Software Engineering Lead Analyst at Cigna within the Data, Digital & Analytics Engineering organization, contributing to the Information Lifecycle Management: Data Retention Engineering team. 2025 Graduate from the Cigna Technology Development Program (TECDP).

Honors graduate from the University of St. Thomas with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Minors in Data Analytics & Applied Statistics.

Work Experience

Software Engineering Lead Analyst, Cigna

DD&AE Information Lifecycle Management: Data Retention Engineering

July 2024 - Present

• Leading development of Ingestion & Batch Executor Python Glue ETL jobs.
• Ingestion gathers data from client application databases for risk analysis storing as partitions in S3.
• Batch Executor processes partitions in batches, determining data risk following retention policy & accurately captures the data that was archived or purged. Reports errors to tracking tables.
• Python, SQL, Terraform, AWS Glue.
• Health Check Initiative: Validation of JSON configuration files, On-Prem API access & database access.
• Health Check Lambda ensures accuracy of Data Retention artifacts prior to database processing.
• Java, JUnit Tests, Terraform, AWS Lambda.
• Design of regression testing suite for end to end Data Retention process verification following code change deployments.
• Onboarding & technical mentorship of junior engineering associates.
• Offer support on code design decisions & aid in story decomposition for their improved understanding.

Data Science Lead Analyst (TECDP), Cigna

GI&O Enterprise Operations Command Center: Data Science Practice

July 2023 - July 2024

• Performed statistical analyses & correlation studies using R to identify predictive metrics in application data.
• Designed Grafana dashboards enabling visibility of application metric anomalies prior to user reporting.
• Collaborated with senior leaders to visualize ServiceNow Managed Incident data in Grafana using SQL.
• Actionable metric insights influenced $150M+ in vendor negotiations & internal strategic pivots
• Constructed Apache Airflow DAGs to automate InfluxDB ETL pipelines using Python.

Intelligent Automation Senior Analyst (TECDP), Cigna

OIA: Robotics & AI/ML Tools

July 2022 - July 2023

• Developed end to end Blue Prism automations of Government Grievance Intakes on the MHK application.
• Estimated yearly benefit of $2M+ processing a daily volume of 700 cases.

Programming Intern, Egan Company

September 2021 - June 2022

• Constructed COVID-19 vaccination & test results dashboards to manage reporting data of 1000+ employees.
• Integrated with Tableau Server using API calls, Google Apps Script & Data Studio.
• Developed quality control process to track the progress of 1000+ units for $5m+ construction jobs.
• Generate QR codes that navigate to a simple web site and dynamically return the related QA form.
• HTML, CSS, Google Apps Script, Forms & Sheets.
• Modified employee performance management portal to drive internal business group collaboration.
• C#, JavaScript & SQL.

Engineering Analyst Intern, Securian Financial

Technology Experience Platforms: Web Content Management

June 2021 - August 2021

• Developed Swagger API documentation of 6 APIs for internal consumption to improve collaboration between 15 engineering teams.
• Completed feature requests on the Web Content Management team.
• Integrated the ability for photos to be included in generated email signatures company wide.
• Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS & Adobe Experience Manager.

Systems Support Analyst Intern, Egan Company

June 2018 - May 2021

• Helpdesk intern in a Virtualized Environment using VMware.
• Over 900 Tickets Closed in two summers on the helpdesk.
• Led all helpdesk employees (full-time & interns) in tickets closed both summers.

Leadership Experience

Technology Development Program Associate (TECDP), Cigna

July 2022 - May 2025

• Co-lead for Confluence Analytics Project.
• Communications Proofing Team Member.
• MN Mentor Program Coordinator.
• Recruiting Resume Reviewer, Round 1 Interviewer & Round 2 Case Study Judge.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, University of St. Thomas

Minors in Data Analytics & Applied Statistics

2018 - 2022

• Honors: Cum Laude (GPA: 3.52/4.00).
• Dean's Honor List for 4/8 Semesters (awarded for semester GPA >3.5).
• Relevant Courses: Data Mining & Machine Learning, Algorithms, Information Security, Computer Architecture, Web Development, Data Structures-Object Design, Object Orientated Design & Programming, Programming & Problem Solving, Discrete Mathematics, Statistics I & II, Applied Analytics & Data Visualization, Computational Methods in Statistics, Decision Analysis, Discrete Mathematics.

Skills & Interests

Development: Java, Python, SQL, Grafana, Blue Prism, UiPath, Docker, Apache Airflow, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Swagger (OpenAPI), R, JMP, C, C#, YAML, Node.js.

Environment: Amazon Web Services, Adobe Experience Manager, RESTful APIs, Postman, Google Data Studio, Orange, Minitab, Windows, VMware, Active Directory, Unidesk, vSphere, Cisco Phones, Veeam, Druva, MS Office, PC hardware.

Interests: Cloud Engineering, Data Science & Renewable Energy.

View My Resume

Hug the Angry Jarvis Game in CISC 230 at UST:

During my Sophomore year at UST, I took CISC 230 with Professor Sawin. Our final project for the class was to create a simple game with the goal being to move your "player" to find "Jarvis" & hug him to calm him down. In this project I used HashMap, ArrayList, Strings, Scanner, & other basic Java constructs. Additionally, the game was designed with interfaces, nested classes. The code includes dealing with exceptions & working with multiple Threads. I enjoyed this project specifically because it was something that I could show others & actually have them interact with.
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US Energy Consumption Dynamic Web Server in CISC 375 at UST:

During my Junior year at UST, I took CISC 375 with Professor Marrinan. A group project for the class was to create a dynamic web server about US energy consumption from 1960 to 2018. In this project I used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, & Node.js. We developed dynamic routes for pages on energy consumption for a particular year, energy consumption for a particular state, & energy consumption for a particular energy source. I enjoyed this project specifically because it was my first time creating a data dashboard.
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Reflection Document for the UST Laudato Sí Action Plan in THEO 459 at UST:

During my Senior year at UST, I took THEO 459 with Professors Anthony & Hickson. The group project for the class was to create a Reflection section for the University of St. Thomas's Laudato Sí Action Plan, making clear how St. Thomas's values & mission connects with Laudato Sí. This project required that I became very familiar with the University's Sustainability Initiatives. It involved interviewing key people on sustainability initiatives at UST & developing a deep understanding of what UST is doing and where it can improve. Finally, it required that I understand the connections between Laudato Sí UST's activities, in order to develop a reasoned & measured reflection.
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