Jacob Vaverka’s resume
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Modeling dynamic systems.
Creating insightful visualizations.
Maintaining HPC systems.
Building full-stack & desktop apps.
Leading diverse technical efforts.
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Jacob Vaverka
HPC Software Developer
Lifelong learner striving to stay curious.
Professional Experience
Sales Engineer
JuliaHub, Inc.
Remote
Present - 2021
- Industrial modeling simulations running on distributed systems.
- Integrator of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) capabilities with large-scale industrial models.
- Contributor to key software offerings for modeling and simulation framework, JuliaSim.
- Writer of JuliaSim Surrogates documentation for accelerating expensive models.
- Creator of demonstrations using JuliaSim on JuliaHub to execute simulations on cloud-compute.
- Trained customers on Julia, SciML and JuliaSim packages.
HPC Application Developer
General Motors
Detroit, MI
2021 - 2018
- Engineered desktop application built on Computational Model Builder.
- Back-end HPC applications interfacing with desktop application.
- Back-end applications for encrypted file transfer across High Performance Compute environment.
- Elasticsearch pipeline to capture and monitor simulation job metrics.
- Data transformation pipeline to compile, submit and run OpenFOAM simulations for various CFD engineering groups.
- In situ and situ visualizations built on ParaView.
- Implementer of engineering proof-of-concepts into production applications.
- Leader of small teams to complete various project objectives.
Decision Support Analyst
General Motors
Roswell, GA
2018 - 2017
- Large-scale queries for global market communication and Customer Relation Management.
- Complex data pipelines in SQL, Bash and Awk on OpenSUSE.
- Carefully implemented data protection practices.
Systems Developer
General Motors
Roswell, GA
2017 - 2016
- Global sales intelligence and planning for all GM brands.
- Built and managed end-to-end ETL pipeline.
- Delivered key performance indicators and aggregate reports.
- Fast-paced agile environment with face-to-face customer interaction.
Open Source Contributions
SciML Open Source Scientific Machine Learning
Remote
2023 - 2022
- Built website for SciML Book MIT Course
18.337J/6.338J. - Documentation updates and fixes for
DiffEq.jl.
Fun fact: I like puzzles. In high school I learned to solve a Rubik’s Cube and got pretty fast at solving it (best ~45 seconds). Years later I was gifted a Megaminx - a dodecahedron shaped puzzle with 12 faces and 50 movable pieces - and used only my knowledge of the standard 3x3 Rubik’s Cube to solve it in 1 day.
Julia Ecosystem
Remote
2022 - 2021
- Documentation fix for
AbstractGPs. - Documentation update for
Franklin.jl. - Documentation fix for
Literate.jl.
LunarVim
Remote
2021 - 2020
Technical Skills
Languages and Frameworks
Through personal and professional projects I have learned and explored many programming languages and frameworks. Below is a list showing some of these languages sorted by proficiency (advanced to functional).
- Language
JuliaJavaScriptPythonC++JavaRubyR- Framework
ModelingToolkit.jlShinyReactRailsDashVTKQt
- Learner
- Ideation
- Futuristic
- Achiever
- Intellection
Continued Learning
Advanced Statistical Regression
Johns Hopkins University
Remote
2022
Follow my continuous learning projects in fields like applied math, modeling / simulation, web dev and more.
Mathematics of Finance
Johns Hopkins University
Remote
2021
Matrix Theory
Johns Hopkins University
Remote
2019
Statistics and Data Analysis
Johns Hopkins University
Remote
2019
Certifications
Actuarial Science
Exam P: Probability
Remote
2015
Before landing my first IT job, I planned to pursue a career in actuarial science.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
2013 - 2009