TetraScience is the Scientific Data Cloud company with a mission to accelerate scientific discovery and improve and extend human life. 

The Tetra Scientific Data Cloud(TM) is the only open, cloud-native platform purpose-built for science that connects lab instruments, informatics software, and data apps across the biopharma value chain and delivers the foundation of harmonized, actionable scientific data necessary to transform raw data into accelerated and improved scientific outcomes. 

Through the Tetra Partner Network, market-leading vendors access the power of our cloud to help customers maximize the value of their data. 

Studying bioinformatics with particular interest in computational biology, next generation sequencing, and machine learning.

The Johns Hopkins University

Activities and Societies: Track and Field, International House, Glassblowing

UC San Diego

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

* Used Python (scikit-learn/keras/tensorflow) and R-based (tidyverse/caret) chemometric, statistical, and machine learning approaches for automated analytics of mass spectrometry, spectroscopic, and chromatographic datasets for biotherapeutic and bioprocess characterization.
* Developed R libraries and GCP-based analytics service (Storage/BigQuery/Notebooks) to analyze the linkage of biotherapeutic CQAs with clinical data to support control system specifications.
* Developed deep neural networks and deployed them to a streaming GCP data pipeline (IoT Core/PubSub/CloudFunctions/AI Model Prediction) to simulate and monitor bioprocess activity.
* led a team of chemists, engineers, and data scientists to develop and deploy GCP data pipelines for automated processing, analysis, and results storage for near-real-time assessment of ion-exchange chromatograms (IoT Core/PubSub/CloudFunctions/AI Model Prediction/graphQL/Django/Postgres)

Data Scientist

* Identified opportunities for digital transformation in a protein chemistry department, proposed and led software engineering or data science projects to improve scientific insight and research efficiency.
* Led teams of up to five and managed projects in all phases of the software development life cycle from requirements gathering to maintenance.
* Key technical contributions:  Established genetic algorithm based AI for ML model optimization in Raman Spectroscopy.   Developed machine learning models for deep sequencing and sequence variant analysis.  Created R Shiny web applications to process and interpret Sanger Sequencing data.  Developed R libraries and scripts for analysis of NGS, MS, Raman Spectrscopy data.

Data Engineer

* Supported non-clinical biomarker technology platform for exploratory research with software requirements gathering and design specifications.  Proposed new software features for biomarker development. 
* Assisted Oracle database schema analysis and design.  Authored software design documentation and requirements.  
* Created interactive Spotfire data visualizations for effective scientific analysis of large data.  Primary computer languages: R, SQL, Python.

Bioinformatics Associate / Scientific Software Specialist

* Bioinformatic processing of structured and unstructured scientific data from ETL to analysis.
* Characterization, validation, design, optimization, and analysis of medical devices and experiments.
* Specialization on experimental design, quality and business systems design, protocol/ report writing.
* Specialization in statistics, specifically multiple comparisons, regression, data visualization.
* SOP/WI writing for business procedures, quality processes, and scientific experiments.
* Developed QC checks and calibration methods for lateral flow immunoassay technologies.

Quality Engineer

* Assisted mammalian cell culture growth from 100-L to 12,000-L scale bioreactors.   Multiproduct pharmaceutical production experience with CHO cells, Good Documentation Practices, and Good Manufacturing Practices.  
* In-Process responsibilities including biotreactor setup/tear-down, batching and transfers, monitoring, CIPs, SIPs, and cell culture harvest.  Troubleshooting experience with bioreactor and equipment malfunctions.

Cell Culture Manufacturing Associate

Requisition processing using LIS-CRT.  Preparation of blood, urine, and dialysate samples for chemical, bacterial, hematological, and immunological testing.  Specimen preps, MLK2/OLA operation, and SOPs in a biomedical laboratory.

Laboratory Assistant

Performed microscopy-based characterization of marine mesozooplankton, and conducted latitudinal and longitudinal statistical analysis of biogeographical data.  Acting lab manager, performed design of experiments, equipment and inventory management.  Led an undergraduate research team, identified and implemented process improvements.

Student Laboratory Assistant

The focus of our group is to study the genetic diversity of the biofuel crop, Jatropha curcans.  Our work concentrated on the diversity of microsatellite repeats in J. curcas' genome, and my role was to extract and purify DNA, amplify microsatellite sequences and resolve DNA bands on high resolution gel electrophoresis machines, in addition to working on procedures to perfect J. curcans cloning processes.

Started up a small house painting business, where I marketed my business to local homeowners, sold contracts up to $7,200 value, hired and inspired work crews, and managed inventory for a complex production schedule.