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Technical Leadership
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Mentorship
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Debugging
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Problem-solving
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Challenging status quo
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Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Core Contributor

InnerSource Commons Foundation

Nov 2024 – Present
I’m pioneering a path that converges inclusivity and innovation, driving transformative initiatives that elevate underrepresented voices and foster collaboration. This includes co-founding a podcast showcasing women in tech and industry leaders, contributing to Gitlab’s open-source framework, and developing a web platform for podcast content delivery, collectively amplifying diverse perspectives and advancing innovation.
 
 
 
 
 

Founding Engineer/Core Contributor

Stanford University Legal Informatics (CodeX) Special AI Working Group

Aug 2024 – Present
I am leading the development of a scalable Legal AI platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies like LLMs, MLOps, and cloud-native services. This platform, part of the Justice for All initiative, aims to democratize AI-driven legal innovation by harnessing transformer-based LLMs for advanced tokenization, entity recognition capabilities using NLP, advanced LLM modeling capabilities.
 
 
 
 
 

Lead Data Platform Engineer

Marsh McLennan

Mar 2023 – Nov 2024
As a leader, I spearheaded the development of a scalable Enterprise Cloud Data Platform, supporting over 88,000 users across AWS and Azure. I drove innovation through strategic collaborations, advancing AI and ML capabilities, and implementing enterprise-wide solutions, including infrastructure as code, data governance, and CI/CD deployments. My efforts resulted in significant improvements, including reduced infrastructure provisioning time, faster deployment times, and enhanced data security and privacy standards.
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Data Engineer

Axios Inc.

Aug 2021 – Jul 2022
As a data engineering leader, I propel the development of AI and ML software products by designing and implementing scalable data platforms, architectures, and pipelines that empower Data Science and Insights teams. My efforts have yielded significant impact, including a 75% increase in data throughput via a scalable Airflow data platform, 50% reduction in ingestion latency through efficient ETL pipelines including integrating 5+ APIs from platforms like Stitch, Stripe, and Segment, reducing ingestion latency by 50%, and 40% optimization of data processing through strategic refactoring of AWS Batch and Lambda jobs. By translating data requirements into actionable engineering solutions, I accelerate the development of AI-powered software products, such as AI-powered writing tools, and drive business value through data-driven innovation such as Smart Brevity AI-Powered Writing Tool.
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Data Application Engineer

Nike Inc.

Jun 2018 – Aug 2021
I drove key initiatives to scale AI solutions and enhance data capabilities, including a successful AWS cloud migration that enabled enterprise-wide analytical capabilities across 5 data squads. I spearheaded a Python 3 migration, achieving a 75% performance gain and contributing to over $25 billion in revenue growth. Additionally, I streamlined data ingestion, transformed batch processes, and centralized data repositories, resulting in significant improvements in data quality, latency, and development efficiency. These efforts had a profound impact on several key data analytics teams, empowering them to drive business intelligence, retail and wholesale pricing strategies, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Data Scientist | Data Architect

Sparq

Sep 2017 – May 2018
I drove transformative impact through technical leadership and innovative solutions. By fostering a collaborative team culture, I boosted engineering productivity by 30%. Additionally, I designed and delivered customized ML solutions for 6 clients, driving a 20% increase in business value. I also developed web scraping API features from leading sources like Google, Twitter, and Quandl, enhancing clients’ analytic capabilities and consumption.

Accomplishments

Hacking the Future of Law as a Legal AI Disruptor

Revolutionizing access to justice by introducing the inaugural LLM AI Platform Competition, showcasing innovative solutions to 10+ leading Venture Capitalists and paving the way for a more equitable legal landscape.

Transforming API Standards and Platforms as a Core Contributor

As part of the API Engineering Committee, I challenged the status quo to redesign the 5+ years of API standards used to enhance the functionality of Nike’s core API best practices. Leading development effort migrating API platform hosted in Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence to Docker and GitHub pages. This impacted several thousands of software engineers across the company by enforcing API best practices.

Empowering Future Tech Leaders as a Mentor

Mentored 7 young Black female students from 5th grade to high school students, providing guidance and technical expertise to develop the first mobile app in Scratch, promoting STEM education and bridging the diversity gap in tech. Inspired and equipped the next generation of women in STEM, fostering a passion for technology and innovation.

Transformed Global Engineering Leadership Through Strategic and Cultural Impact as a Technical Leader

As part of the Global and Core Engineering Committees, I provided visionary leadership and mentorship to 450+ software engineers, fostering a culture of inclusivity, diversity, and belonging across Nike’s global tech communities. Amplified tech advocacy efforts, promoting equal access to opportunities, resources, and support for engineers from all backgrounds, fueling innovation and growth. Additionally, I also mentored 10+ key tech Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), yielding a 33% success rate of deployed tech ideas that aligned with Nike’s tech strategy.

Elevating Women in Tech (eWiT) as a Founder and Chair

Spearheaded a female leadership committee, driving impactful initiatives that empowered women in tech and STEM fields. Organized seminars that attracted over 200 attendees, fostering a community of women in tech and providing a platform for knowledge sharing and networking. Curated 10+ innovative demos, showcasing cutting-edge technologies and inspiring women to pursue careers in STEM.

Recent Posts

Exploring Python’s data transformation and formatting capabilities, including parsing and validation, optimization and …

Exploring Python’s data transformation and formatting capabilities, including parsing and validation, optimization and …

Exploring Python’s data transformation and formatting capabilities, including parsing and validation, optimization and …

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Empowering Access to Justice for All by leveraging cutting-edge Legal AI, I’m architecting a scalable platform that converges …

Featured Publications

Using Variational Free Energy to Measure the Outcome Viability of Legal Cases.