Evidence of Core Competency

ICS Ph.D. portfolio, category 2.

Graduate degree

M.S., Computer Science: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, December 2024. Cumulative graduate GPA 3.86.

ICS 690 (Seminar) completed Fall 2023, satisfying the program requirement.

Graduate coursework

Machine learning and computer vision ICS 635 Machine Learning · ICS 637 Deep Learning with Neural Networks · ICS 483 Computer Vision (in progress, Fall 2026)

Systems, theory, and data ICS 311 Algorithms · ICS 612 Theory of Operating Systems · ICS 321 Database Systems I · ICS 622 Network Science

Software engineering and human-computer interaction ICS 414 Software Engineering II · ICS 664 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction · ICS 668 Social Informatics

Mathematics MATH 243 Calculus III · MATH 244 Calculus IV · MATH 307 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations · QHS 401 Mathematical Preparation for Quantitative Health Sciences

Research and seminar ICS 699 Directed Reading or Research (eight semesters) · ICS 690 Seminar · ICS 691D Topics in Computer Science

Additional evidence of computer science competency

Professional practice. Eight years of technical leadership prior to doctoral study, including management of a tier-1 helpdesk supporting a 600-person organization and oversight of networking infrastructure valued over $10M (U.S. Army, 2016-2022), followed by data engineering work at UH Mānoa building and normalizing a PostgreSQL energy database with SQL and Tableau analytics used by campus energy management leadership (2023-present).

Certifications. CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Network+ (2015). Full-Stack Web Development certificate, Coding Dojo (2022).

See the CV for full detail.