Curriculum Vitae

University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND

Advisor: Dr. Tingjun Lei · GPA: 4.0/4.0

• Research focus: autonomous systems, robotic simulation, reinforcement learning, multi-objective coverage planning, and adaptive path optimization.
• Selected coursework: Robotics Fundamentals, Introduction to Autonomous Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Soft Computing & Computational Intelligence, Cyber-Physical Systems Security.

Minnesota State University Moorhead · Moorhead, MN

Minors: Computer Information Systems & Entrepreneurship

• Summa Cum Laude · Dean's List (8 semesters) · ACHA Academic All-American 2018–2019
• Presented senior capstone research on deep learning for short-term cryptocurrency prediction at MSUM's annual student academic conference.

• Designing reinforcement learning agents for autonomous coverage of ice rink surfaces, addressing non-standard vehicle kinematics and constrained operating environments.
• Building high-fidelity simulation environments in NVIDIA Isaac Sim integrated with Gymnasium, enabling rapid policy iteration and sim-to-real transfer.
• Developing multi-objective planning and optimization methods for adaptive, informative coverage that balance surface quality, energy cost, and time constraints.
• Investigating RL-based control strategies for robustness under dynamic conditions (ice degradation, obstacle avoidance, sensor noise).

• Built a CNN using TensorFlow for image-based classification of surface vegetation during a summer REU at the University of North Dakota.

Founder & Lead Software Engineer

• Founded a software consultancy; architecting distributed systems with microservice pipelines (Django, .NET, Angular) and containerized CI/CD infrastructure.

Senior Software Engineer

• Developed embedded software for the Ecolab CoreTemp medical fluid warmer used in hospital settings, including FDA-regulated testing and compliance documentation.
• Led full-stack web and mobile projects across diverse clients; served as technical lead for the Cogi platform and the Arctic.gov website launch.

Software Engineer

• Architected serverless AWS infrastructure (Lambda, Step Functions) for high-volume healthcare systems, designing event-driven pipelines with system observability.

President & Founder

• Founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit to support MSUM hockey; manage finances, fundraising, and coordination across university administration, league officials, and community stakeholders.

Head Coach (Previously Founder/President)

• Built the program from scratch to 25+ members; lead all team operations including recruiting, scheduling, budgeting, and game-day strategy.