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OutlierAI Trainer
Mar. 2025Seattle, Washington, United StatesProvide human expertise to challenge and improve a variety of Large Language Models through prompt creation, response analysis, and quality ranking. • Passed additional assessments to gain access to Expert-level Biology tasks • Rapidly gaining knowledge of common AI pitfalls and insights to improve this technology
• Utilizing complex reasoning, technical writing, and subject matter skills with each task
Queer Audacity LeatherworksOwner/Operator
Jan. 2024Seattle, Washington, United StatesI launched my first business at the start of 2024, designing, creating, and selling unique leather accessories. I’m proud to have successfully established my company, processes, and products, and continue to showcase them at select events across the region. • Defined metrics and analyzed sales data to determine the most viable products, customers, and sales locations; focused on high return-on-investment.
• Standardized production processes and optimized batch size to maximize profit margins while providing customers with high value, low price-point goods.
• Assessed market needs, finding my niche in underrepresented areas and novel designs.
• Learned local and national tax and business laws; gained expertise with Quickbooks.
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationTechnical Writer
Oct. 2022 - Dec. 2023Seattle, Washington, United StatesDisease modeling branch within the globally recognized non-profit. Wrote new technical documentation and improved existing content for advanced disease modeling software tools, ensuring a positive and successful user experience across a variety of global settings. My contract was extended twice to include designing improvements to the disease model parameter database and conducting thorough quality control of the data set. • Learned the foundations of disease modeling and the current state of global threats to public health (polio, HIV, malaria, TB and more). • Gained expertise in the "Docs as Code" model, working daily with git and ReStructuredText.
• Collaborated with the software team to understand the model and latest code changes. • Disseminated those changes to our documentation, specifically for the HIV model. • Performed troubleshooting and designed enhancements to our internal configuration database tools.
OracleSenior Program Manager - Controls Health and Assurance
Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2022Seattle, Washington, United StatesCompetitive and quickly-growing Cloud branch of the world-wide technology leader. Senior Program Manager - Internal Tools & Solutions Championed internal application development from initial discovery through go-live, working with teams across the company to unlock new efficiency and digitize their workstreams.
• Hand-selected as program and operations lead for a new, purpose-built team to meet growing demand for internal tooling solutions; develop and standardize team processes and documentation, onboard our growing staff of PMs and developers, adapt ops to fit growing scope and reach and to continuously integrate improvements.
• Collaborated with diverse internal customers to identify pain points and devise technical solutions through custom web-based applications.
• Produced and maintained detailed, transparent documentation for each step of project execution, from Business and Technical Design Documents, to self-service status dashboards, to Jira ticketing.
• Managed project timelines, resourcing, and deliverables, ensuring proactive communication across stakeholders, timely resolution of questions, and delivery of products that exceeded customer expectations.
OracleTechnical Program Manager - Commercial Compliance
Feb. 2018 - Aug. 2020Greater Seattle AreaTechnical Program Manager - Audit and Compliance Managed cloud architecture and security audits across multiple, expanding compliance frameworks, collecting and reviewing thousands of items of audit evidence year-round, liaising with dozens of teams, and actively collaborating on auditor review and approval of programs, processes and data. •Quickly engaged in the regulatory tech industry, forging connections across service teams, mastering new tools, and efficiently mining resources.
•Rapidly increased responsibility orchestrating on-site visits between third party auditors and subject matter experts, leading site logistics, scheduling, evidence collection, organization and tracking of requests, and guaranteeing follow-through on action items.
•Successfully facilitated multiple, multi-framework audits, earning renewed attestation of company-wide ISO, HIPAA and SOC compliance, and a new PCI-DSS certification, ensuring marketplace competitiveness.
•Identified opportunities for increased efficiency and more successful outcomes within and across teams; developed and rolled out process improvements to request workflows, communication, and data management.
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.Production Scientist II, Validation
Nov. 2015 - Feb. 2018Cutting-edge industry leader in immune system profiling, serving clinical, pharmaceutical, and research applications under multiple levels of regulation (CAP, CLIA, ISO, FDA, HIPAA). Validation Scientist Led planning, execution, regulatory compliance, and documentation for collaborator and internal assay validations. Served as project manager, protocol developer, and quality assurance for dozens of large- and small-scale projects on tight timelines with shifting priorities. •Independently executed numerous method validations, coordinating with multiple teams from supply chain to regulatory affairs, and delivering commendable final results.
•Collaborated on a 15-phase, year-long FDA assay submission, through planning and execution, and led the meticulous documentation and archival process.
•Validated and rolled out improvements to the company’s core assays, leading to big efficiency wins and ensuring competitive turn-around times within the industry.
•Managed multiple collaborative projects with household-name Pharmaceutical clients, securing renewed revenue and continued business relationships.
•Served on the company Safety Committee as Recorder, providing detailed minutes from quarterly meetings concerning office and laboratory safety under state and local regulations.
Seattle Children'sClinical Lab Scientist
May. 2011 - Oct. 2015Award-winning, 5-state hub for life-changing pediatric medicine, with a focus on customer satisfaction, lean processes, and continuous improvement. Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Ran advanced, CAP-regulated genetic testing while mastering the art of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement. Discovered my penchant for creating elegant, seamless processes, and eliminating pain points from existing systems. Was the go-to expert for troubleshooting and special projects. •Produced and analyzed sequencing, MLPA, qPCR, and micro-array data; researched and reported rare mutations, within the guidelines of patient privacy and safety laws and the hospital information systems.
•Managed regular 'Inspection Readiness' drills and ensured lab regulatory compliance and documentation, achieving zero significant findings across three CAP audit cycles.
•Validated, rolled-out, and trained staff on a novel diagnostic qPCR system for genomic alterations.
•Completed Toyota Production System, Quality Service, and Error Prevention trainings, and led routine and targeted 5S and A3 events, including management of a multi-lab move into a redesigned workspace.
The Ladies of Mischief, LLCCreative Director
Oct. 2010 - Apr. 2013Seattle, Washington, United StatesThe Ladies of Mischief (2010-2019) was a collaborative writing, design, and fashion project. Fully envisioned, created, and operated by a group of talented friends, our output over the three core years of operation included a long-running blog, dozens of knitting patterns, a 2.5x funded kickstarter, fashion show and event appearances, all culminating in the October 2012 release of Needles and Artifice, a one-of-its-kind steampunk adventure novella and knitting book. I served a key role in the project as Creative Director, in addition to being a contributing designer, blog manager/writer, and lead technical writer on Needles and Artifice. My detailed contributions to this audacious and highly successful adventure are as follows: • Provided key vision during early project concept meetings, formulating our strategy for our public-facing campaign and content, integration between that and our book, thematic concept and elements of book chapters - pattern names, character integration, settings - and more! Ensured the consistency, effectiveness, and charm of the project as a single immersive experience.
• Managed our blog for its two-plus year run, contributing a total of over 60 weekly posts, intros, outros, and announcements. Curated the vision for the blog as a mystery teaser leading up to the announcement of the book.
• Designed and contributed three patterns to the book, including the fan-favorite Null Hypothesis Scarf, which has been 'favorited' over 4000 times, with 165 documented projects, on the knitting site Ravelry.com.
• Provided cohesive, creative, and clear writing elements for the book, including the introduction, and pattern names and descriptive copy for each of the 23 patterns.
Seattle Children's Research InstituteResearch Technician III
Jul. 2009 - May. 2011Innovating and life-saving research arm of the renowned non-profit hospital. Research Technician III Conducted C. elegans lifespan studies, crosses, and genetic and protein analysis to discover the mechanisms behind mitochondrial disease and its relationship to anesthetic response. Mined historic data and records to re-launch prior techniques and utilize them in novel applications (IEF, 2D protein gels).
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterResearch Technician II
Mar. 2005 - Jul. 2009World-class center for groundbreaking, collaborative research in cancer, healthcare, and basic sciences. Research Technician I and II
Performed a variety of DNA extraction, cell culture and micro-array techniques, while optimizing novel protocols to elucidate the genome-wide effects of myc over expression. Managed large data sets and analyzed experimental results for publication.
Western Washington UniversityStudent Researcher
Jun. 2002 - Apr. 2004The Young Lab at Western Washington University studies Arabidopsis functional genomics through combined techniques in molecular biology, modern genomic analysis, and plant physiology. My responsibilities in the Young Lab included the growth, maintenance and characterization of mutant and wildtype seed lines, as well as general lab maintenance and aiding in the instruction, training, and management of student researchers
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