Experience

Graduate Student Lab Manager

Boston University NISLAB

  • Managed lab inventory, tracking assignments and organizing storage of wireless communication equipment for experiments.
  • Supervised data storage transfer in accordance with National Science Foundation requirements.
  • Handled logistics of weekly lab meeting, including scheduling, and sending notifications for meetings and announcements of other events relevant to lab members.
  • Maintained lab webpage with biographies of lab members and announcements of paper publications, conference awards, and project funding.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Boston University College of Engineering

  • Assistant-taught Introduction to Computer Networking and Cloud Computing courses.
  • Managed Zoom and Piazza components for courses as part of COVID-19 related protocols for hybrid learning.
  • Facilitated twice-weekly office hours for students to assist students with course materials and ongoing assignments.

Summer Research Intern

IBM TJ Watson Research Center

  • Developed queuing model for resource allocation where agents choose from multiple Virtual Machine (VM) types.
  • Analyzed mathematical models for multiple class VM environment where agents prioritize fastest completion time.
  • Presented research results to internal IBM team.

Business Analyst

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  • Gathered requirements for updates to Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) web application in meetings with State of Wisconsin representatives.
  • Documented WIR web application update proposals and technical details.
  • Performed Quality Assurance and functionality testing for WIR application updates.
  • Supported the WIR Help Desk as Level 2 support, investigating issues reported by end users
  • Delivered implementation of resolutions to user reported issues requiring application updates.

Technical Services Analyst - HIM/Identity

Epic Systems Corporation

  • Investigated software issues reported by client IT teams.
  • Identified solutions to reported issues, arranged for delivery of resolutions requiring software updates.
  • Facilitated weekly calls with client IT teams to triage open issues list and inform on ongoing investigations.
  • Developed wrappers for backwards compatibility of print groups displaying patient data in Release of Information reports due to functionality changes.
  • Configured clinician profiles for accessing sensitive patient data to ensure proper access and auditing.

Education

PhD Computer Engineering

Boston University College of Engineering

Supervised by Prof David Starobinski. Thesis on developemnt of economic models for interactions between passive radiometers and active communications users, with additional work in development of Markov Decsion Process-based attack modeling for cloud application autoscaling. Published four IEEE conference papers with one Best Paper Runner Up accolade; one ACM conference paper; one IEEE JSAC paper; and one VLDB paper. Two follow up works based on the research have been published: one IEEE JSTARS paper and one IEEE conference paper with Best Paper Runner-Up accolades.
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MS Systems Engineering

Boston University College of Engineering

Supervised by Prof. Starobinski.Thesis on Queuing Theory applications to Advance Reservation style acquisitions of resources in cloud computer environments. Contributions published in subsequent European Journal of Operations Research article and two Operations Reserach Letters papers.
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BA Mathematics with Distinction

Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Completed College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
Skills
Technical Skills
Linux
MATLAB
Python
Cloud Computing
C++
Kubernetes
Research & Communication
Academic Writing
Technical Report Writing
Conference Presentations
Quality Assurance
Technical Troubleshooting
Waterfall
Agile (Scrum)
Project Management
Awards
Runner Up, Best Technical Track Paper
IEEE Dyspan ∙ May 2026
Awarded for co-authored work “Modeling Microwave Radiometer Sensing Performance as a Function of Spectrum Use”, presented at the 2026 International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySpan), a conference of the IEEE Communications Society, by paper lead author Nicholas Brendle (Ohio State ElectroScience Laboratory). The paper was joint work with our respective thesis advisors Prof. David Starobinski (BU) and Prof. Joel Johnson (OSU).
Doctoral Acheivement Award
Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ∙ May 2025
Awarded for cumulative all-round service to the department and University during graduate school career, including multiple terms as President of the Student Association for Graduate Engineers, published work in multiple high-profile conferences and journals, and work mentoring students.
Runner Up, Best Policy Track Paper
IEEE Dyspan ∙ May 2024
Awarded for work Spectrum Sharing between Earth Exploration Satellite and Commercial Services":"" An Economic Feasibility Analysis, presented at the 2024 International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySpan), a conference of the IEEE Communications Society. The paper was joint work with my thesis advisor Prof. David Starobinski (Boston University NISLAB) and Prof. Joel Johnson (Ohio State ElectroScience Laboratory)
Robert E Bruce Prize for Excellence in Mathematics
Boston University Department of Mathematics and Statistics ∙ May 2012
Awarded for demonstration of strong academic record in the field of Mathematics as Bachelor’s student.
Languages
100%
English Native
40%
French Limited Working Proficiency