Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Increased performance of a key inventory pipeline by 95% through code optimization, smarter API query design, and high-performance caching mechanisms.
• Researched, implemented, and evaluated advanced asset ownership matching and search techniques, including fuzzy matching and semantic search with LLM-generated embeddings in a vector database. Produced performance comparison reports and provided strategic recommendations.
• Built and maintained ETL pipelines for over a dozen heterogeneous data sources, automating ingestion into custom internal data lakes. Created JSLT transformations to standardize data into OCSF schemas across several dozen sources.
• Developed custom Java ETL processors and enrichment pipelines to expand cybersecurity data lake capabilities, integrating additional complex high-value security data sources (EDR, Inventory, Vulnerability Alerts, Asset Ownership).
• Designed and implemented a FastAPI backend powering an internal asset intelligence UI, enabling efficient, large-scale querying of Trino database assets.
2022 — 2024
2022 — 2024
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Led development and maintenance of an internal cloud environment data and inventory collection system for 500k assets. Automated data ingestion from multiple sources into a large-scale NoSQL data lake, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations and delivering analytics to stakeholders and executives.
• Performed threat intelligence analysis and information gathering for high-priority CSIRT and ECIRT cases, strengthening IBM’s security posture.
• Designed and implemented a PostgreSQL database and data pipelines for a proactive vulnerability scanning and ticketing tool. Collaborated across departments to develop the system, conducted analytics on its accuracy, and integrated results with business units.
• Contributed to the development of a real-time broadcasting system for critical security alerts. Assisted in building an API that connects cybersecurity leads to employees, accelerating incident remediation.
• Developed data enrichment scripts to combine system reports from multiple sources, enabling accurate deprovisioning decisions. Achieved $40K in monthly cost savings through automation and optimization.
2021 — 2022
2021 — 2022
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Automated asset risk reporting by integrating data into Elasticsearch and building Kibana dashboards, delivering daily executive-ready insights on assets linked to high-risk countries.
• Developed and deployed automation to remediate major vulnerabilities by identifying impacted asset owners and coordinating code patches, achieving an 88% reduction in risk exposure.
• Led development of an analytics platform aggregating team project data and generating interactive visualizations via Cognos Dashboards, improving visibility into project performance.
• Drove innovation initiatives by leading and supporting tool and pipeline development, complex remediation cases, and analytics projects. Provided data consulting to internal stakeholders to guide decision-making.
2016 — 2020
Amherst, Massachusetts
• Supported campus students and faculty by organizing resources, monitoring trouble tickets, providing ad hoc IT support, and managing 20 IT Classroom Assistants.
• Presented reports on classroom and IT assistant analytics to other managers and the Assistant Director of IT Computer Classrooms on a weekly basis.
• Recognized for prioritizing meaningful communication and training assistants which ensured campus computer labs remained optimal.
2019 — 2020
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
• Helped students from various majors and backgrounds navigate across academic challenges and campus life through leadership and cultivating individual connections.
• Researched and developed visual boards and pamphlets to educate and inform residents about social responsibility and campus events.
• Coordinated with other RAs to plan and host social events that foster community engagement and growth amongst residents.
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Master of Science - MS
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor of Science - BS
Malden High School