Work Experience

• Data Engineer - CBS Interactive

  2017-Present

  - Details coming soon
  

• Graduate Research Assistant - Vanderbilt University

  2013-2017

  - Development and optimization of fully automated optic nerve segmentation, measurement algorithms
  - Application of tools to >10,000 image volumes, >500 billion voxels
  - Awarded prestigious NEI T32 training grant and earned continued support through graduation
  - Published 5 journal articles (3 first author) in impactful journals including Neuroimage, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Journal of Medical Imaging and Ophthalmology compared to a canonical expectation of 3.
  - Presented my work at national and international meetings for the American Academy of Neurology, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and SPIE Medical Imaging
  - Granted provisional patent on relevant thesis work
  

• Teaching Assistant - Vanderbilt University

  2013-2014

  TA for Image processing and digital signal processing undergraduate courses.

• Administrative Graduate Assistant - University of Tennessee at Martin

  2011-2013

  Assist the MBA Coordinator in managing admissions and current students for both online and on-site MBA(~80 students)

• Technical Summer Internship - Integrity Applications Inc.

  2010, 2012

  Spatial and spectral target detection of high spatial and spectral resolution satellite imagery.

• Image Science Support Team Co-Op - Goodrich ISR Systems

  2010, 2012

  Image quality analysis, geolocational accuracy, anomaly detection and image chain development for airborne sensors.

Education

• Vanderbilt University

  2013-2017

  PhD Electrical Engineering
  Research focus on applying machine learning to large-scale image processing
  Graduate Certificate in surgical and interventional engineering

• The University of Tennessee at Martin

  2011-2013

  Master's of Business Administration

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  2007-2011

  BS Imaging Science