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Creative cross-disciplinary programmer with a passion for space. Voracious researcher. Communicates complex ideas with clear explanations and visual analogies.
Program Manager, Lab for Interconnected Devices 2014–2015
Portland State University, https://pdx.edu
I transformed the L.I.D. into a full prototyping makerspace at Portland State University. I was the lab’s first program manager and oversaw a move in to a larger space and its growth into vital part of the school of engineering.
- Build-out of new lab space, acquisition of new machines and capabilities
- Management of a large grant budget
- Taught students prototyping techniques (e.g., 3D printing)
- Developed lab policies and best practices
- Manager of a team of ~5 student volunteers
Consultant, Programmer 2010–2014
Self Employed
Freelance software developer in Portland, Oregon. Client work included full stack web programming, data visualization, HTML5/JS front end work, and robotics
- Interactive robotics installation for a large technology-focused children's museum
- Charts and report design for a small medical device company
Junior Consultant 2007–2009
Strategic Solutions NW, http://ssnwllc.com/
I was a member of a small group of technology and management consultants working for medium to large corporations
- Balanced many projects and clients simultaneously
- Rescued failing projects from other agencies and transformed them into successes
Rocket Scientist And Project Manager 2008–2016
Portland State Aerospace Society, http://psas.pdx.edu/
PSAS is an open aerospace engineering project. They are building ultra-low-cost, open source rockets that feature some of the most sophisticated amateur rocket avionics systems in the world.
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Helped push PSAS into one of the premier aerospace clubs around the world
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Made significant contributions in almost all fields e.g: data analysis, software development and management, outreach
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Sponsor/director of three senior Computer Science capstone projects
Programmer 2009–2016
Open Source Projects, https://github.com/natronics/
I’ve created and worked on several open source projects
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Created a public API to NASA Space Station data, currently used worldwide: ~28 million requests per month
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Contributer to https://spaceprob.es
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Started a collection of homebrew state-of-the-art aerospace simulation resrouces: https://open-aerospace.github.io
Bachelor of Science, Physics 2006
Appalachian State University, NC
Web Development HTML CSS
Python Flask IPython (Jupyter) Notebook Data Analysis Data Viz Matplotlib
Space NASA Launch vehicles ISS real-time data
Data Viz python IPython (Jupyter) Notebooks charting