Gavin Megson

EDUCATION

PhD in Computer Science, in progress – PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Portland, OR

• MS earned in 2020.

• Computer Security Graduate Certificate earned in 2021.

• Graduate Research Assistant, 2019 – present.

• Included courses on quantum computing, blockchains, machine learning, statistics, network optimization, cryptography, security, and theory.

BS in Economics, 2015 – UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, OR

• Concentration in International and Development Economics.

• Minor in Political Science.

• Included courses in statistics, econometrics, game theory, and political economy.

• Additional independent actuarial studies covering SOA exams P, FM, and MFE.

EXPERIENCE

Contributor, Portland State Aerospace Society, March 2018 – Present

• As a student member of Portland State Aerospace Society, contributed to OreSat, a student-led open source satellite with prototype launched in March 2022.

• Helped design and implement forward error correction and communication protocols for satellites and ground stations.

Summer Intern, NASA Glenn Research Center, June 2020 – August 2020

• Helped design machine learning algorithms to increase efficiency of satellite communication.

• Implemented core functionality of software-defined cognitive radio research testbed.

Junior Associate, Mu Sigma Inc., August 2015 – September 2016

• Responsible for leading cross-functional offshore team in developing various analytics projects in a client-facing product owner role.

• Worked with corporations across several verticals to identify and improve data analytics capabilities.
  
  CHICAGO, IL; MAY – SEPTEMBER 2016:
  · Led a 3 person cross-functional offshore team and served on-site as primary liaison with clients in the marketing and analytics department at a leading pharmaceutical corporation.
  · Improved measurement of long-term multimillion-dollar medical awareness campaign by improving testing measurement and analysis.
  · Modeled historical price increase patterns of various competing products to inform strategy decisions in advance of existing methods.
  · Predicted impact of a new category of competitor by identifying and evaluating pricing strategies and market share growth of a recent case study, helping to protect billions of dollars at risk.
  · Handled medical data (sell-in/sell-out, patient prescriptions/claims/diagnoses) from multiple sources, often without perfect measurement or mapping.
  
  BENTONVILLE, AR; FEBRUARY – MAY 2016
  · Coordinated between multiple teams and assisted with various analytical projects for the world’s largest retailer.
  · Designed long-term growth plan detailing new strategic initiatives for services division.
  · Segmented customers and calculated lifetime value by categories.
  · Efficiently queried multi-petabyte Hadoop cluster, combining data with external sources.
  
  BANGALORE, INDIA; AUGUST 2015 – FEBRUARY 2016
  · Created reporting management protocol for marketing division of leading Australian telecommunications firm, helping to reduce procedural redundancy in national campaigns.
  · Modeled outlet revenue factors for major Japanese convenience store chain, helping to identify root causes behind inventory issues.
  · Completed training programs in technical tools, statistical modeling, and client engagement.

PROJECTS

OreSat

• As a student member of Portland State Aerospace Society contributed to OreSat, a student-led open source satellite with prototype launched in March 2022.

• Helped design and implement forward error correction and communication protocols for satellites and ground stations.

CERTIFICATIONS

Computer Security

• Computer Security Graduate Certificate, Portland State University, 2021.

• Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP), 2019.

Agile

• Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), 2018.

• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I), 2018.

Other

• Technician Class Amateur Radio License (KJ7QWH), 2020.

• Society of Actuaries Exam FM (Financial Mathematics), 2015.

• Society of Actuaries Exam P (Probability), 2014.

PUBLICATIONS

Research Papers

• S. M. Hashir, S. Gupta, G. Megson, E. Aryafar, and J. Camp, "Rate Maximization in a UAV Based Full-Duplex Multi-User Communication Network Using Multi-Objective Optimization," in MDPI Electronics Journal, 11(3), January 2022.

• G. Megson, S. Gupta, S. M. Hashir, E. Aryafar, and J. Camp, "An Experiment-Based Comparison Between Fully Digital and Hybrid Beamforming Radio Architectures for Many-Antenna Full-Duplex Wireless Communication," in MDPI Electronics Journal, 11(1), December 2021.

Short Papers and Presentations

• G. Megson and E. Aryafar, “Many-Antenna Full-Duplex with Fully Digital and Hybrid Beamforming Radios,” in Proceedings of IEEE APWC, Honolulu, HI, August 2021.

PROGRAMMING

Languages

Python: Advanced.

• Created many machine learning models in PyTorch, tensorflow, scikit-learn, and OpenAI Gym.

• Implemented basic functionality and digital signals processing for software-defined radios with numpy and raw algorithms.

• Solved optimization problems with CVXPY.

• Edited custom GNU radio modules for SDR and satellite communication.

• Visualized data with matplotlib.

C/C++: Intermediate.

• Augmented low-level operating system code.

• Created makefiles and conditional compilation instructions.

SQL: Intermediate.

• Optimized queries on massive databases.

• Aggregated data for data science reports.

Rust: Intermediate.

• Completed homework assignments and project for Rust-focused class.

Haskell: Basic.

• Completed homework assignments using proper functional programming paradigms.

Solidity: Basic.

• Implemented dapps and solved CTFs for Ethereum smart contracts.

SAS: Basic.

• Aggregated data for data science reports.

R: Basic.

• Aggregated data for data science reports.

Basic experience with: Vyper, F#, Q#, MATLAB, C#, Stata, JavaScript.