About me

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Being a PhD student in Operations Research at MIT has exceeded all my expectations. I knew I would take 4 semesters of PhD coursework in optimization, statistics, and machine learning. I knew I would be expected to execute a program of research leading to a doctoral thesis – mine focuses on decision-making in healthcare. What I didn’t know was that being a PhD student would be the toughest and most rewarding job I’ve ever had. The following list captures some of what I’ve been able to accomplish in the last five years:

  • Engage doctors with a poster presentation on personalized medicine at the American Diabetes Association annual meeting in New Orleans.
  • Analyze cost-saving measures as a summer research scientist on Amazon’s fulfillment optimization team.
  • Manage week-to-week client relationship and present regularly to senior executives and core financial planning team as part of a 2-year industry partnership with Publicis.Sapient.
  • Lead internal team of 3 PhD students + 1 undergrad to meet client objectives and timelines for delivery of revenue forecasting and hiring optimization tools to Publicis.Sapient.
  • Serve as teaching assistant for multiple MBA and Executive MBA courses in supply chain planning and business analytics.
  • Tutor Executive MBA students in operations and analytics, including advising on projects with direct impact for their businesses.
  • Administer a MITx business analytics MOOC with over 4,000 active students.
  • Learn how to write code for data analysis in Matlab, R, Julia, Perl, and Python.
  • … and then develop content for and teach a session on data wrangling in R for student-led software tools course.
  • Serve as a peer counselor for my department and leader of the department’s student social group.

What a five years it has been!

Now I am looking for my next challenge – a new opportunity to work with passionate colleagues in a collaborative environment and use data science and analytics to solve high-impact problems.

More About Me

I am a lifelong learner and team player who believes strongly in the value of hard work and spirited collaboration with others.

I am currently a fifth-year PhD candidate at MIT’s Operations Research Center. My research focuses on how to use data to make decisions that benefit society. My toolkit comes from the areas of optimization, statistics, and machine learning. I am currently working on problems in healthcare analytics and business financial/personnel planning. In the past, I have worked on projects in pricing, inventory management, education, and sports.

I am passionate about education. I seek out opportunities to teach and mentor wherever I go. I strive to set a positive example and share with others the experience of being part of a community of learners, creators, and dreamers.

In my free time, I am an avid recreational athlete (flag football, soccer, basketball, inner tube water polo, etc.) and huge Boston sports fan. I also serve as a peer counselor in the Operations Research Center.

I am a proud graduate of Yale University (BA cum laude, Economics & American Studies, 2009) and the Roxbury Latin School (2005) in West Roxbury, MA.