Objective:

• A position in a technological setting utilizing my skills in computer science and scientific problem solving.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Primary Language: C++

Other Languages/OS: Linux

Scientific Software/Tools: MATLAB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Partner

Confidential, Hayward, CA

Responsibilities:

• Triage novel and unforeseen issues wif software usage and installation, internet connectivity, endpoint computer performance, and web services
• Maintain Linux servers for teh College of Science
• Troubleshoot and fix computer and software issues for desktop computers
• Oversee student workers in TA positions and IT roles
• Manage software licenses for teh College of Science as well as administer web service software

Lecturer

Confidential, Hayward, CA

Responsibilities:

• Design Curricula for introductory computer science courses.
• Teach second semester C++, computer architecture as well as teh theory of automata
• Teach a Lab section and oversee TA in administering assignments
• Teach computer literacy for scientists including MS Office and programming in Python
• Write and administer assignments and tests, making sure content is appropriately challenging, thought provoking, and reflected content in teh assigned texts.

Computer Science Intern

Confidential, Dublin, CA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed protocols from camera framegrabber that was integrated in a medical instrument
• Wrote programs in Matlab
• Debugged software for medical instruments in C#

Senior Associate Chemist

Confidential, Thousand Oaks, CA

Responsibilities:

• Instrumentation implementation, maintenance, and development of HPLC for drug testing applications
• Updated and rewrote technical procedures as well as designing and implementing more efficient experiments for drug analysis

Air Quality Chemist

Confidential, Diamond Bar, CA

Responsibilities:

• Performed computer controlled gas chromatography and mass spectrometry on atmospheric air samples including instrument calibration.
• Reconfigured a gas chromatograph to double teh sample throughput.
• This TEMPeffectively added an additional gas chromatograph to teh laboratory saving approximately $500,000.

Research Engineer

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Responsibilities:

• Conducted research and hand - built computer controlled prototypes from scratch for projects such as: a Raman spectrometer, a UV spectrometer, a laser wire stripper, and an LED solar simulator
• Managed research projects from teh ground up, researching materials and methods, designing and performing experiments and writing reports
• Wrote proposals for successfully awarded SBIR grants
• Successfully saved a program from being cut by planning an experiment and taking data to satisfy teh grant reviewers on a surprise 2 day deadline saving teh company $350,000.
• Saved grant from being cut by executing a safety inspection grossing teh company $760,000

Graduate Research Fellow

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Operation and maintenance of argon ion laser, sapphire laser, diode lasers, confocal microscope and three-dimensional scanning piezo-electric stage for single molecule fluorescence measurements.
• Programming in Labview for equipment operation and theoretical calculations.
• Conducted research developing semiconductor photovoltaics from design and synthesis to device fabrication and testing.
• Responsible for teh synthesis and characterization of novel organically templated ceramic oxide materials for photovoltaic applications.
• Techniques used included semiconductor electrodeposition, x-ray diffraction, high temperature air-free synthesis, polishing, electron dispersive spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Taught laboratory sections wif students, guiding them through chemical experiments
• Responsible for preparing and giving lectures for discussion section and setting up laboratory experiments for students.
• Prepared and gave review lectures for up to 100 students
• Taught basic chemistry principals including thin layer chromatography, column chromatography, distillation, IR Spec, NMR, UV-Vis and gas chromatography.