Early employee at startup that pioneered interactive voice response systems. Co-Inventor on a U.S. Patent Family (3 Granted, 1 Application; 2000–2009) covering Audio UI Menu Architecture, assigned to Tellme Networks, Inc. & Microsoft Corporation. Recorded 1M+ voice files creating comprehensive voice libraries that became the early internet Web 1.0 foundation for Siri, Alexa, and Google Home.

Vice President, Creative Development for cloud-based mobile telephony startup. Led product definition and audio research for personalized hearing assistance. Contributed to $2M valuation increase and Apple App of the Day recognition in 2020.

Built and managed boutique recording studio serving diverse clientele from award-winning songwriters to large-scale live productions. Specialized in both studio and remote recording with complete production services including mixing, mastering, and distribution.

Research Program Coordinator for $3.5M in federal research grants (NIH, DoD) in vocology and voice science. Led modernization initiative transitioning research administration from paper-based to digital systems while coordinating interdisciplinary voice technology research.

Media Coordinator and AV Producer for federally funded multilingual education programs (NEH, NEA, NIH, DoD). Created comprehensive video library serving 5,000+ educators across 100+ countries with hundreds of hours of catalogued best-practices footage across six languages.

Devised and pitched capstone project to Professor Dave Norwood’s MSIS Sponsored Capstone Program. Led data visualization initiative instrumental in securing increased per-capita funding and removing annual funding caps during 2021 Utah legislative session.

Developed data visualizations for K-12 enrollment in DLI and Bridge Programs, focusing on university-specific languages and enrollments from 2012/13 to 2022/23. Highlights student pathways, partnerships between K-12 and higher education, and transferable Bridge credits.

Led multilingual tagging analysis and backend storage organization for CUDLI corpus development. Coordinated complex university web team integrations and designed sophisticated lookup systems for multilingual data organization serving the dual language immersion research community.

IT and audio hosting lead for MuSSeL, specializing in audio component integration and interactive training coordination. Designed comprehensive backend/frontend systems for post-grad linguists while managing file data storage and hosting infrastructure.

Led strategy and engineering across 400M+ records with real-time dashboards and advanced reporting. Architected secure data pipelines across 10+ state divisions, delivering 40M+ data records for multi-agency research and optimizing $6M+ in fiscal capture through complex legislative data sources.

Created interactive fiscal analysis calculator with formatted export functionality for Utah’s rulemaking process. Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager for $1M+ eRules statewide rulemaking software rollout deployed across all Utah agencies and public filing.

Chaired Web Steering Committee for eight state administrative divisions, streamlining web service offerings. Managed system modernization projects valued at $2M while providing WordPress training, SEO optimization, and digital strategy guidance.

Principal Investigator across four research and production arms operating under PIP Projects Inc., South Carolina. Work spans foundational pedagogy, acoustic and applied physics, field instrumentation, and transmedia entertainment production — unified by a mission to accelerate science literacy and U.S. applied science capacity.

Invited panelist for the ZAP Impact Program’s panel discussion on “AI in the Arts & Culture Industry”. Provided capacity-building support to local arts and culture nonprofits, exploring how AI can streamline operations, enhance audience engagement, and safeguard creative content.

Instructor for AI, songwriting, and audio production courses at the University of Utah’s Lifelong Learning program. Designed curriculum bridging emerging technology and creative practice for adult learners.

Mentored graduate students in communication, narrative design, and digital presentation for online Counseling Practicums. Bridged research and professional application in graduate-level contexts.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19722202 · CC-BY 4.0 · ORCID: 0000-0003-4072-6191

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19546204 · CC-BY 4.0 · ORCID: 0000-0003-4072-6191

Peer-reviewed conference presentation. ORCID: 0000-0003-4072-6191

Committee Chair: Dr. William J. Brown

Peer-reviewed conference presentation.

Peer-reviewed conference presentation.

Peer-reviewed conference presentation.