Experience
Here is a brief list of my professional working experience over the previous decade. Please visit my LinkedIn page for a comprehensive view of my entire career, from slinging pizzas as a 16-year-old to loading overnight UPS trucks as a college dropout (I went back!)
4Geeks Academy
Data Science Instructor
November 2023 - Present
Teaching methods and tools of Data Science, including:
Python, SQL, mathematics and statistics
Data Science libraries like Pandas, Numpy, scikit-learn
Machine learning, predictive modeling, regression and classification
Sylvan Learning Center
Math Instructor
October 2021 - Present
A rewarding part-time instructor role, assisting high school students learning:
AP-level Calculus
Trigonometry and algebra
High school and college-level physics
Other academic subjects, general study skills, SAT prep, etc.
Hazel Health, Inc.
Manager of Compensation and Total Rewards
February 2023 - September 2023
This was a new role in a 300-person startup, and involved creating a career framework and compensation philosophy for the company by designing a job architecture, job families, career ladder, and utilizing market benchmarks and other tools to establish firm and equitable HR policies.
VMware (returning)
UX Research Analyst
April 2022 - Present
This is a marketing role designed to understand customer journeys when using VMware products and browsing the product webpages. Relevant objectives include:
A/B testing and other experiments
Insights through Tableau, Mode, and other BI tools
SQL queries of internal databases for product telemetry and campaign effectiveness
General Assembly
Full-time student (40+hrs/week)
February 2021 - May 2021
This was a full-time immersive programming bootcamp to learn the methods and tools of modern Data Science, including and not limited to:
Practical Python, regression, classification, neural nets, PySpark, AWS, webscraping
Theoretical frameworks of modern algorithms, e.g. Eigendecomposition, stats distributions
Software collaboration via GitHub, hackathons, group projects
Creative thinking and constant focus on the why to solve problems using real-world data
VMware
Executive and Equity Compensation Consultant
February 2018 - February 2021
Primary responsibilities:
Administering equity (stock) awards for New Hires and Annual refresh
Consulting on all pay matters for executives, new hires and broad employees
Managing cross-functional discussions and projects, financial analyses, general HR tasks
M&A work, including the public acquisition of Pivotal (PVTL)
Facilitating and driving internal research on Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
Working relationships with C-Suite visibility
(Willis) Towers Watson
Senior Analyst, Executive Compensation
Feb 2014 - Feb 2018
Primary responsibilities:
Collecting Top 5 NEO pay from SEC.gov
Leading team to create and maintain an Executive Severance database
Capturing and reviewing best practices on public Board pay, executive transitions, incentive design structures, etc.
Parsing individual daily 8-K filings for real-time Executive Pay actions
Training and upskilling new team members on processes and tools for analyzing executive pay