Strengths
Collaboration
Communication
Project management
Innovative
Hobbies
With a focus on continuous learning and growth, I strive to make a positive impact using my domain expertise in education, life sciences, music, and leadership development by leveraging the powers of data analysis, data science, machine learning, deep learning, an artificial intelligence to help others make the best better
Tutoring
Improving skills through side projects
Chess
Banos de Agua Santa, Ecuador Photo taken by Thomas J. James
Hiking
Camping
Bicycling
Volunteering
Trumpet
Piano
Drones
Snorkeling
Self-Motivated
Creativity
Spanish
Teamwork
Leadership
Mentoring
R Programming
Python Programming
Sentiment & Semantic Analysis
Recommender Systems
Teaching
Entomology
Currently...
Brainstorm and initiating development of innovative ideas
Seeking new career opportunities
Developing a recommender system for course selection according to occupation title
Engineering a object-detection and classification app for Yoga-enthusiasts
Expand knowledge through online courses, books, and seminars
Sketching wireframe models for more optimal social/educational-development websites
Daily Yoga & Shadow-boxing
Daily chess
Achievements, Leadership Roles, & Future Goals
Teaching, Volunteering, & Exploring
High School
Road to Bachelors of Science in Biology
Exploring the Andes Mountains
Andrean High School
Core 40 Diploma
Eagle Scout
4-H King Nominee
4-H Camp Counselor
Scouts Senior Patrol Leader
Sports : Baseball, Basketball
Spellbowl State Champion
Music: Marching Band, Concert Band, Theatre Orchestra
Outstanding Achievement in Music
Musical Talent Scholarship
Benedictine University
Schmitt Math & Physics Scholarship
Cuneo Foundation Award Scholarship
Campus Ministry
Knights of Columbus 4th Degree
Intramural Badminton
Brain Surgery
Two-time Hurricane Disaster Relief Volunteer
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Tour-Guide & Taxonomist
Concert Band
Jazz Band
Pep Band
Boy Scout Assistant Scoutmaster
Marine Biology Studies in the Exuma Islands, Bahamas
Woody Plants Studies at the Morton Arboretum
Seven years Substitute Teaching
Thirteen Years Professional Tutoring
Boy Scout Troop Committe Chairman
Cub Scout Camp Commissioner
Religious Education Teacher
Food Drive Volunteer
Young Catholic Professional Leader
Naturalist Intern at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Knights of Columbus Volunteer
Seizure-free with no medicine for 3.5 years
Ascent Mama (Volcan) Tungurahua
Hike through the Mindo Cloud Forest
Hike crater-rim of an extinct volcano
Hike inside the Amazon
Experience different cultural practices and beliefs
Adapt to living at higher altitudes
Marine Mammalogy Studies at the John G. Shedd Aquarium
Road to Masters in Applied Data Science
Complete 19 Coursera specializations in topics such as Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and AI Engineering
Acceptance into the University of Michigan's Masters in Applied Data Science
Society of Learning Analytics & Research Member
Learning Analytics Summer Institute Scholarship & Research Conference at National University of Singapore
2nd Prize in School of Information Capstone Project Expo
Capstone Project: Developing a Recommender System Engine that can recommend online courses according to occupation title
Milestone II Project: Using NLP, Sentiment Analysis, and Semantic Analysis to analyze NBA Twitter text data
School of Information Leadership Award
Here & Now
Seeking new career opportunities
Brainstorming and initiating development of innovative ideas
Continuously expanding knowledge through online courses, books, and seminars
Leading data science, machine learning, and AI teams in the engineering of an educational product
Daily chess
Daily Yoga & Shadow-boxing
Developing a recommender system that assists with online course selection according to occupation title
Developing better user-directed search engines and social/educational-development websites
To be continued...
Making the Best Better Together
Stray buddy ready to hike with us around the crater-rim of Volcan Quilotoa (aka Laguna de Quilotoa), and peaks of Los Illinizas Volcanoes in the distance.