Lead Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton

Provide natural language processing (NLP) and project management expertise to client projects.


Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology for more than 100 years. Today, the firm provides management and technology consulting and engineering services to leading Fortune 500 corporations, governments, and not-for-profits across the globe. Booz Allen partners with public and private sector clients to solve their most difficult challenges through a combination of consulting, analytics, mission operations, technology, systems delivery, cybersecurity, engineering, and innovation expertise. 

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      Booz Allen Hamilton
  

Cyber Security group (Black Lotus Labs)•	Created classification model with NLP-based features to identify typographic permutations, or "twists", of popular domain names. Automated follow-up analysis, using the WHOIS database, to highlight potentially malicious twists. Ported code from Python to Spark to reduce processing time.•	Assisted in retraining of machine learning models and migration of code base from Python2 to Python3. •	Participated in ad-hoc threat research. Responded to requests for information from partners. Documented findings.

    
      
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      Qwest Communications
  

Financial Intelligence group•	Performed exploratory data analysis and created data visualizations to identify risk and reduce expenses.•	Developed classification model to categorize invoice charges. •	Assisted in data mapping for transition to new backend platform for vendor invoices.

    
      
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•	Full-time, 12-week, ACCET-accredited program covering the fundamentals of data science including supervised and unsupervised learning, probability and statistics, and data visualization.•	Project-oriented curriculum emphasized project design, data acquisition and cleaning, exploratory data analysis, modeling, and communicating results.


Metis is a leading provider of data science skills training for individuals and businesses. It delivers corporate training programs for employees around the globe and full-time immersive programs for career-switchers designed by world-class industry practitioners. Metis operates in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and Live Online. Metis, a d/b/a of Kaplan, Inc. is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET), enabling it to operate the industry's only accredited intensive data science bootcamp.

Metis

•	Enforced QA/QC procedures across company. Collaborated with Brewing and Packaging Departments to implement Quality-minded procedures in their processes.•	Compiled, analyzed, and interpreted data, helping to set brand specifications and process control limits. Provided timely, accurate, and actionable reports to other departments and partners.•	Deployed sophisticated VBA/Excel-based batch file system to capture Fermentation, Bright Beer, and Packaging data. Participated in design of and migration to Ignition SCADA software system (Python- and SQL-based).•	Reduced overfilling on canning line by 25% and incidences of high-TPO runs by 50%. Reduced occurrence of unplanned packaged product deviations by 75% via a Bright Tank Release procedures. •	Oversaw implementation of GC-MS-based VDK (vicinal diketones) testing program to detect aberrant batches, resulting in reduced tank occupancy times.•	Prepared and tracked annual departmental CapEx ($60-100k) and Operating budgets ($120-150k).•	Coordinated schedules with Brewing and Packaging Departments to ensure necessary lab coverage across AM/PM shifts, weekends, and holidays.•	Implemented tracking of deviations, corrective and preventative actions, and change control.•	Spearheaded Food Safety Program. Served as liaison for Food Safety audits. Trained and certified in HACCP. Familiar with GMPs, HACCP, FSMA, and CFR requirements as related to the Brewing Industry.•	Interfaced with >10 contract customers, ensuring any provided specifications were being met.•	Regularly attended local and national MBAA and ASBC meetings to remain abreast of current industry practices.

    
      
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•	Developed, executed, updated, and trained others on QA/QC procedures for Brewing, Fermentation, Microbiology, Packaging, Sensory, and Raw Materials. Authored and reviewed >50 SOPs. •	Developed Microbiology program. Selected media; designed testing scheme; tracked and trended results; implemented PCR-based testing. Recommend actions and changes to procedures based on findings. •	Developed Sensory program. Oversaw adoption of DraughtLab Pro, which employs industry-accepted methods and flavor maps to collect sensory data, develop brand profiles, and validate tasters. •	Responsible for purchase, installation, method development, and maintenance of Lab equipment. •	Managed SDSs. Participated in Safety Committee. Provided guidance for Chemical Safety program.

    
      
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•	Developed and implemented novel characterization assays for recombinant protein vaccine, including coordination of external collaborations. Project was a major milestone in a government contract.•	Collaborated with QC and Process Development groups to optimize, develop, and validate assays.•	Participated in customer projects, providing analytical development expertise.•	Communicated progress in monthly reports and quarterly site visits. Presented work internationally.

    
      
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Protein Sciences Corporation

•	Lead Scientist on customer project billing >$100k monthly. Communicated with customer regularly to report progress and resolve issues.•	Oversaw planning, execution, and reporting of process development work and transfer to manufacturing scale. Responsible for maintaining raw material inventory.•	Increased overall yield by ~10-fold via optimization of filtration step. Initiated changes to chromatography steps that resulted in 10-15% improvement in product integrity.•	Authored and maintained SOPs and batch records.

    
      
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•	Employed fluorescence techniques to study the effect of solution crowding on the thermodynamics and kinetics of actin polymerization.•	Evaluated results against five different thermodynamic models using non-linear curve fitting and simulation. Performed novel comparison of theories.•	Collaborated with several groups, applying fluorescence anisotropy and stopped-flow kinetics to characterize ligand binding.

    
      
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      Yale University
  

12-week accredited bootcamp for Data Science and Machine Learning.

•	Dissertation titled “Effects of Solution Crowding on Actin Polymerization Reveal the Basis for Nucleotide-Dependent Filament Stability”.  •	Published in Journal of Molecular Biology, March 2008.  •	Received Graduate Student Teaching Award in 2008; Honorable Mention in 2005.  •	Served on Graduate Curriculum Committee in 2003.  


For more than 300 years, Yale University has inspired the minds that inspire the world. Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale brings people and ideas together for positive impact around the globe. A research university that focuses on students and encourages learning as an essential way of life, Yale is a place for connection, creativity, and innovation among cultures and across disciplines.

Yale University

•	Dean's List 1997-2001.  •	Collaborated to edit, write, and publish "Choose Your Own Adventure: A Guide to UW-Madison By Students, For Students" in 1998; spearheaded effort to revise the work in 2001.  •	Secretary, Honors Student Organization, 1998-1999.  •	Organic Chemistry Student of the Year, 1999.  •	Trans-Atlantic Science Student Exchange Program, 1999-2000.  •	Phi Beta Kappa, 2000.


In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America's great universities. A public, land-grant institution, UW–Madison offers a complete spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs and student activities. Spanning 936 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, the campus is located in the city of Madison.

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