Dan Maljovec

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Computing
School of Computing, Graphics and Visualization Track
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
December 2019
GPA: 4.0

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Gannon University, Erie, PA
May 9, 2009
GPA: 4.0

Honors

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Utah School of Computing, 2011
Archbishop John Mark Gannon Award for Academic Excellence, Gannon University, 2009
Leadership Scholarship Award, Gannon University, (2005-2009)
Academic Excellence Award, Gannon University, (2005-2009)
Dean's List Gannon University, 8 of 8 Semesters (2005-2009)
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Gannon University, 2006
American Chemical Society Outstanding Freshmen Chemist Award, Gannon University, 2006

Work History

Software Engineer
May 2019-Present
Recursion Pharmaceuticals

  • Member of DecSecOps team with a focus on switching all deployments to a GitOps-oriented approach with Jenkins X
  • Full stack developer working with React, Python, Kubernetes, and Postgres to implement internal tools enabling biologists and data scientists to design and execute standard and novel types of experiments on our platform
  • Participate in on-call rotation to hunt down and triage problems across many disciplines within the business

Part-Time Contractor
November 2017-August 2018
Go Nimbly

  • Developed Apex custom solutions for specific Salesforce implementations of various clients
  • Performed audits on code health at various clients
  • Full-stack development solutions for internal tooling and as needed for clients using Node.js, Postgres, React, Redis, and Redux

Research Intern
October 2014-September 2017
Idaho National Laboratory

  • Maintained and developed C++ and python code for the RAVEN software package
  • Implemented topology-based methods for data analysis
  • Designed an interactive graphical user interface for visualizing uncertainty quantification and probabilistic risk assessment data sets generated via RAVEN

Research Intern
May 2013-August 2013
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Investigated the approximation quality of the Morse complex on high-dimensional functions using various neighborhood graphs
  • Developed software tools for high-dimensional analysis and visualization
  • Developed techniques for partitioning a dataset topologically and performing local regression per partition

Research Intern
May 2012-August 2012
Sandia National Laboratories

  • Implemented adaptive sampling framework into the DAKOTA software
  • Developed novel strategies for doing multi-point adaptive sampling
  • Investigated the use of topological methods in global optimization problems

Research Assistant
January 2012-October 2014
University of Utah, School of Computing

  • Visualizing high-dimensional datasets using topological motifs
  • Applying topological constructs in the field of uncertainty quantification

Instructor
June 2011-August 2011
University of Utah, School of Computing

  • Team-taught CS1400 - Introduction to Computer Science
  • Led a class of 45 undergraduate students in both lectures and laboratory exercises

Programmer
May 2011-December 2011
University of Utah, Energy and Geoscience Institute

  • Migration of existing economic analysis toolkit to web platform
  • Work in small, cross-disciplinary team

Programming Consultant
May 2010-May 2012
Total Systems Resources

  • Perform bug fixes for existing Advantage software package and addition of new features
  • Investigate new technology options for Advantage product
  • Provide one-on-one C++ help for company employee

Teaching Assistant
August 2009-December 2011
University of Utah, School of Computing

  • Hold office hours and worked individually with students to troubleshoot problems
  • Lead weekly discussion sections
  • Grade student assignments

IT Co-op
September 2008-May 2009
GE Transportation

  • Worked as part of a small sourcing team in a fast-paced environment to cut company costs by researching suppliers and pricing data
  • Found, organized, and reported on data available in company's data warehouse
  • Worked extensively with Microsoft Excel and Access along with SQL queries to manipulate data for use by the sourcing team

Programmer
May 2007-August 2008
ImmersiMap, LLC

  • Worked in a small team environment to produce a usable software product
  • Developed and implemented algorithms to solve complex logical issues
  • Created end-user Graphical User Interfaces and also interfaces between separate applications

IT Intern
May 2007-August 2007
Insight Technology, LLC

  • Aided in the implementation of a 911 communications center
  • Performed network and computer troubleshooting in two county courthouses

Student Aide
August 2006-May 2007
CAAP/ACT 101 Tutorial Services Program, Gannon University

  • Provided one-on-one student tutoring in general chemistry and calculus I and II
  • Suggested better techniques for problem solving and studying