Colorado Mesa University

Assistant Professor

Taught Introduction to Business Analytics, Quantitative Decision Making and Operations Management.
Taught quantitative methods to sophomore, junior and senior level business students.
Collected and analyzed data to drive curriculum changes.
Created linear programming optimizations for selecting patients in a healthcare setting based on payment type and referring hospital to maximize profits.

University of Cincinnati

PhD Candidate

Taught Business Analytics, Quality Management and Operations Management
Developed dynamic programming with VBA for determining the optimal sequence of jobs to reduce the flow time of all the jobs that have two tasks separated by some waiting time.

Toyota USA

Co Op

Worked as a mechanical/process engineer in the plastics division.

SumiRiko (formerly DTR Industries)

Production Engineer

Worked in both the metal and rubber mixing departments of this Tier 1 automotive supplier.
Reduced inventory from 5 to 3 days of demand by implementing finished good Kanban.
Reduced the required number of operators from 5 to 3 in the welding department.
Implemented many quality improvements through Toyota Production System philosophies of quality at the source and prevention of defects.
Envisioned, sourced, installed, and implemented automated inventory system between two processes to reduce material handling and improve inventory visibility.

SMC Inspections

Owner

Completed home inspections for insurance companies to determine the insurability of the property.
Managed the small business from payroll to day to day operations.
Reduced daily routing from 1 hour to 5 minutes using VBA automation.
Increased revenue by 5% by mapping inspections in Tableau to interpret payments.

Minimizing Flow Time for Paired Tasks

European Journal of Operational Research