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SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Research experience (academic and industrial r&d): machine learning, predictive modeling, evolutionary computation, nature-inspired optimization, risk management, data mining
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Software development and systems integration (Java, R and S-Plus, C/C++, SQL)
- Enterprise software – certified in Siebel (2 years experience) and SAP Finance (5 years experience)
- 3 years working on foreign assignments
(France, Belgium, Mexico, UK)
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Experience in the Utilities and Telecommunications,
High-Tech, Automotive, and Manufacturing industries
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RESEARCH
C. Anderson, J. Rothermich, E. Bonabeau (2005) Modeling, quantifying and testing complex aggregate service chains. 2005 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2005).
J. Rothermich, I. Ecemis,
P. Gaudiano (2004) Distributed Localization and Mapping
with A Robotic Swarm. in Proc. of the Swarm Robotics
Workshop at the Eight Int. Conference on the Simulation
of Adaptive Behavior SAB-04, E. Sahin and W. Spears,
editors, July 2004, Los Angeles, CA. Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (2004). In Press.
S. Malinchik, B. Orme, J.
Rothermich, E. Bonabeau (2004) Interactive Exploratory Data
Analysis, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary
Computation, IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ.
J. Rothermich, F. Wang,
J. Miller (2003) Adaptivity in Cell Based Optimization for
Information Ecosystems, in Proceeding of the 2003 Congress
on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'03), IEEE Service
Center, Piscataway, NJ.
J. Rothermich (2002)
From Multicellularity to Cell Based Optimization: Studying
the Cooperative Capabilities of Evolvable Cells. MSc Thesis.
BTexact. 2002. Poster presented at the UK Workshop on Computational
Intelligence (UKCI), 2002. Jointly won best poster prize.
J. Rothermich (2002) Studying The Emergence of Multicellularity
Using Cartesian Genetic Programming in Artificial Life.
In Late-breaking papers of the Genetic and Evolutionary
Computation Conference (GECCO 2002), New York, July
2002 and peer-reviewed UKCI 2002, Birmingham, UK, September
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| EDUCATION
University
of Birmingham, UK
MSc Natural Computation with Distinction,
December 2002
Graduated first in class
Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio
Bachelor of Science in Applied Science, Systems Analysis,
May 1993 |
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
2005 - Present Natural Selection Financial, Inc. – Chief Technology Officer
Quantitative Modeling and Financial Research
- Performing research and analysis creating quantitative investment strategies with evolutionary algorithms and computational intelligence techniques. Created profitable models that are currently being used to manage client investments.
- Executing client trades and performance/risk analysis for customer accounts.
- Consultant from 2005 to 2007 providing financial modeling and research.
2005 - Present Natural
Selection, Inc. - Senior Staff Scientist
Research, Project Management, Business
Development
- Conducting applied research in evolutionary computation, adaptive modeling and risk management for commercial and government clients.
- Developing a rules-based risk management system for a multi-year nationwide import safety project.
- Performing statistical analysis and computational intelligence modeling for several professional sports teams.
- Consulting to biotechnology clients for drug discovery and development projects.
- Managing the company’s East Coast presence including project management and business development.
2003 - 2004 Icosystem Corp. – Researcher and Consultant
Research, Consulting, Modeling, Development
- Created and analyzed an agent-based model and visualization tool to simulate web service architectures. Participant in the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
- Researched and developed distributed control algorithms and tools for swarms of autonomous robots. Developed individual robot behaviors that resulted in complex, emergent, and intelligent swarm behaviors. Implementation both in software and on physical robots.
- Created an application that helps a user
to interactively evolve new enhancing or artistic filters
for digital image processing.
- Researched the use of data sonification for data mining. Created a tool that allows users explore data by listening and interactively evolving audification rules.
- U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser.
No. 60/537,761, filed January 2004, entitled “Interactive
evolution methods and systems”.
2002 BTexact Future Technologies
Group (Intelligent Systems Lab of British Telecom R&D)
Graduate Research, Ipswich,
UK
- Extended a multi-agent platform by developing genetic programming capability for a cross-European project on Decentralized Information Ecosystem Technologies (DIET).
- Created and implemented the cell-based optimization (CBO) algorithm and for resource allocation optimization problems and self-healing systems design.
1999 – 2001 Extraprise, Inc.
– Senior Consultant and Project Manager
Project Management, Business Process
Design, Data Conversion and Integration, Business Development
- Duncan-Hurst Capital Management, L.P.: Designed and coded account data conversions and daily performance interface for a financial asset management company.
- PeopleSupport: Defined a new business
model and product offering for an outsourcing services
startup. Managed a 400 user implementation of Siebel and
real-time systems interfaces.
- Quintus: Managed a Siebel Sales Force
Automation project including a national rollout across
five cities and 200 remote sales people. Defined sales
and service business processes.
- STAR Telecom: Implemented Siebel Call Center Telecommunications vertical. Designed and coded the conversion of 35,000 customer accounts.
1993 – 1999 Accenture (formerly
Andersen Consulting) – Manager
Project Management, Business Process
Design, Configuration and Development
- DaimlerChrysler (Detroit, Mexico City):
Managed a team of consultants, accountants and executives
to create a new international chart of accounts and financial
business processes for the post-merger DaimlerChrysler
Corporation. Helped plan and manage the Mexico City pilot-site
implementation.
- General Motors Delphi Automotive (France):
Led all financial and treasury process design, SAP configuration
and interface design. Designed and implemented integration
between finance and manufacturing, sales, and logistics.
Created plans for French, German and Spanish site implementations.
- Saint-Gobain Vitrage (Belgium): Responsible
for financial and treasury applications for Saint-Gobain
Vitrage in Belgium including building an automated banking
and reconciliation interface. Worked with clients across
Europe to plan a five country rollout.
- Created and led Accenture’s Industry
Center of Expertise for financial applications in the
Utilities industry. Worked with SAP North America to define
their Utilities and Telecommunications industries product
offering.
- Assisted Accenture Paris in starting
an enterprise software solution center in France. Consulted
to various European projects including Renault Vehicules
Industriels and Disneyland Paris to help with their project
planning, design and configuration.
- Conducted SAP training for consultants
and clients in Chicago and Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
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