I am a machine learning professional with 7+ years of experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data-driven algorithms, model development, deployment, and verification. I have a M.S. in computer science and a Ph.D. in structural engineering. I enjoy bringing Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning to the forefront in an effort to benefit business and society alike. I have successfully built complex machine-learning and statistical modeling software that support business objectives and strengthen organizational capabilities.
Education
Thesis: Convolutional Neural Networks for Hurricane Road Closure Probability and Tree Debris Estimation
Dissertation: Multi-scale Hurricane Loss Estimation
Thesis: Effective Stiffnesses of Plates of Repetitive Structure
Thesis:
Dynamic Analysis of the Footbridge Considering Different Dampers Solutions
Work Experience
- Technical supervision and active development of all AI/ML projects in Spire.
- Lead and manage a team of 6 individuals that included machine learning engineers, applied scientists, and software engineers.
- Active model development, deployment, monitoring and testing of Spire machine learning products.
- Set development priorities and timelines, with a focus on developing solutions that directly support Spire’s core businesses, such as Space, Weather, Maritime, and Aviation.
- Interface with customers and stakeholders, providing insights into products and services.
- Collaborate with peers on the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to develop and execute broad-scale business strategy.
- Developed Spire weather machine learning platform that includes components like infrastructure, deployment, monitoring, and verification.
- Developed machine learning capabilities for Spire space business including active training, predictions, and monitoring on Spire satellites on orbit.
- Mentored and supervised junior members of the machine learning team.
- Developed machine learning products for insurance and reinsurance industries.
- Developed machine learning pipelines for global weather data collection.
- Developed and maintained PostgreSQL database.
- Developed verification and monitoring systems for machine learning models.
- Developed machine learning algorithms for better data handling, damage detection, prognostics and damage classification.
- Develop innovative machine learning approaches that change the behavior of coastal businesses and/or residents so that they are more resilient when making decisions and taking actions in a risk-prone environment.
- Instructor for Programming II - introduction to C++course. This course introduces students to object-oriented programming, recursion, data structures, and basic search algorithms with the aim of expanding their programming skills.
- Instructor for Computer Engineering Graphics course. The course's objective was to introduce students to advanced computer science techniques for 3D modeling.