Now

Below is a little bit of what I’m working on and doing now, updated every once in a while.

Professionally

After spending the prior five years modeling renewables, energy pricing, and energy efficiency programs, I’ve joined the Enterprise Analytics & AI team at the Tennessee Valley Authority. My team focuses implementation of and education around… well… analytics & AI for the enterprise. We take on cutting-edge proofs of concept and enable our citizen data scientists to do the same. Right now, we’re focusing heavily on generative AI, so I’ve been improving our enterprise CMS search using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and supporting our rollout of Microsoft Copilot. I also develop R Shiny apps that facilitate statistical testing of our groundwater and geochemical monitoring programs and support the near-term forecasting models within our AMI meter data sharing program.

Academically

This summer, I completed my 8th semester (of ten) in my Master’s of Computer Science at Georgia Tech. I’m now in semester 9 and am very eager to knock out these last few classes. This semester, I’m taking Graduate Algorithms, which is infamous in the program. So far, though, I’ve been able to leverage my experience in prior algorithms classes. It’s a nice change of pace to be studying a core computer science competency after spending the summer on classes that overlap more with my specific work at TVA. I appreciate the variety.

Personally

I’m looking forward to some fall movie releases and have recently surpassed the 100-film mark in my Letterboxd diary for the year. I really enjoyed Weapons in theaters and had the amazing experience of watching Stand By Me in the last showing of the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show for the year.

My yearly theme, the Year of Holding Things Loosely, has begun to produce tangible results over the last couple of months. Despite gearing up for forced changes in my work life as a government employee, I’ve found my self rewarded with new opportunities. Although, I had established a more healthy cross-training schedule during the first half of the year, I’ve recently been taking a much needed rest period.

Oh, and I’m a Cubs fan watching them in the post-season. That certainly requires some patience.