Engineering Background

With a Bachelors in Materials Science and Engineering, I spent almost a decade looking microscopically at broken parts and determining modes of failure. This experience taught me more than just how to use a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and perform Non Destructive Testing (NDT). It taught me how to look beyond what you see to find the true source of the problem.

It's these problem solving skills that I carry into all of my projects. A decade of examining how complex structures break really gives you a mindset for how to make unique systems function well. I excel at being able to look at the construction of a project and make adjustments to make it simpler, more efficient, and often less expensive.

Additional Skills

Physical Skills

Resin artist to acrylic painter, welding and woodworking to laser cutting, soldering, CNC cutting, knitting, seamstress and flat pattern manipulation, in addition to working with lighting and LEDs in textiles

Teaching and Instruction

Children ages 10-18 (STEM); professionals (engineering and process training), adults/seniors (arts in painting, resin, etching, and sewing)

Operations and Management

Project management, developing program milestones and prediction costs of financials. Operations management coordination all the working components of a project. Safety coordinator, conducting all training and documentation.

Technical Writing

Everything from creating manuals, processes and procedures, to reports and training documentation - all in service to create more efficient, high-quality workflow, clearer workplace communication techniques and increased employee satisfaction and retention

Software Experience

Adobe Illustrator, Sketchup, Creo, Solidworks, and Powerdirector movie editing