Experience
Professional Roles
Below is a list of professional experiences and a short description detailing my responsibilities in each one. Each of these opportunities have helped me grow in different ways, contributing to the person I am today. Feel free to reach out and inquire more!
Lead VR Developer
University of Pennsylvania (2021 – Present)
Details: Leading the initiative to bring virtual reality to medical and surgical education within the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Responsibilities: Design, develop, architect, test, deploy, and manage building a comprehensive virtual reality platform that is used by multidisciplinary medical providers at different institutions. In addition, I work with Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania to lead CO-OP and internship opportunities. In this role I have presented my work at conferences, sat on expert panels, and published papers detailing our findings.
Skills: Unity, C#, Development, Design, Agile/Jira, Git, Optimization, VR/AR Development
Software Developer
SEI Archway (2018-2019)
Details: I was a software developer at a financial portfolio website where I assisted in front-end and back-end development and fixes.
Responsibilities: I worked with software leads, product architects, designers, and QA to deploy updates and fixes to the SEI web platform. I worked with C# .Net, SQL, Flash, and React.
Skills: C#, SQL, Flash, React
Software Developer
Raytheon (2019 – 2021)
Details: Developed, designed, and executed testing tools for AWW-13 Analog-to-Digital conversion project.
Responsibilities: I worked closely with embedded developers, product owners, scrum managers, and more to design testing tools and test plans to verify product requirements according to design documents.
Skills: Jira, Test Development, Documentation, Python
Computer Engineer
NSWC crane (2017 – 2019)
Details: I had a variety of software projects but my main focus was supporting test development for a digital chip test machine.
Responsibilities: I designed and executed test scripts for digital chip testing, developed Python tests to analyze and stress nonvolatile RAM through the serial port interface, and created Python Raspberry Pi grid that communicates over WIFI
Skills: Test Development, Python, Raspberry Pi, C++, VBA, SQL
Presentations
I have been given the great opportunity to speak about my work at several different conferences and events. The few listed below are highlighted presentations and details about them!
IVR Surgical Education
Presented At International Simulation Health Conference (IMSH) 2023
Details: A presentation I gave showcasing the study we executed finding that IVR was a valid alternative to traditional didactic teaching methods.
Piloting A VR Curriculum in Healthcare
Presented at International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA) 2023
Details: I spoke on a panel with expert clinicians who have a particular interest in VR and simulation. Being the only engineer on the panel, my technical knowledge was a highlight of the session providing insights into how it’s development and the future of the modality.
Developing Medical IVR in Unity
Presented at International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA) 2023
Details: At this conference I detailed the process from start to finish on how to design medical scenarios in VR, and specifically how to do it in Unity.
Feasibility of IVR Knowledge Acquisition
Presented at Philadelphia Area Simulation Consortium (PASC) 2024
Details: A continuation of the efforts presented at IMSH 2022, I presented the new findings of our study proving that in high or low income settings IVR is a valid alternative to traditional teaching methods.
Posters
Here are a few posters I have been involved in making and presenting! All of these posters are from students I mentored through my co-op and internship initiatives with Drexel and University of Pennsylvania.
Suture Pad Silicone Model & AR
PURM 2024
Details: This covers the design and creation of a suture pad from silicone and 3D printed molds for surgical resident practice. This idea is being extended into augmented reality for a more engaging interactive educational tool.
Skin Cutting in VR
PURM 2022
Details: This poster covers the conceptualization and development of a shader and effects system used to emulate “cutting” of a surface in VR. Mesh generation, bezier splines, and Unity Shader Graph were all used in conjunction to create this effect.
Medical Simulation in VR
PURM 2022
Details: This poster shows the design and results of a study of clinical simulation in VR vs traditional didactic teachings. The VR module was built by us and then tested on 1st year surgical interns.
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