hi! I'm Melina.

Engineer by day. After hours I try new hobbies, read, and build little apps with AI.

the fun stuff the work stuff

side quests

Classes, crafts and hobbies I've picked up along the way.

on my nightstand

updates from Goodreads see my whole shelf →
currently reading
starting in Windsor

The Social Reading Club

I'm getting a book club off the ground in Windsor: good books, good conversation, and a reason to get out of the house. Follow along on Instagram, and grab a spot at the next meetup on Luma.

register now @windsor.reads

building with AI

Small apps, made with AI tools and a lot of trial and error.

The app home screen: Track your fast food macros, with a list of restaurants
in progress

eatwise

See the protein, carbs and fat of your fast food order before you get to the window.

Expo · React Native · Cursor
photo coming soon
in progress

hatch

A home for every half-baked idea, and a way to turn the good ones into real projects.

Claude Code

Work

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Experience

Senior Management Engineer

Apr 2026 – Present
Henry Ford Health · Automation Center of Excellence, Revenue Cycle
  • Drive AI and automation strategy for revenue cycle operations with operations, IT, analytics and vendors
  • Lead automation projects end to end, from current-state mapping through testing and deployment
  • Manage Epic AI feature rollouts, including the Prior Auth Portal Assistant

Management Engineer

Sept 2024 – Mar 2026
Henry Ford Health · Transformation Consulting, Revenue Cycle Administration
  • Led the Self-Pay Taskforce workgroup across cross-functional stakeholders
  • Used process and value stream mapping to find breakdowns and stabilize processes before optimizing them

Senior Analyst, Capacity and Infrastructure Planning

Aug 2023 – Aug 2024
Ontario Health · Toronto
  • Ran capacity and infrastructure analyses for provincial systemic treatment planning
  • Mapped patient flow and facility coverage to find access gaps

Business Process and Data Analyst

Feb 2021 – Feb 2023
University Health Network · Toronto
  • Simulated Toronto General Hospital operations to test future capacity scenarios
  • Built a Python data pipeline that cut simulation prep from a month to a week
  • Developed machine learning length-of-stay models for General Internal Medicine

Education

MASc, Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Toronto · Specialization in healthcare operations · 2021–2023Thesis: Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Analyze Admission Criteria of a General Internal Medicine Short Stay Unit
BASc (Hons), Industrial Engineering, with DistinctionUniversity of Windsor · Minor in Business Administration · 2015–2020

Research I'd love to be part of

I'm interested in the effects of AI on human-to-human connection and trust, and I'd love to get involved in research on it. If you're working on any of these questions, I'd love to hear from you.

Get in touch
Communication and empathyWhat happens to conversation skills, conflict and empathy when people draft, rehearse or vent with AI first.
Friendships, families and relationshipsHow AI changes the way people make and keep friends, how families talk and connect, and how couples meet, date and stay together.
Patients and AIHow patients feel about AI being part of their healthcare decisions, and what builds or breaks their trust.