I am a PMP-certified IT project manager with over 15 years of experience in a wide variety of industries and technologies. I have extensive experience implementing and managing PeopleSoft HRMS, and have also led custom development projects and ASP implentations related to manufacturing, sales & marketing, industrial engineering and human resources. I am currently seeking work so if you know of any project management opportunities in the Portland, OR area, please contact me.
I obtained an M.S. in Computer Science from the OGI School of Science and Engineering at OHSU in 2006. My concentration was in Spoken Language Systems, encompassing speech recognition, speech synthesis, and natural language processing. I am especially interested in statistical natural language processing, and conducted an independent research project on constructing an index of semantic similarity which could be used to score the semantic verbal fluency test. This test can indicate various neuropsychological deficits, such as dementia. The goal of the research was to investigate whether the semantic verbal fluency test could be useful in diagnosing ADHD.
I also do web design and development using HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL and am available to do freelance work in these areas. I am currently building a website for my sister's painting business. It's still under construction, but I will link to it when it is done.
My primary interest outside of work is music. I play the piano, a little bit of guitar, sing and do some arranging and composing. I sing with an a cappella group called PDX Vox. Last fall, I completed my first a cappella arrangement (of a song called "You Were On My Mind" by Ian & Sylvia), and performed it with a small group of PDX Vox members.