\item{Strong critical thinking and writing skills, providing for useful and thorough documentation and the ability to efficiently communicate technical concepts to the business.}
\item{Strong systems analysis and design skills provide a strong sense of component networks, system control flows, and abstractions; practiced in applying these concepts to document and troubleshoot solutions across all devops problem domains.}
\item{Practiced creating dynamic pipelines to automate system, application, network, and development operations, with an emphasis on saving time and adding efficiency to the decision-making process.}
\item{\href{https://code.othoulrich.com/explore}{Significant programming experience}, with strength in many languages and libraries, and emphases on the \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/backup.sh}{automation of system tasks}, modeling, and on \href{https://code.othoulrich.com/otho/adamocomp/-/blob/master/broker.sh}{scripting} to \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/stage3.sh}{analyze} and justify \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/create_fort_files.cpp}{large and inconsistent datasets}.}
\item{Experienced maintaining configurations across clustered hosts, and deploying software consistently across hosts in pretooled and custom pipelines.}
\item{Experienced handling large, sparse datasets, i.e. ``Big Data,'' aided by cluster computing for \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/run_analysis.sh}{analysis.}}
\item{Comfortable implementing and interfacing with many database systems.}
\item{Experienced with \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/analyze_lightcurves.sh}{operating and programming for} high-performance cluster computing, i.e. ``Cloud Computing,'' using a variety of task scheduling platforms.}
\item{Practiced with statistical analysis, real and complex analysis, \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/simple_fourier_transform.pdf}{Fourier analysis}, and potential theory.}
\item{Familiarity with most computer systems, esp. \href{https://othoulrich.com/images/adamonet-bsd-install.jpg}{GNU/Linux and BSD}, with a strong shell \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/plot.sh}{scripting ability.}}
\item{Working knowledge of physics codes and \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/tophat_fft.pl}{signal analysis codes}, especially \textit{Cloudy}, \textit{LAMMPS}, and \textit{psdlag}.}
\item{Practiced with many document-preparation paradigms including \href{https://code.othoulrich.com/docs/cv/-/blob/master/cv.tex}{LaTeX}, Libre Office, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, and MediaWiki, with familiarity of \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/utf8report.txt}{Unicode} and markup.}
\item{Established standard build environments for our NodeJS, Terraform, and Python projects using containers suitable for local development and automated build environments.}
\item{Currently designing a cloud compute service providing terminal and drive space with Filestash, with web office using Onlyoffice, file sharing, and additional services.}
\item{\href{https://asciireactor.com}{ASCII Reactor}: my Gitlab offering. Standard Gitlab-CE, with CI/CD and data services, for my projects, and those of a few customers and friends.}
\item{\href{https://code.othoulrich.com/otho/adamocomp/}{Adamocomp}: a bash and node-based RPA that uses a fuzzy data search over complex and unclean data to perform operations such as the installation of software and containers, or the modification and propagation of configuration -- reliably, consistently, and quickly -- across any number of clustered hosts.}
\item{Boxgraph: my cloud infrastructure, using ESXi and FreeBSD virtualization, providing containerization, data storage with ZFS, and software-defined networking.}
\item{Contributed to development of a thermodynamics-based approach to statistical learning based on energy-decay networks. (2018)}
\item{Developed a simple statistical \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/entanglement.html}{program using Jupyter Notebook to demonstrate the physical behavior of quantum entanglement.} (2018)}
\item{Developed, using R and Bash, a machine learning \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/ML Pulsars.pdf}{algorithm to classify pulsar candidates} which produced a 97\% accuracy rate across more than 15,000 data samples. (2017)}
\item{Developed \textit{TAAP}, a physics engine simulating particle interactions under gravitational and electromagnetic forces, in C++. (2014)}
\item{Developed text-based network games using C and graphical network games using the java.net.Socket, java.awt.Graphics, and javax.swing.JFrame classes.}
\item{Maintain database server, data delivery services, and middleware solutions.}
\item{Research and present physical models intended as possible game engine elements.}
\item{Review all scientific information before it is applied in development.}
\item{Research, design, develop, and document game engine elements for \textit{Galaxy In Flames}, the company's major game product, primarily using C\#.}
\item{Develop mathematics, operators, and data geometry for our galaxy-to-meter-scale coordinate tracking system.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2019 -}{2018}
{Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky}
{}
{Computational Researcher under Gary Ferland}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Developed extended quantum mechanical models by correlating sparse datasets from NIST and recently-published works, to ultimately provide better predictions.}
\item{Automated data functions using BASH, Perl, and Python scripting to cleanly resolve collisions and inconsistencies between large sets of atomic data across 29 atomic species, saving hours of manual work per dataset.}
\item{To assess quality of results before deployment, used \textit{Cloudy} to simulate diagnostic emission measurements relevant to observational astronomers.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2018 -}{2016}
{Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University}
{}
{Computational Researcher under Professor Ed Cackett}
\item{Using \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/clag_analysis-origbins-3471A.html}{Jupyter (python)} and frequency-domain techniques developed in C++, \href{https://clas.wayne.edu/physics/reu_reports/ulrich.pdf}{characterized the reverberation of NGC 5548 emissions} by the power spectral densities in the optical and UV lightcurves and their \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/final.pdf}{frequency-dependent time lags.}}
\item{Solved the problem of gappy data in the lightcurves by using a statistical frequency-domain approach developed by Dr. Abdu Zoghbi, University of Michigan, provided as the \textit{psdlag} code. Wrote MPI routines to run these analyses in parallel on our computing cluster, saving hours of time per dataset.}
\item{Recovered the transfer functions for each set of wavelengths by optimizing test functions in the frequency domain across all datasets, then compared against current accretion disk model predictions.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2017 -}{2015}
{Department of Physics, Western Michigan University}
{}
{Computational Researcher under Professor Kirk Korista}
\item{Developed tools using Bash, Python, and several Linux-based plotting programs to \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/save_table2d_slice.cpp}{manage and visualize data hypercubes} from and \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/mpi_grid.out.example}{operate \textit{Cloudy}} to compute \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/he_lines.ps}{predictions} of emission line strengths across a parameter space including incident Hydrogen-ionizing flux, number density, and column density, with thousands of resolute points.}
\item{Developed, using C++, a \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/sed.hpp}{spectral continuum model} of the \href{https://othoulrich.com/science/mehdipour2013.png}{source radiation in NGC 5548}, adapting it as knowledge of active galactic nuclei grew, providing more accurate spectral data input compared to available models.}
\item{Work credited on the paper \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07308}{Constraints on the Broad Line Region Properties and Extinction in Local Seyferts.}, wherein predicted hydrogen emission line strengths are used to aid in the comparison of the broad H-I line ratios, providing a possible avenue toward a new classification schedule of Seyfert galaxies.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2014}{}
{Materials Simulation Laboratory, University of South Florida, Department of Applied Physics}
{}
{Computational Researcher under Professor Ivan Oleynik}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Designed molecular dynamics simulations using \textit{LAMMPS}, and the Carbon-Carbon screened environment-dependent reactive empirical bond order potential function devised by the Materials Simulation Laboratory, to \href{https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR15/Session/D4.9}{test the mechanical properties, i.e. tensile strengths and stress-strain curves, of misoriented graphene bicrystals.}}
\item{Automated \href{https://othoulrich.com/examples/populate_bicrystals.sh}{bicrystal generation}, molecular dynamics tests, and statistical analyses, and ran them across our two available computing clusters to reduce the need for human input to once per day.}
{Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University}
{}
{Electronics Lab Assistant to Accelerator Engineer Allan Kern}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Designed, printed, and constructed rack-mounted power source that allows polarity switching of the particle accelerator's high-current inflection magnet.}
\item{Designed power source to allow sufficient current for inflection electromagnetic to steer gold ions. This necessitated the use of 12 synchronized latching relays and timing circuits.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2013}{}
{Business and Technology Department, Washtenaw Community College}
{}
{Software and System Developer}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Created Hadoop-based data analytics, with MapReduce algorithms coded in Java, to predict efficient bus routes for the Ann Arbor Transit Authority.}
\item{Designed, built, and maintained virtual server environment for deployment of department and research applications using ESXi.}
\item{Created interactive web apps for coordination between technicians, faculty, and staff using RESTful API and Django.}
\item{Deployed technical and training documentation using MediaWiki, and created and conducted the lab technician training program.}
\item{\textit{Ford Global Network} - A global network including 8 major data centers and regional hubs. Our team at Ford built the Network Services automation software used for provisioning services in the next-gen data centers.}
\item{\textit{Cloud 9} - Used by the \href{http://www.nublado.org}{\textit{Cloudy} group} to develop plasma spectroscopy codes in a processor grid format.}
\item{\href{https://cs.wmich.edu/~hpcs/cluster/}{\textit{Thor}} - Used to run simulations for AGN reverberation mapping research. Provides standard and CUDA nodes.}
\item{\textit{MSL Cluster} - Used to run \textit{LAMMPS} molecular dynamics simulations on graphene bicrystals.}
\item{\href{https://www.usf.edu/it/research-computing/what-is-rc/comp_resources.aspx}{\textit{Circe}} - Used for material verification and to run LAMMPS simulations.}
\item{\textit{WCCnet Hadoop Cluster} - Used by the Ann Arbor Transit Authority traffic analytics project, providing a Hadoop cluster with MapReduce on the ESXi hypervisor, designed and maintained by me as part of that project.}
\item{\textit{Boxgraph} - My cluster of \href{https://othoulrich.com/images/servers-tall.jpg}{physical} and virtual systems, using ESXi and FreeBSD hosting, docker containers, ZFS and RAID storage, database services, remote backups, and an array of additional services.}
\item{Allan Schnorr-Müller, R.I. Davies, K.T. Korista, L. Burtscher, D. Rosario, T. Storchi-Bergmann, A. Contursi, R. Genzel, J. Graciá-Carpio, E.K.S. Hicks, A. Janssen, M. Koss, M.-Y. Lin, D. Lutz, W. Maciejewski, F. Müller-Sánchez, G. Orban de Xivry, R. Riffel, R.A. Riffel, M. Schartmann, A. Sternberg, E. Sturm, L. Tacconi, S. Veilleux, \textbf{O. A. Ulrich}, \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07308}{``Constraints on the Broad Line Region Properties and Extinction in Local Seyferts,''}2016, MNRAS, 462, 3570-3590.}
\item{\textbf{Otho A. Ulrich}, Edward M. Cackett, \href{https://clas.wayne.edu/physics/reu_reports/ulrich.pdf}{``Optical/UV Band Reverberation Mapping of NGC 5548 with Frequency-Resolved Techniques,''} 2016, Wayne State University College of Arts and Sciences.}
\item{David Schuster and \textbf{Otho Ulrich}, Abstract: ``A Very Different Way of Running Your Course and Assessments: An Objectives-Mastery Modular System,'' 2016, Michigan Academician, XLIV 2, 126-127.}
\item{\textbf{O. Ulrich}, ``Quantifying the Diffuse Continuum Contribution of BLR Clouds to AGN Continuum Inter-band Delays,'' Astrophysics Seminar Series, Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, University of Kentucky, August 30, 2018.}
\item{\textbf{O. Ulrich}, ``Emission Line Equivalent Widths for AGN Modeling,'' Walking the Line, Arizona State University, Spring 2018.}
\item{M. Goad, D. Lawther, K. Korista, \textbf{O. Ulrich}, M. Vestergaard, ``Quantifying the diffuse continuum contribution from BLR gas: a modeling approach,'' Atlanta meeting of the Space Telescope Optical Reveberation Mapping (STORM) group, Fall 2017.}
\item{Anna Stephens, \textbf{Otho Ulrich}, Mariia Kravtsova, ``Is this a Pulsar?'' Spring Senior Seminar Series, Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, 2017.}
\item{D. Schuster, \textbf{O. Ulrich}, ``An Objectives-Mastery Credit Accumulation Course System,'' March meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 2017.}
\item{\textbf{O. Ulrich}, ``Experiences in Research of an Undergraduate Physics Major,'' Colloquium Series, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Feb. 2017.}
\item{\textbf{O. Ulrich}, ``Undergraduate Research,'' October meeting of the Physics Club at Western Michigan University, 2016.}
\item{\textbf{O. Ulrich}, D. Schuster, ``Objectives-Mastery Modular Course Operating System,'' March meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 2016.}
\item{\textbf{O. Ulrich}, J. Gonzalez, K.N. Cong, I. Oleynik, \href{http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR15/Session/D4.9}{``Atomic Structure of Grain Boundaries in Graphene,''} March meeting of the American Physical Society, 2015.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\section{Peer Review}
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{\textit{The Particle Accelerator Simulation Code PyORBIT}, Shishlo, Andrei, et al., reviewed as submission for the Large Scale Computational Physics Workshop at the International Conference on Computational Science, 2015.}
% {University of Kentucky; Western Michigan University; Washtenaw Community College}
% {}
% {Teaching and Lab Assistant}
% {
% \begin{itemize-noindent}
%
% \item{Assisted classroom instruction for intermediate physics and computer science courses.}
%
% \item{Created and conducted critical thinking and scientific philosophy training for team members.}
%
% \item{Developed and ran physical inquiry experiments for lecture bodies up to 200 students.}
%
% \end{itemize-noindent}
% }
%------------------------------------------------
\job
{2019 -}{2017}
{PHY 231: University Physics I, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky}
{}
{Teaching Assistant}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Provided auxiliary classroom instruction for calculus-based mechanics courses and 100-level astronomy courses.}
\item{Facilitated group work sessions, a scientifically-validated alternative to traditional lecture for learning introductory physics.}
\item{For mechanics courses, developed lesson plans each week to aid students in their solution of a weekly problem set.}
\item{For astronomy courses, assisted in running observational experiments during lecture, and provided guidance on student research projects.}
\item{Provided supplemental instruction during office hours and other special sessions.}
\item{Graded papers and proctored exams.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
%------------------------------------------------
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2017 -}{2015}
{PHY 3520: Waves and Optics, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University}
{}
{Learning Assistant to Professor David Schuster}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Developed while applying a mastery assessment-based approach to course evaluations}
\item{Presented continuing developments in this method to the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters in 2016 and 2017.}
\item{Designed two lessons: one on the speed of sound, involving a marching band problem; another on harmonics using a brass instrument problem and a brass instrument demonstration.}
\item{Graded assignments and exams.}
\item{Provided supplemental instruction.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2017 -}{2015}
{PHY 2050 \& 2070: University Physics I \& II, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University}
{}
{Learning Assistant}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Provided a helpful presence under a "reversed-class" paradigm, where the in-class time is primarily used for group problem solving, and students are expected to study the lecture material outside of class. This typically means guiding students' inquiries as they attempt to synthesize physical reasoning to solve the assigned problems.}
\item{Conducted thrice-weekly review sessions mirroring material provided by the lecture, with an emphasis on understanding how general principles simplify under proper assumptions.}
\item{Solved problems designed by the professor as a test case before introducing them in group problem-solving settings.}
\item{Created training on critical thinking and scientific philosophy for learning assistant team members, then conducted the training.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2016}{}
{PHY 3250: Introduction to Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University}
{}
{Grader}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Graded homework assignments, providing student developmental feedback as needed.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2017 -}{2014}
{Student Success Services, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University}
{}
{Peer Academic Coach}
{
Supported student learning as a tutor in physics, chemistry, mathematics, philosophy, computer science, and general learning.
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2013 -}{2009}
{Emerson School}
{}
{Music Tutor}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Conducted individual lessons with students of brass and piano performance.}
\end{itemize-noindent}
}
\vspace{\parskip}
\end{minipage}
\noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\job
{2013 -}{2012}
{Business and Technology Department, Washtenaw Community College}
{}
{Lab Assistant}
{
\begin{itemize-noindent}
\item{Assisted in various computer science courses, running review sessions, labs, tutoring, and providing general course help.}
\item{Developed computer-based applications used by the professors and administration for keeping track of coursework, lab setup, and faculty requests.}
\item{Strong interest in the theory and application of science education, especially as to education of the public.}
\item{Advocate of critical thinking and scientific skepticism, with interest in bringing those topics to the public on a larger scale.}
\item{Active member of the Free Software Society at University of Kentucky, and Physics Club, Computer Club, and the Advanced Computing Society at Western Michigan University.}
\item{Coded simulations for fun since childhood. A favorite pastime has been to create network-based space simulations in which friends can dogfight, and other internet-connected simulated worlds, going back to the early days of the internet.}
