I am an experienced data scientist and cognitive scientist with skills in all manner of disciplines! In addition to this experience I am passionate about data and research and I enjoy the chance to apply my skills to all manner of new challenges! --I've always been one for a good puzzle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've worn many-hats in my young career and this has provided me with a wide array of experience and confidence as well as a strong sense of humility. I've run the gambit from bus boy to research scientist, to web developer and I have excelled at each and every endeavor because I believe in hard-work and meaningful results. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why I'm an ideal employee: ~ I am knowledgeable and a quick learner that easily adapts to new challenges ~ I am reliable and consistent in both my demeanor and work ethic ~ I am fun to work with and easy to get along with. I do very well as part of team ~ I also work great independently ~ I don't waste time, if I'm done with a task I move onto the next one or help out anyone who needs it ~ I take pride in my work no matter what the task ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're looking for a young, bright and dedicated individual to join your team, I hope you will take me into consideration. If you have any questions or want to chat about available opportunities please don't hesitate to get in touch with me: email: jdv12@case.edu | joshv@wearenu.com phone: (440)-231-0479

Research Data Scientist @ I work on various computational research tasks for the Epidemiology and Biostatistics department. From October 2015 to Present (1 month) Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaContract Natural Language Processing Scientist @ Various contract work related to Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning From October 2015 to Present (1 month) RemoteSemantic Annotator @ I assist in the classification of query intent for the purposes of semantic web classification for the dragon speech recognition application. From August 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) New York, New YorkMedical informatics Intern @ Worked on extracting semantic vectors and meaning/information from unstructured text for the construction of a topic model for the task of joint modeling text from medical reports and medical images. From May 2015 to September 2015 (5 months) Princeton, NJFreelance Web Developer @ Custom ecommerce groupon-­‐style design using OpenCart CMS. Custom html/css/javascript template and theme design. From July 2014 to September 2014 (3 months) New York, New YorkFreelance Web Developer @ Developed splash page for new banding logo and PR campaign. Custom e-­‐mail signatures for branding From July 2014 to August 2014 (2 months) New York, New YorkGraduate Student Researcher @ Designed and analyzed a market research survey to collect voice command preferences for smart homes and smart appliances using CrowdSourcing platforms. From January 2014 to June 2014 (6 months) SeattleEditor @ Edited, for content and form, Dr. Detterman’s book on Human Intelligence entitled “The Science of Human Intelligence.” From October 2011 to October 2012 (1 year 1 month) Cleveland, OhioParchment Restoration/Mail Room Attendant @ Assisted in the binding and preservation of texts and sorted incoming and outgoing books. From August 2010 to August 2012 (2 years 1 month) Cleveland, OhioResearch Assistant @ Built a linguistic parser using Dr. Per Aage Brandt’s theory of stemmatics for a vocally operated wheel chair. && Semiotics of synesthesia and how it relates to metaphor and creativity. Devised a concept-­‐based model of synesthesia focusing on modal reduction via the working memory. From August 2009 to August 2012 (3 years 1 month) ClevelandGallery Attendant @ Escorted patrons through the museum providing tours and information about exhibitions From September 2008 to August 2010 (2 years) Cleveland, Ohio

Master of Science (M.S.), Computational Linguistics @ University of Washington From 2012 to 2015 B.A., Cognitive Science @ Case Western Reserve University From 2008 to 2012