Home Address: Campus Address:1921 Monument Dr. Christopher (Chris) Curtis 317 Owens St., Apt. 4Virginia Beach, VA 23464 ccurtis7@vt.edu Blacksburg, VA 24060(757) 479-1910 (757) 450-6560 (mobile)

Objective:Join a creative, progressive, challenging team where I will contribute to intellectual, technological, financial, and humankind workplace advances and achieve mastery as an Industrial Systems Engineer (ISE)

Education:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA 24060Anticipated Graduation: May 2015Major: Industrial Systems EngineeringIn Major GPA: 3.08Major Course Work:Statistical Quality Control, Probability Operations Research, Facilities Planning, Deterministic Operations Research, Management Systems, Production Planning and Inventory Control, Manufacturing Processes, Project Management and System Design, Human Factors Engineering, Work Physiology

Senior Design Capstone ProjectSupport JB Hunt's (transportation, trucking) Intermodal Division with Dray Operations for storage and retrieval of empty shipping containers. Complete a financial cost analysis of current capability, explore potential storage locations within four major cities (Chicago, Atlanta, L.A, and Dallas), and create a linear program to determine which storage locations are most cost efficient for the company to operate.

Certifications:Six Sigma Green Belt Fall 2013Configuration Data Managers’ Database Open Architecture (CDMD-OA) Summer 2012

Work Experience:Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24060Senior Data ReductionistCollaborated with Data Reductionist supervisors in overseeing lab operations and ensuring data quality. Executed and tested quality control protocols for assigned projects. Monitored progress toward project deadlines. Classified and organized parametric data with high levels of precision. Completed accuracy assessments for assigned projects. Trained data reductionists on current and upcoming projects. Addressed reductionist questions about specific projects. Compiled spreadsheets via Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.February 9, 2015 - Present

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24060Data ReductionistObserved digital video and parametric data collected for various (both government-sponsored and proprietary) transportation research projects to enhance transportation safety and mobility. Used a proprietary software program to observe and document driver behavior and driving conditions under controlled and/or naturalistic settings. Work required attention to detail for long periods of time, following detailed protocols, and the ability to perform accurate data inference and entry. May 13, 2014 – February 9, 2015

ORBIS, Incorporated, Virginia Beach, VA 23464Summer InternAssisted with review and drafting of proposals to support ORBIS’s bids for complex engineering services contracts for US government agencies, in particular, US Navy ship and submarine facilities that perform maintenance, logistics, and technical support tasks. Researched and updated US Navy ship and submarine systems and equipment configuration data using CDMD-OA, the Navy’s authoritative database for all ship maintenance, repair planning, and logistics management.May 2011 - August 2011 and May 2012 - August 2012

Additional Skills/Activities:Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE), American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE),Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Simio Version 6, AUTOCAD 2013, C++

References: Available upon request.