EXPERIENCE
- 01/2016 – Present
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) of Biomedical Informatics
Cancer Institute Genomics Core
Serviced multi-million dollar FDA funded grant sequencing ctDNA (using liquid biopsies) from lung cancer patients, as part of a multi-institution clinical trail, using state-of-the-art bioinformatic techniques, to investigate and further develop a non-invasive technique for tracking the efficacy of treatment
Established new bioinformatics infrastructure for the newly established UAMS Genomics Core; included cloud-based approaches (e.g., Docker-based containers)
- 08/2014 – 12/2015
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) of Biomedical Informatics
Myeloma Institute
Created custom algorithms and visualization techniques to investigate the intra-clonal heterogeneity of multiple myeloma
Invented novel methods to integrate multi-modal genomic datasets to provide greater insight into a particular patient's cancer, i.e., DNA-seq, RNA-seq, methylation
- 09/2012 – 07/2014
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Myeloma Institute
Used open-source and custom software to automate bioinformatic pipelines for RNA and whole exome sequencing
Developed and fostered collaborations with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, biologists, and bioinformaticians, all working to cure multiple myeloma
- 06/2012 – 06/2014
Labscoop, LLC
Chief Technical Officer
Life sciences e-Procurement and marketing platform
Was in charge implementating the company’s technological vision
Helped to raise significant investment from Fund for Arkansas’ Future
Transitioned platform into the cloud, implemented automated client billing system from scratch, and implemented cloud-based search using Elasticsearch
- 05/2007 – 06/2010
1011 Web Solutions
Web / Database Developer II
Developed client-facing and internal applications using ASP Classic, ASP .NET v3.0 and MS SQL Server 2005
Maintained and developed new processes for large multi-step financial application for the accreditation of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs)
- 12/2005 – 07/2006
Aristotle, Inc.
Web / Database Developer II
Website Portfolio
Developed ASP Classic and ASP .NET v2.0 applications for clients, including Content Management Systems (CMSs)
Developed / maintained backend MS SQL Server 2000 databases for client applications, and Implemented front end web application work using CSS
- 11/2004 – 12/2005
Perks.com
Web / Database Developer II
Developed client-facing ASP Classic and ASP .NET v1.0 applications for the administration and awarding of incentives (points), that were redeemable for cash and/or products from an online company built marketplace
Serviced one of the company's largest client, Dell. Worked under hard-deadlines to meet changing monthly requirements
Used SQL Server 2000's ETL tool DTS extensively