Chris Yankah

Experience

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  Vanderbilt University School of Engineering

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Computational Physics/ Mechanics Simulation Researcher

  I aided Dr. Ravindra Duddu through a VUSE Research Scholarship at his NSF Funded Civil and Environmental Engineering Lab. I modeled brittle material properties by combining structured and unstructured meshes using Abaqus. I also simulated complex forces with Navier Stokes Equations on solid structures with water filled cracks using Python, Fenics and Docker Engine.I organized, processed, and visualized thousands of time-step data points to map ice sheet crack propagation and find load-displacements till fracture Show less

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  Vanderbilt University

  Sept 2020 - May 2021

  Applications Development And Integration Intern

  • Implemented Docker Images to run Java Jar Files for the VUIT Encryption process with Maven• Wrote custom Python, XML, and YAML script for security application and deployment processes.• Learned to create helm charts to bundle Kubernetes components in Minikube running Tomcat.• Documented and called AWS API’s through REST API as well as Documented APIs through SwaggerHub.

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  PwC

  Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

  Project Management Tech Consulting Associate

  • Managed and led a cross-functional teams as a project manager to integrate 150+ Public Cloud Amazon Web Services assets into a ServiceNow CMDB through Turbot as well as aid drive the inclusion of 200+ telecom physical and virtual appliances.• Facilitated communication between Information Security, Cloud, and Configuration teams with Architects to meet proper CMDB guidelines and stakeholder requirements for vulnerability and risk management in production and developer environments.• Tracked sections of the sustainability progress of the Technology Workstream for weekly status reports.• Drove working sessions to map required data elements from Turbot to OOB CMDB fields for AWS CI Classes such as EC2, and S3.• Lead Technology and Data Baselines team as a Project manager to assess the baseline architecture of each client Technology Domain (Public Cloud, InfoSec, Storage, Mainframe, Server, Database, Network) and create target state initiatives to fix necessary gaps while in accordance with proper audit requirements. • Introduced new tools (like Puppet) or new systems for configuration and operational baseline management and for security baseline management to each of the Technology Domains.• Assisted in the restructuring of client Baseline Governance by driving communication between Technology Domains alongside the Baseline Governance team. Show less

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  Capital One

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Associate Software Engineer

    Feb 2023 - now

  • CODA Associate

    Aug 2022 - Feb 2023