I am a GIS certified professional with a background Environmental, Aerospace, and Mechanical Engineering. My background includes work int the IT, EHS, and Education sectors, along with volunteer leadership and management experience.
IT support for a small financial consulting company. Perform network maintenance, VPN setup, and computer technical support. Experience building and maintaining systems and hardware.
Monitoring safe work practices and regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, NJ DEP). Commonly performed safety training sessions and monitored work habits and conditions.
Taught an Advanced Physics course for high school seniors to prepare them for the AP Physics B exam. Also taught a "Physics First" course for high school freshmen.
GIS certificate program through Pratt Institute’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative focused on digital map design. Gained proficiency in ArcGIS and QGIS software packages, as well as programming in Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Masters in Environmental Engineering studying environmental remediation, water quality management, and environmental policy. Performed laboratory research into surfactant-enhanced desorption of polyfluorinated compounds from various soils. Performed significant analyses with Stella and MATLAB software products.
Masters in Aerospace Engineering studying fluid dynamics and computer modelling. Wrote Computational Fluid Dynamics programs in MATLAB and used Fluent in further analyses.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. For my capstone project, I helped start the Formula SAE team at Cooper Union, including creating computer designs and running finite element analysis for a proposed car design.
Taught mechanics, pioneering, orienteering, and photography. - Camp Secretary: 2006, 2007 - Head Counselor: 2005, 2008, 2012 - International Scouting Jamboree Planning Committee Member (hikes): 2011
Taught SCUBA diving, wake boarding, canoeing, sailing, and principles of aviation. - Camp Administrator: 2008 - Head Counselor: 2015 - Head Counselor, Sea-Scout Counselor Training Camp: 2012
- Head Counselor for Youth Scouts (age 11-18): 2011 - 2013 - Protocol Secretary: 2009 - 2011
Held weekly scout meetings with biy scouts, age 11-18 - Prepared for various merit badges and competitions - Counselor in New Jersey: 2000 – 2005, 2007-2010 - Counselor in Michigan: 2005 – 2006
Over 10 years in volunteer leadership positions.
3.5 years of professional work requiring speaking and presentation skills.
Skilled in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, C++, MATLAB.
Academic and professional research, database analysis, Open Data. GIS analysis with ArgGIS and QGIS.
