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Andres Ramirez
Senior Quantitative Analyst, NATIONAL GRID
Location: Briarwood, NY United States
Joined: Mar 23rd, 2021

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- College Not Listed - class of 2004

Undergrad Major: Computer and Information Science

- College Not Listed - class of 2009

Grad Major: Computer and Information Science

Experience

I currently work with NATIONAL GRID as Senior Quantitative Analyst
I have years of experience working in the Computers, Software industry.

Senior Quantitative Analyst | NATIONAL GRID
From September 2017 to Current • 9 year(s)
Developed software to detect solar panels and rooftop structures in aerial images and LIDAR data, reducing outsourcing costs by $1.1M. Designed machine learning models for electricity load forecasting and obstacle detection on power transmission lines.

Site Engineer | MONSANTO
From December 2016 to June 2017 • 1 year(s)
Led automation initiatives to introduce cutting-edge technology in the agriculture industry. Initiated projects to guarantee quality in seed processing areas and supervised staff activities.

PhD Researcher | CORPOICA
From January 2015 to September 2016 • 1 year(s)
Implemented an image-based phenotyping system to increase by 90% the accuracy of evaluating plant disease in crop breeding programs. Created a phenotyping platform for analysis of Late Blight in potato crops using image processing and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Postdoctoral Research Associate | HOWARD UNIVERSITY
From January 2013 to December 2014 • 1 year(s)
Implemented NLP algorithms for topic detection and segmentation in automatic text summarization. Developed algorithms for automatic identification of sub-groups and social structure from linguistic features in text conversations.

Research Assistant | HOWARD UNIVERSITY
From August 2009 to December 2012 • 3 year(s)
Designed algorithms to detect and track pedestrians in color videos with illumination changes. Developed a wireless tailgate detection system to identify unauthorized attempts to gain access to a secured area.

Research Assistant | LARSIP-UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
From January 2007 to July 2009 • 2 year(s)
Developed target detection algorithms using hyperspectral images and implemented remote sensing algorithms for classification of materials in satellite images. Conducted biomedical image processing including modeling of scattering of skin.

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