Alex Grimes Email & Phone Number

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

• Managed a Python project to analyze performance metrics of the company website with results from an API, including comparisons with historical data saved to an SSMS database
• Implemented stored procedures to optimize data retrieving speed and security, leveraging Power BI for clear visualization of historical performance metrics
• Migrated return label service from web services to a third-party API, connecting it to our customer database using Flask

• I engaged as a key participant in The Opportunity Project 2023 with a 15-member cross-disciplinary team, including Software Engineers, UX/UI Designers, and Data Scientists, led by the US Census Bureau, Department of.
• Assumed the Scrum Master role, steering agile methodology practices to prioritize tasks, assign new work, and enhance team communication and efficiency
• Built a privacy-focused mobile application for reporting COVID-19 test results, incorporating anonymous reporting options and fortified user data with database encryption
• Created a robust RESTful API with TypeScript, Express.js, utilizing Sequelize and object-oriented programming to elevate performance and code reliability
• Developed the application’s responsive frontend using React Native and NativeWind, ensuring a seamless user experience across different devices
• Authored and maintained a suite of unit tests using Jest, proactively preventing bugs and sustaining high code coverage standards prior to production deployment

Online

• Attended a 12-week, 400+ hour training program focused on Git/GitHub, HTML, CSS,JavaScript, Node, MongoDB, SQL, Python, Java, jQuery, etc.
• Included learning best practices for using Third-Party APIs, as well as incorporating REST APIs and MVC frameworks.My Projects included:
• Weather Notes App: Used third party API with Python/Django backend, SQL, and React frontend. Users could look up a city's weather, add it to their dashboard, and add/edit the notes portion for each city on their.
• Shopping Cart App: Used a third party API with a clothing database to show specific clothing styles based on a quiz the user took after signing up. We used Node.js/Express backend, MongoDB, and React frontend.
• Travel Planner App: Used Java backend, MongoDB, and React frontend. This app helps users plan trips based on the hotels/transportation/activities they have found. Users can pick and choose which items will go on the.

Chicago, IL

• Spearheaded financial initiatives across North American entities by negotiating loans with Japanese banks, streamlined business processes by introducing a digital trip request system that cut down approval times by.

Fukui, Japan

Taught about 450 students at a public junior high school in Japan. My job included preparing and creating activities along side with other English teachers. Because of this, I learned how to effectively communicate my ideas to help motivate students learning English.Always active at school events on weekends, such as school-wide competitive sporting events.

The online English classes are one-on-one, to fully focus on the child's needs as s/he learns structured lessons. I maintained a consistent schedule that was always high in demand. Soon after my first month, managed a steady client base. As a teacher, I need to make the class exciting and engaging for kids. I encouraged them when they try their best at.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

It started out as a two week internship that turned into a full six month internship. I originally aided in checking records and filing. Because I was an effective member of their staff and quickly finished tasks in the filing department, I soon began helping the controller, the payroll and accounts payable department with extra tasks. I quickly learned.

Madrid Area, Spain

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics And Spanish

Software Engineering

Study Abroad