Y-12 National Security Complex

Staff Engineer, IT

Oak Ridge, TN

Full-time, 06/2018 – presentXX

Managed and operated by Consolidated Nuclear Security, L.L.C. (CNS) and serving the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) NNSA Production Office (NPO), performing full-stack software engineering and solution architecture focused on modernized systems development solutions to support enterprise-wide digital transformation on behalf of the Information Solutions and Services (ISS) department.

• Technical Lead (08/2022 – presentXX)
• Oversee and perform development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) of mobile-based application pipelines for secure wireless environments. These efforts supplement enterprise system components, including Inventory Management and Supply Chain Management. Technologies involved include .NET, Xamarin, and Android SDK.
• System Architecture Specialist (06/2018 – presentXX)
• Pivotal role in the consolidation of NNSA’s Pantex Plant site’s Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system into Y-12’s SAP ERP system. Implementation and configuration of SAP ECC 6 HANA materials (MM), supply chain (SCM), and human resources (HCM) modules. As well as supported document management and account security sub-systems. Integration of BURP Suite Professional for DevSecOps penetration testing for application deployments.

Roll-Tech Molding Products, L.L.C.

IT Manager

Hickory, NC

Full-time, 08/2017 – 05/2019XX

Roll-Tech Molding Products, LLC (RMP), an Impact Environmental Group, Inc. company, based in Hickory, NC is a manufacturing company with $12M annual revenue. RMP uses recycled materials to manufacture a variety of products such as pavers, wheels, tires, and casters targeted to public and private sectors.

• Business Relationship Manager (08/2018 – 05/2019XX)
• Vital link between the IT department and business units, leveraging technology to drive manufacturing excellence. This role involved understanding the unique needs of manufacturing operations, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring that technology solutions aligned with strategic goals. Facilitated communication with manufacturing leaders, gathered requirements, and translated them into actionable IT initiatives. Aligned technology investments with business objectives, enhanced efficiency, productivity, and innovation. Oversaw IT projects related to manufacturing processes, supply chain optimization, and quality control. Evaluated and managed technology vendors, ensuring seamless integration of solutions.
• Systems Architect (08/2017 – 05/2019XX)
• Company-wide support of all information technology systems including Global Shop Solutions (i.e., ERP, CRM, Pervasive DB) and Microsoft Small Business Server. Architected design schemas with Pervasive 11 SQL (PSQL) ERP and wrote business logic for real-time business intelligence reporting which increased plant productivity by 25%. Conducted Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaigns and configured web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. Using Sales Samurai, SEO campaigns increased e-commerce sales by 30%.

Freelance – Business Transformation

Real Estate, Information Systems, and Multi-media Development

Hickory, NC

Self-employed, 08/2010 – presentXX

Freelance information systems (IS) consulting, software development, website development, search engine optimization (SEO), and multi-media production services. Projects include:

Projects:

• Springs Corners, L.L.C. (01/2019 – presentXX)
  • Commercial Real Estate Partner, Owner
• Moores Ferry Associates, L.L.C. (08/2019 – presentXX)
  • Residential Real Estate Partner, owner
• ElectroMotor Group, Inc. (01/2019 – 10/2019XX)
  • IS consultant, software development
• The Learnwell Projects (01/2017 – 02/2017XX)
  • web developer, 3D composition
• Patrick Beaver LRC (01/2014 – 04/2016XX)
  • web development, SEO, consulting
• West Caldwell Health Council [WLW] (01/2012 – 05/2012XX)
  • SEO, consulting
• Grow a Design (01/2011 – 04/2011XX)
  • web development
• Roll-Tech Molding Products (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • web development, SEO, video production
• NC Judicial Branch District 25 (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • video production
• Spectrum Techwear (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • video production
• Oak Wakeskates (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • video production
• Everett Chevrolet (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • web development, video production
• Shook & Tarlton Realtors (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • web development, video production
• T & T Investments (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • web development
• Godfrey's Restaurant (01/2010 – 04/2010XX)
  • web development

East Tennessee State University

Adjunct Professor of Practice

Johnson City, TN

Part-time, 08/2017 – presentXX

Adjunct Faculty member of East Tennessee State University College of Business and Technology Department of Computing, located in Johnson City, Tennessee. Supervised by Dr. Brian T. Bennett, Ph.D. and Dr. Martin A. Barrett, Ph.D. Programs offered include Masters and Bachelors degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, Financial Technology, and Data Analytics.

• Lecturer (05/2024 – presentXX)
• Teaching business and computing courses for the College of Business and Technologies Department of Computing. Acting as resident SAP SE software expert, teaching SAP S/4HANA courses, e.g., CSCI 3700 – Enabling Business with Information Systems. Topics taught include management and organizational theory, information and communication theory, and systems theory relevant to managing an organization’s information resources. Focuses on computer and database concepts related to the design, analysis, operation, and control of information systems that aid management decision-making. Average class size is 30 students.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (08/2017 – 05/2019XX)
• Taught undergraduate computing courses for the College of Business and Technologies Department of Computing’s Graduate Teaching Assistantship office. Lectured business principles and best practices. Courses included: CSCI 1100 – Using Information Technology (teaching word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases); CSCI 1250 – Introduction to Computer Science I (teaching object-oriented programming in Java).

Lenoir-Rhyne University

Teaching Assistant, OIT

Hickory, NC

Work Study, 09/2013 – 05/2015XX

Assistant for Lenoir-Rhyne’s Office of Information Technology department. Provided on-site support for online graduate courses based on the Hickory campus using the Cisco Webex platform. Remained in attendance throughout each course session to provide IT support for issues related to Webex and Canvas as they arose. Acted as facility assistant for Minges Science Center. Supported video streaming of Cassegrain reflector telescope for astronomy club.

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

M.B.A. in Business Administration (08/2023 – 12/2024) [2]

Professional MBA, lock-step program. General leadership concentration with Supply-Chain Management and Lean Manufacturing specializations. Topics covered include Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Information Technologies, Machine Learning, and Business Intelligence. Capstone Project involved creating an Organizational Action Plan (OAP) for current employer, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at Y-12 National Security Complex. OAP, with supervision by Dr. Andy Puckett, Ph.D., required researching areas of concern by CNS, LLC senior executives and providing solutions. These solutions addressed concerns about employee retention, life-cycle management, and strategic alignment. Leadership development coaching by Dr. Ashely Stowe, Ph.D. Program orchestrated by the University of Tennessee Knoxville Haslam College of Business Professional MBA department. Accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

• UT Unofficial Academic Transcript

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

M.S. in Computer and Information Sciences (08/2017 – 05/2019) [3]

Concentrations in enterprise resource planning and business intelligence (BI). Served as a graduate TA, teaching undergraduate level IT courses, responsible for lecturing and training of business principles and best practices. Conducted research and development for a graduate-level capstone project which involved the implementation and testing of an in-vehicle traffic light application funded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Project supervised by Dr. Phillip E. Pfeiffer IV, Ph.D. Program orchestrated by the East Tennessee State University College of Business and Technology Department of Computing.

• Alumni Spotlight article

• ETSU Unofficial Academic Transcript

Lenoir-Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

B.A. in Computer Science; B.A. in Information Technology (08/2013 – 05/2017)

Double major, focused on software engineering and web development; practiced the Software Development lifecycle, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), and Unified Modeling Language (UML). Represented the university in three computer programming competitions supervised by Dr. Razvan 'Alex' Mezei, Ph.D. Program orchestrated by the Lenoir-Rhyne University Donald and Helen Schort School of Mathematics and Computing Sciences. Facility volunteer for Lenoir Rhyne University's Minges Science Building. Supported live web video streaming of Cassegrain reflector optics on Cisco Webex platform for the university astronomy club sky-view meetings.

• NOLS Wilderness Medicine certification (06/2024)

• The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) is an industry-leading, data-informed wilderness medicine curriculum and build new skills through hands-on practice scenarios.
• Students finish their outdoor education courses inspired and empowered to act as leaders in their community.

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (05/2024)

• Dive deep into statistical tools, hypothesis testing, and project management methodologies via LeanBP training path
• Applied Lean concepts at Y-12 National Security Complex
• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (10/2023)

• Completed data collection, measurement systems, and basic statistical analysis via LeanBP training path
• Applied Lean concepts at Y-12 National Security Complex

• UT Teaching Certificate (01/2024)

• Participated in the Teaching & Learning Innovation Division of Faculty Affairs certificate curriculum
• Available for all University of Tennessee Graduate students and Post-docs
• Earned UT TLI Curriculum Certification
• Received training on teaching through:
  • Fostering the Volunteer Experience: Using Well-being to Improve Learning
  • Administering Course-Based Assessments
  • Initiating Experiential Learning
  • Executing Inclusive Teaching

• Financial Modeling (01/2024)

• Attended two-day Financial and Valuation Modeling workshop
• Earned WSP Financial Modeling Certification

• SAFe 6.0 Agilist (07/2023)
• Passed SAFe 6.0 Agilist upgrade exam
• SAFe 5.1 Agilist (08/2022)
• Completed 40 hours of Scaled Agile Framework SAFe 5.1 Agilist course
• Passed SAFe 5.1 Agilist exam

• Data Analytics Professional Certificate (05/2022)
  • Google Data Analytics Capstone: Complete a Case Study (05/2022)
  • Data Analysis with R Programming (05/2022)
  • Share Data Through the Art of Visualization (02/2022)
  • Prepare Data for Exploration (02/2022)
  • Process Data from Dirty to Clean (02/2022)
  • Analyze Data to Answer Questions (02/2022)
  • Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions (06/2021)
  • Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere (06/2021)
• UX Design Professional Certificate (05/2022)
  • Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD (05/2022)
  • Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs (05/2022)
  • Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma (04/2022)
  • Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts (04/2022)
  • Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate (02/2022)
  • Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes (02/2022)
  • Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design (06/2021)

• Foundations for Performance Excellence (05/2022)

• Completed 4-day seminar at a Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC training facility in Oak Ridge, TN
• Mission - strategic alignment between objectives
• People - adopting health work culture
• Systems - adapting a systematic integration

• SAP Student Recognition Award (12/2019)

• Completed 9 credit-hours of SAP ERP-based courses at graduate level through the SAP University Alliance program
• CSCI-5730 - Enterprise Information Systems, Dr. Tony Pittarese, Ph.D.
• CSCI-5757 - Enterprise Implementation, Mr. Stephen Hendrix, M.B.A., M.S.
• CSCI-5767 - Enterprise Programming, Dr. Tony Pittarese, Ph.D.

• SAP Certified Application Associate - Business Process Integration with SAP S/4HANA 1709 (04/2018)
• Credited 4 university credit hours of CSCI-5900 - Independent Study through the East Tennessee State University (06/2019)
• Supervised by Mr. Stephen Hendrix, M.B.A., M.S.

• Information Technology Award (05/2017)
• Computer Programming Award (05/2016)
• PMI Student Recognition Award (04/2016)
• Completion of 45 hours of PMI PMBOK [4] related coursework
• Supervised by Dr. Bjarne Berg-Sæther, Ph.D., D.B.A.
• Dean's List Award (11/2014)
• Dean's List Award (11/2013)

• AppHack 4 hosted by Major League Hacking and sponsored by Dell Computers, 1st Place Award (01/2015) [5], [6]
• Mentored by Dr. Razvan 'Alex' Mezei, Ph.D.

• Lab Manager, STEM Scouts (08/2024 – present)XX
• Scouting America's Great Smoky Mountain Council #557 STEM scouts program aims to teach young people to show leadership, display confidence, realize their skills, respect others’ opinions, become problem solvers in all aspects of life, look for opportunities to serve others, demonstrate good citizenship and show integrity.

• Advisory Board Member, Department of Computing (02/2024 – present)XX
• The ETSU CBAT Computing Advisory Board seeks to keep ETSU Computing at the forefront of technology and uphold its reputation in offering the best computing degrees in Tennessee.

• Board Member, Branding Chair (11/2023 – present)XX
• The Y-12 Eaerly Career Group is a Y-12 Affinity group for employees and researchers new to Y-12 or Oak Ridge, TN and wanting to expand their networks. Y-12 ECG offers various Lunch-and-Learn sessions and social events to keep its members engaged. More so, the group organizes and performs various voluntary community outreach initiatives for the Oak Ridge and surrounding community.

• Committee Member, Community Outreach (09/2023 – present)XX
• Adopted mile of North Central Street in downtown Knoxville; conduct bi-annual cleanup

• Volunteer, Construction Specialist (03/2019 – present)XX
• Knoxville Habitat for Humanity conducts various community outreach campaigns, including home construction for families in need.

• Volunteer editor for Joyo et. al's Intelligent Traffic-lights Management by Exploiting Smart Antenna Technology, published in IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine [7] (01/2019 – 03/2019)
• Membership (08/2017 – Present)XX

• Chief of Finance and Founding Member, Lenoir-Rhyne University Chapter (08/2016 – 05/2017)
• Membership (08/2013 – Present)XX

• Management & Leadership:
• PMBOK, Agile, Scrum, ITSM/ITIL, Scaled Agile, Lean Six Sigma
• Project Management Institue, Scaled Agile Inc., Lean Business Processes, L.L.C.

• Business Intelligence:
• Quantitative Analytics, Applied Statistics, Machine Learning, SAP Leonardo, SAP Design Studio, SAP Lumira, Microsoft PowerBI, R

• ERP Implementation:
• Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Global Shop Solutions ERP (on-premises), Global Shop Solutions CRM (cloud), SAP R/3, SAP S/4, SAP HANA, SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, Object-Oriented ABAP, OpenSQL, T-SQL, XML, JSON, BOBJ

• Front-end Development:
• CSS3, Sass, Less, JavaScript, jQuery, Drupal, WordPress, SEO, Web Sockets, Web Workers
• UI/UX, Bootstrap, jQuery UI, React.JS, Canvas API, SAP UI5, SAP Fiori, SAP MBCs

• Back-end Development:
• ABAP, ABAP/4, ASP.NET, SAP BSP, PHP, Perl, Java, Python, C++
• Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, Spring.io, Android Studio, SAP NetWeaver, SAP BOBJ Explorer, Oracle cPL/SQL, FlexSQL, Infor ION (EAM) asset management, IBM Cognos

• Internet of Things (IoT) Implementation:
• SAE j2735 compliance, C-V2X integration with DSRC & 5G, SPAT messaging, Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1
• Android Mobile

• DevSecOps:
• SDLC, Git/SVN, ERDs, UMLs, CI/CD
• GitLab, TeamCity, Jira, Azure DevOps