Mathematical and Statistical Programming Consultant

Expertise

• Mathematical and statistical programming.
• Computational fluid dynamics.
• Parallel programming.
• Multi-objective optimization.
• Finite Element Analysis.
• Neural networks.
• Nonlinear regression.
• Benchmarking super computer applications and systems.
• Applied mathematics, such as agricultural distribution systems.
• Meshless approximation methods.
• Nonlinear optimization.
• Bilingual, fluent Spanish and English.

Programming Tools

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Technical Support Engineer, 2007 - 2009

• Provided bilingual technical support for a embedded mathematical and statistical software company.
• Researched, rewrote, and parallelized algorithms (nonlinear regression, clustering, and others) for the Version 7.0 release of the IMSL C Numerical Library using OpenMP.
• Optimized floating point performance using BLAS and Intel Math Kernel Library (Intel MKL).
• Researched, created and delivered original technical presentations in English and Spanish in U.S. and Latin America.

CSC, Inc, Vicksburg, MS, Computational Scientist, 2004 - 2007

• Benchmarked supercomputer applications in support of Department of Defense procurement efforts; provided critical proposal evaluation assistance to Benchmark Team; conducted mathematical research.
• Successfully benchmarked more than thirty DoD supercomputers (Sun, Cray, IBM, HP) across the country in support of DoD HPC Modernization Office (DoD HPCMOD).
• Mastered the installation and structure of large parallel (MPI/OpenMP) supercomputer applications (WRF, HYCOM) written in C and Fortran.
• Wrote specialized scoring scripts in Perl and Gnuplot in support of proposal evaluation and ultimate vendor selection.
• Conducted computational fluid dynamics research and published a paper on meshless methods for solving Partial Differential Equations.

Athena Technology Consultants, Inc, Houston, TX, Vice President, 2000 - 2004

• Procured Government Contracts and Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants.
• Obtained GSA schedule number for company: researched suppliers' inventory, compiled item lists, obtained letters of commitment; completed 200 page federal solicitation.
• Researched, wrote/co-wrote and completed submission of three SBIR grant proposals: 1. Development of 3-D unsteady meshless method based on dissertation work; 2 Development of new rocket fuel/oxidizer mixture (diethyl ether and hydrogen peroxide) and 3) Proposal to apply manufacturing cost-accounting principles to agricultural production through combined software/hardware system.

Total Answer Business Systems, Inc, Miami, FL, Vice President, 1986 - 2000

• Assisted in development, sale, and installation of proprietary multi-user vertical market database applications for produce brokerages and packing houses.
• Installed Local Area Networks.
• Researched automatic generation and transmittal of business documents, e.g. sales orders, as part of business operations.
• Formulated schemae for custom application customers.

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• High Performance and Super Computing
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Fortran Programmers
• Python Community

Credentials

• Bilingual, English and Spanish

Publications

• Authored and co authored several publications in English and Spanish.

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering - Rice University, Houston, TX
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering - Rice University, Houston, TX
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering - Rice University, Houston, TX