Major Industry Awards

  • 2025 — Circle of Excellence Award (Capital One’s highest honor) — for leadership on Agent Assist
  • 2023 — CIO Elite Award — Agent Assist
  • 2023 — TechX Award — Agent Assist
  • 2022 — Best Presentation Award — Modeling & Analytics Conference

Research & Innovation Awards

  • 2017 — Breakthrough Innovation Award — HealthWorks Breakthrough Acceleration Program
  • 2015 — Winner, “Science as Art” Competition — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy)
  • 2010 — Best Paper Award — ANSS 2010
  • 2010 — Overall Best Paper Award — SpringSim 2010
  • 2010 — First Place — 22nd Annual University Research Day
  • 2010 — Second Place — 6th Annual Computer Science Research Day

Fellowships & Research Appointments

  • 2014 — Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy)
  • 2013 — ASTRO Intern (Advanced Short-Term Research Opportunity) — Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy)

Travel & Presentation Awards

  • 2014 — Travel Award (IISSO) — FLAIRS, Pensacola, USA
  • 2014 — Travel Award (IISSO) — CICLing, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • 2013 — Travel Award (IISSO) — BIBM, Philadelphia, USA

Academic Appointments & Assistantships

  • 2011–2014 — Graduate Research Assistantship — FedEx Institute of Technology, UoM
  • 2009–2010 — Graduate Research Assistantship — Department of Computer Science, UoM
  • 2006–2008 — Graduate Research Assistantship — FedEx Institute of Technology, UoM