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• Engineer (no longer) seeking employment...

• Design, analysis, and program validation experience.

• Project management in the USA, England, and S. America.

  Strong teamwork, problem solving, and communication skills.

• Intellect, commitment, and strength of character.

  I know the value of time and the merit of hard work.

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Work

7/2007 to 5/2008

Project Engineer
Concepts NREC, Woburn, MA

• Managed the construction of a $700,000 test facility for an experimental air compressor.
• Responsible for total project management. Met design criteria, finished on time, and on budget.

2/2007 to 5/2007

Engineering Project Manager (Volunteer)
Para Los Niños, La Paz, Bolivia

• Managed the upgrade of 2.8 km of security fencing for disabled adults at a remote Bolivian facility.
• Responsible for total project management. Met design criteria, finished on time, and 10% under budget.
• A project summary is available at japikse.com/bolivia.

1/2005 to 11/2006

Knowledge Management Specialist
Concepts NREC, Wilder, VT

• Led a corporate Knowledge Based Engineering Opportunity Team to identify knowledge management issues and implement technical and personnel process improvements.
• Reduced information retrieval time from 3 days to 4 seconds for 400,000 core engineering documents.
• Defined, purchased, and implemented a Linux cluster, reducing design computing time by a factor of 10.
• Developed and implemented information retrieval software with Python and VBA on Windows, *nix.

9/2001 to 9/2004

Postgraduate Researcher
Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

• Designed and conducted a three-year research program with BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce plc. Developed algorithms for modeling engineering design processes.
• Designed and implemented a validation program. This program demonstrated an improved storage and recall of engineering design information by 13% (mean precision and recall).
• Developed a neural network modeling of design systems with Concepts NREC (independent research). Resultant model has now evolved into production use (2003/2004).
• Developed research software using MATLAB and VBA.

5/2001 to 9/2001

Test Engineer
Concepts NREC, Wilder, VT

• Developed and conducted test and evaluation exercises of turbo-machinery design software. Identified a $15,000 per annum cost savings in training hardware. Cost savings were implemented and realized.

11/2000 to 2/2001

Field Support Services / Met. Tech
Raytheon Polar Services, Antarctica

• Provided support services for field research at Vostok, Antarctica.

Education

8/2009 to Present

MD, Candidate Class of 2013 Medical Student
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

5/2008 to 5/2009

5th Year Undergraduate Program Pre-Medical / Post-Baccalaureate
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

• Performing a year of pre-medical studies.

9/2001 to 9/2004

PhD Knowledge Management in Engineering Design (thesis)
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

• Completed PhD in less than 3 years, College Men's Rowing Captain (2003/04).

8/1996 to 5/2000

BSc Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.7/4.0
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

• Mechanical Engineer of the Year (2nd, 3rd, and 4th year), Dean's list every semester, various honor societies.

Skills / Other

1/2007 to 2/2007

Basic-to-Intermediate Spanish Language Ability
Sucre and La Paz, Bolivia

• Studied at the Academia Latinoamerica de Español and the Speakeasy Institute.

11/1998 to 5/2000

Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician
Essex Rescue, Essex, VT

• Volunteered 1000 hours to provide pre-hospital emergency medical care to four Vermont towns.

1988 to 1998

Owner and Founder
RDJ Mowing, Norwich, VT

• Grew RDJ Mowing from scratch to a $35,000 per summer company with two full time employees.

1991

Eagle Scout