Current Employment

Engineer 1

Currently I work for Seagate as a Engineer 1 on their Vacuum Sustainment and Yield team. In this role I work to ensure production of products continues while maintaining a high level of quality. My specific area is Vacuum Etch.

Located out of the Normandale campus, my role sees a lot of experimentation in addition to production wafers. This often leads to quick on-the-fly actions to be taken based on engineering insight into the process and history of machines and wafers alike.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of my work, I cannot go into great detail regarding specific projects; however, I would welcome any individual questions regarding my qualifications.

Previous Employment

Software Developer

Starting in 2021, I worked as a Software Developer for RFA Engineering as an onsite contractor for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group. I worked on locating and fixing various bugs in software for autonomous vehicles. For the duration of my employment, I had a large exposure to C/C++, in addition to Python and MATLab/Simulink.

While not working on defects, I also worked on new and emerging products slated for future releases. These products allowed me to truly understand the thought and vision for the future.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of my work, I cannot go into great detail regarding specific projects; however, I would welcome any individual questions regarding my qualifications.

North Dakota State University Undergraduate Researcher

I worked directly with Dr. Di Wu at North Dakota State University's Engineering Department to determine a correlation between shortest path algorithms and line strength. For this position, I worked on writing Dijkstra's algorithm, and computing a betweenness metric for every line in the system based off the centrality of the line. These equations were then applied to the IEEE 9-bus system, the 39-bus system, and eventually to the 118-bus system. To write this code I used C++, but eventually switched over to MATLAB to accomodate my advisor's request.

After working on network grids, I was then recruited to work with Dr. Dali Sun to visualize large datasets for his pancreatic cancer research. In this role I transformed data to be imported into Cytoscape, and worked diligently to determine if the quantity of a cell had a correlation to a computed eigenvalue score.

Dairy Queen LLC

I worked at Dairy Queen LLC over the summers of 2015-2022. During this time I was quickly promoted to Manager. I was tasked with schedule creation, ordering product, and ensuring customer satisfaction. This led me to grow my leadership skills as I worked with my team of other managers to ensure a fun and efficient workplace.

For the 2020 summer season, I was promoted as the Dairy Queen General Manager. In this role, I took on further responsibility with employee hiring and disiplinary actions. I also oversaw scheduling and day to day operations such as truck order management and timelining product release materials. Over the course of the summer, the responsibility of keeping the store safe and secure during both the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the Minneapolis protests also fell upon my shoulders.

Best Buy of Fargo

During the summer of 2019, while I was taking classes in Fargo, I worked briefly as an Asset Protection Specialist at Best Buy of Fargo. This allowed me to learn more about technology and customer relations through assisting clients.

Tech Academy of Minnesota

Over the summer of 2018 I was employed by Tech Academy of Minnesota to teach the fundamentals of engineering and computer science to children. During this time, I was given curriculum and was expected to master and be able to relay the curriculum to students. This internship allowed me to express my ability to think on my feet and address problems such as locked rooms, broken material, and upset children.