplete data entryjournal entries and maintain spreadsheets including cost analysis, shipping, labor, cash flow, and weeklymonthly reports.Assist Founder with expense and revenue tracking, including expense reports. Produce month and year-end financial reports. Ensure financials are accurate and complete for submitting to CPA for year-end taxes.Track and pay sales tax. Maintain ST3 file.Complete daily filing to maintain order and a systematic business environment. Implement, manage and organize electronic file management system.Complete bi-weekly payroll including checking for missed punches, tying out for accuracy, printing time cards and processing payroll through QuickBooks Desktop. Distribute paychecks. Filepay employment taxes. Serve as companys compliance contact.Point person for HR processes for all workers compensation and unemployment claims, including audits.Maintain employee files, employee handbook and all new hire documents. Selection Criteria Strong communication skills, both written and verbalAttention to detailAbility to manage business correspondence including filing, sorting and general organization skillsAbility to take initiative and a solutions-oriented mindset with a history of making suggestions for improvementTyping skills at a minimum of 40 WPMProfessional and friendly demeanor.Ability to be flexible, adapt to change and work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environmentExpertise with MS Excel (required), QuickBooks (required), In-house payroll processing (required)Capable of maintaining a high degree of confidentiality.The above information on this job description has been described to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents. Other duties and responsibilities not specifically described may be assigned from time to time, consistent with knowledge, skills and abilities of the incumbent. Manomin offers a competitive wage and benefits including PTO, Holiday pay and a retirement benefit match program. Manomin Resawn Timbers is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.