Objective

Employment in the field of electrical engineering with opportunities for continued education and problem solving, especially in the domains of embedded hardware, wireless communication, and power generation.

Education

Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering,
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZMay 2011

• GPA 3.93 in major, 3.77 overall
• Expected to graduate cum laude
• Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society
• Courses in team-based design, digital signal processing, electromagnetics, power electronics, wireless communications, VHDL, digital and analog circuits, and embedded control
• Major design projects include a human-powered AC generator, a metamaterial-based electrically-small antenna system, a VHDL microcontroller implemented on a FPGA, and a 2-axis solar tracking system

Experience

Undergraduate Researcher,
NAU Wireless Networks Laboratory, Flagstaff, AZ2009–Present

• Designed embedded research systems for environmental measurement from design through schematic, layout, manufacturing, population, programming, and deployment
• Wrote embedded C code for new hardware as well as upgrades to existing code
• Designed automated experiments to test hardware and software changes and analyzed the resulting data
• Wrote desktop C code for data processing and analysis
• Automated the build process to decrease downtime by 80 percent

Skilled Trades Assistant,
NAU Lockshop, Flagstaff, AZ2007–Present

• Modernized the key plan and recoding system
• Installed, repaired, and serviced over 2,000,000 physical and electronic locks on campus
• Designed and documented procedures at all levels for new electronic access system
• Revised and streamlined the key tracking systems for increased security and convenience

Director of Technology,
Data Doctors Franchise Systems, Tempe, AZ2001–2007

• Worked through the levels of employment from Customer Service Associate to Director of Technology
• Supported more than 25 franchisees and their employees in more than 50 locations across the nation
• Created and documented company policy and procedures for technical aspects of the business
• Trained corporate staff, franchisees, and employees both in-person and remotely on new policies and procedures
• Mentored a group of franchisees on all aspects of their business and acted as a liaison between them and other departments of the company
• Interviewed, hired, and managed a team in charge of the corporate Extranet (web-based company management software)

Activities & Honors

• Tau Beta Pi Honors Society
• Senior Advisor, NAU IEEE Student Chapter, 2010–11 academic year
• Chair, NAU IEEE Student Chapter, 2009–10 academic year
• Active IEEE Student Member: Communications and Antennas & Propagation Society
• Supplemental Instructor (tutor) and Teaching Assistant for first- and second-year circuit, intermediate programming, and microprocessor courses
• Member of the Coconino County ARES team to assist local public services with emergency response and communication
• General class amateur radio license
• Dean's List of Distinguished Students, all academic years
• Gabaldon dormitory hall council, 2007–08 academic year

Technical Skills

• Analog and digital systems design
• Schematic capture
• VLSI and PCB layout
• Circuit simulation
• Embedded, desktop and web programming
• Technical writing and layout
• Licensed General Class HAM Operator

Software & Languages

Altera Quartus, AutoCAD, C, C++, CVS, DipTrace, EAGLE, Excel, LaTeX, MATLAB, Mentor Graphics Design Architect, Mercurial, Multisim, Power Point, PSpice, R, SolidWorks, Subversion, SQL, VHDL, Visio, Word