geoffrey t hilo

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Seattle, W A 9 8117

(206) 9 30.9834

ac1znw@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Self-motivated problem solver with over 8 years of experience in unique engineering and software projects. Competent at providing daily direction, motivation, and support to project team in a bid to ensure that specifications and deadlines are met. P roven ability to leverage technology to develop and implement core project p lans, b ased o n i nitial w ork o rders. CORE C OMPETENCIES

Excellent p roblem s olver Strategic c ritical t hinker w ho c an e xecute Natural l eader a nd t eam b uilder Fervent t eachability Focused a nd o rganized s elf s tarter Adapt a nd t hrive i n u ncharted territory

WORK E XPERIENCE

Cascade D esigns I nc, S eattle W A MARCH 2 015 - P RESENT An i ndustry l eader o f i nnovative o utdoor a nd r ecreational p roducts.

● Successfully drove the construction and installation efforts for major components of the company’s production m anufacturing e quipment.

● Communicated and coordinated with production engineers and designers on proper implementation and best p ractices o f p arts, a ssemblies, a nd w eldments b ased o n p roject n eeds.

● Processed and mitigated change orders during machine assembly and documented corrective action by updating C AD m odels o r c ommunicating w ith d esigners a nd e ngineers.

● Planned and strategized efficient time tables for machine assemblies as well as identified and assigned specialty r esources f or h igh t olerance o r c omplicated p arts.

● Instigated a culture shift in shop workflow and efficiency by introducing and cultivating formal project management t echniques.

● Identified short falls in shop layout and organization and oversaw optimizing efforts. Also maintained, repaired, a nd i mproved m achine s hop e quipment a nd c apabilities.

● Proven t rack r ecord a s t he g o-to g uy f or u nconventional p rojects. James B etts E nterprises, A nacortes W A NOVEMBER 2 009 - M ARCH 2 015 A s mall f amily o wned s hop f or c omposite r acing s ailboats.

● Regularly communicated and coordinated schedules, designs, and pertinent project details with clients, engineers, d esigners, a nd v endors.

● Created and documented CAD models for in-house designs. Managed blueprints and incorporated change o rders o n s hop f loor f or w orkers.

● Facilitated t ooling a nd m old d esigns w ith o utside d esigners.

● Owned all operations for 3 Axis CNC Router. Derived CNC Programs from designs using RhinoCAM as well a s G -Code e diting a t t erminal.

● Created B ill O f M aterials a nd R equest f or Q uote d ocumentation a nd c arried o ut p urchases f or p rojects.

● Created c omposite s amples a nd b uilt t est p ackages f or e ngineering d ocumentation f or h ull s cantlings. geoffrey t hilo ac1znw@r.postjobfree.com m : ( 206) 9 30.9834 Verilogue S ound I nsight, H orsham P A JUNE 2 009 - S EPTEMBER 2 009 Verilogue u ses N atural L anguage P rocessing t o t ackle c hallenges i n m edical m arketing r esearch b y a nalyzing l arge Linguistic d ata s ets m ainly f ocused i n d ialogue.

● Researched and discovered communication patterns in raw data between patient and physician dialogue to a pply o riginal i nformation e xtraction t echniques.

● Bootstrapped existing open-source software into development software to generate feasible solutions to drive n ew m arket r esearch e fforts.

● Explored the possibilities of distributed processing and likely methods for integrating into the company’s c urrent s ystems.

● Generated m etrics f or u sing k eyphrase e xtraction i n d ialogue-based d ata s ets. University o f W ashington, S eattle W ashington SEPTEMBER 2 008 - S PRING 2 009 An o ngoing U W R esearch P roject f or t raining a M achine L earning A lgorithm d esigned b y P rofessor F ei X ia.

● Annotated and flagged successes and misses after various iterations of applying a Machine Learning algorithm t o I nterlinear G lossed T ext i n L inguistics a cademic w riting. TECHNICAL C OMPETENCIES

Software P rogramming u sing

Java a nd P ython

Technical a nd A cademic W riting Linguistic A nalysis i n G rammar Engineering, D iscourse A nalysis, T ext

Classification, C o-Reference A nalysis

Journeyman t rade s kills i n

Machining, W elding, F abrication,

Electrical, a nd M echanical

CAD Modeling with Solidworks,

AutoCAD I nventor, a nd R hino 3 D

MS P roject, E xcel, W ord

EDUCATION E XPERIENCE

University o f W ashington, S eattle W A P roject M anagement C ertification SEPTEMBER 2 016 - M AY 2 0017

PMI a ccredited c ertification t o l ead c omplex p rojects t hrough a ll s tages w ith c onfidence a nd p rofessionalism. University o f W ashington, S eattle W A M aster o f A rts i n C omputational L inguistics SEPTEMBER 2 007- S EPTEMBER 2 009

The intersection of language and technology merges techniques from Computer Science and Linguistics to analyze and synthesize l anguage p roblems i n d iverse f ields.

● Areas o f c oursework i ncluded:

Natural L anguage S ystems: P lanning, A mbiguity a nd E rror R esolution

Statistical M ethods i n N atural L anguage P rocessing

Shallow P rocessing: A lgorithms f or S moothing, T agging, C lassification, a nd N -Gram M odeling

Knowledge a nd G rammar E ngineering

Deep P rocessing a nd M achine L earning

Natural L anguage P rocessing i n S peech T echnology Western W ashington U niversity, B ellingham W A Bachelor o f A rts i n A nthropology SEPTEMBER 2 005 - J UNE 2 007

Honored b y a chieving D ean’s L ist w ith 3 .8 G PA u pon g raduation

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