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London, England, GB

• Lead modernization journey in system with $800m annual impact to the client.
• Guide client’s organizational transformation towards product mindset and comfort with Agile.
• Pair-program with engineers of all levels to exchange knowledge and upskill the client’s workforce.

Chicago, IL, US

• Gave hedge fund clients real-time visibility into their positions by implementing REST API.
• Improved stability and confidence in code by introducing methodology of test-driven development.
• Empowered developers and reduced key-person risk by strategizing on adoption of company-wide knowledge base.

Woonsocket, RI, US

• Developed full-stack cloud-based applications using Spring and Angular under Extreme Programming methodology.
• Led engineering team on project to save CVS $60M annually.Internal title: XP Engineer, Manager
• Led engineering subteam on project with $1.8B annual impact.
• Taught git to new & less experienced engineers.

Woonsocket, RI, US

Internal title: Java XP Engineer, Senior Analyst

Darmstadt, DE

• Developed graphical tool to facilitate user studies of how humans perceive similarity between graphs.
• Provided prompt and friendly support of the tool to participants while study was underway.

Undergraduate research assistant for the Illinois Geometry Lab, on the Virtual Reality, Visual Cliffs, and Movement Disorders project. ⦁ Wrote scripts to animate virtual-reality terrain in Unity game engine.⦁ Wrote paper for IEEE EMB Conference in January 2018:R. Kaur et al., Virtual Reality, Visual Cliffs, and Movement Disorders. IEEE EMB 2018 Proceedings.

• Student research assistant for Dr. Verena Martinez Outschoorn.
• Debugged software that monitors electronics in the Large Hadron Collider.
• Compiled concept map of all knowledge relating to that software.

Columbia, SC, US

• Student researcher at UofSC's Physics and Astronomy Research Experience for Undergraduates.
• Determined that cloud chamber aspect ratio does not affect temperature gradient in center of chamber.
• Presented poster at university research showcase in August 24, 2016.

Grand Forks, North Dakota, US

• Student researcher at UND's Research Experience in Developing Software for Mission Critical Space Systems, a Research Experience for Undergraduates coupled to UND's OpenOrbiter satellite program.
• Discovered new method for measuring distance using optical correlation.
• Presented poster at Small Satellite Conference in August 2015.
• Submitted paper to IEEE EIT Conference in May 2016.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) In Engineering Physics, Astrophysics

Education record