Work Experience

ASSOCIATE DATA SCIENTIST, NORTHROP GRUMMAN

May 2019-Present

While at Northrop Grumman, I have supported a variety of programs, IRADs, and captures/proposals:

• DARPA Hallmark: Led test event activities such as interviews with subject matter experts and after action reviews; administered and analyzed usability tests; collected physiological data; tested user interfaces; developed models for multi-variate statistics to analyze the collected data

• DARPA ASIST: Designed and built a testbed for human-machine teaming in a game-based environment in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University

• ASH IRAD: Carried out the duties of a data and lab manager. Helped design several testbeds for the collection of physiological data for predictive mental states, which were also leveraged by DARPA programs (e.g., OFFSET, ASIST). Co-inventor on one invention disclosure, Neuro-Predictive Algorithm for Human Attention Usage

• DTO IRAD: Conducted literature reviews for resource allocation in autonomous teams

• Proposal Support: Supported numerous S&T proposals for DARPA (PTG, EDGE, ACE) and AFRL (Matrix) with an emphasis on usability studies, technical volume preparation, and developing basis of estimates. Supported the proposal manager with finalization of proposal manuscripts to ensure on-time and compliant submittals.

• Capture Support: Recent research focuses on the role of creativity in human-machine teams for the CADENCE capture. Technical approaches look at the way in which the concept of creativity affects the quality of outputs in teams and also have creativity can be bolstered using different kinds of AI teammates/algorithms. Led several engagements with the DARPA customer and preparing for the BAA.

• Additional Support: Also have held the role of scrum master and capabilities demonstrator for customers during test events

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, HEMODYNAMICS AUTOMATION RESILIANCE & TRUST (HEART) LAB AT GEORGE

MASON UNIVERSITY

June 2016-May 2019

Undergraduate research assistant on graduate level projects involving System Wide Trust. Went on to design, execute, analyze, write, and then finally publish and present my research on System Wide Trust. This process was overseen by Dr. Tyler Shaw and was a thesis submitted to fulfill the requirements of Honors in Psychology.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, SOCIAL ROBOTICS AND EMOBODIED COGNITION LAB AT GEORGE MASON

UNIVERSITY

September 2017-March 2018

Lead researcher on the gaze cueing effect within the context of social robotics.

INTERN, CAMPAIGN GRID

July 2014-November 2014

Held dual responsibilities acting as the office’s head of hospitality and competition researcher. During my time, I built detailed dossiers on competition while also managing my duties of data entry and campaign demographics researcher.