Resume

Master of Public Affairs, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs (May 2026); recipient of the Watson Military Service Scholarship. Bachelor of Arts, Slavic Studies, GPA 3.8 (2025); Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honors Society.

Study abroad in Kazakhstan at Nazarbayev University (spring 2024), on the Cason Scholarship for academic excellence and commitment to international education. Russian Summer Immersion Program, summers 2023 and 2024.

Web Development Consultant; Managing Editor, International Peace and Security

• Designed and built ipeaceandsecurity.org, home of a graduate publication of policy briefs; run its editorial and production pipeline for fifteen briefs and an editorial board, plus an automated news wire.
• Rebuilt digital-peacebuilding.com for Brown’s Digital Peacebuilding course with site-wide search and a full ADA accessibility overhaul; own design, hosting, deployment, and performance end to end.

Sergeant, Digital Wideband Systems Maintainer

• Engineered new troubleshooting protocols for satellite and radio communication systems, cutting systemic failures by 60% and raising operational uptime by 20%.
• Reduced annual maintenance costs by $500,000 by identifying underutilized assets and pioneering 3-D printing for rapid, low-cost component fabrication.
• As Maintenance Chief for a 31st MEU deployment, led a 60-Marine team keeping a $200M+ portfolio of mission-critical assets above 80% operational readiness across multinational exercises.
• Restored mission-critical satellite assets for the 20,000-person III Marine Expeditionary Force, enabling a time-sensitive deployment that had been canceled for lack of operational terminals.
• Held a Secret-level clearance throughout; deployments across Japan, Korea, Thailand, and the South China Sea.

Boston Foot Traffic

Project lead, with Grant Cohen and Nicole Nehiley. Public analytics site whose siting recommendations were adopted by the City of Boston; MPA Policy in Action Award.

Leksika and Soyle

Two iOS apps for passive Russian and Kazakh vocabulary learning; built solo in Swift and SwiftUI and live on the App Store, including release management, in-app purchases, and localized listings.