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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• NSCS Official Description: Help connect members with professional development opportunities available online through NSCS, through their campus community, and more.
• Facilitated connections between members and a wide range of professional development opportunities offered by NSCS, leveraging both online platforms and campus resources to enhance career prospects.
• Organized and conducted impactful professional development workshops for students on campus, covering essential topics such as career planning, skill-building, and job search strategies.
• Engaged new and prospective members by promoting NSCS resources for career assistance and resume advice, encouraging them to utilize available tools and support for their professional growth.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Powering all types of businesses with customer experience (CX) automations with 950+ integrations in software tools for e-commerce, transactions, CRM, analytics, databases, and more.
• Led the engineering of a high-performance custom automation scripting management app, designed from scratch to streamline script activities for developers managing configured accounts.
• Integrated Node.js for robust backend functionality, converted Python 3 schemas to TypeScript, and implemented an API client to efficiently retrieve and organize scripts based on command identification, simplifying.
• Developed and tested command-line staging and data pipelines to ensure seamless performance and reliability.
• Developed custom integrations for ActiveCampaign within the Zapier ecosystem using JavaScript, JSON, Nock, and Mocha. Configured these integrations with ActiveCampaign's API to enhance trigger-action automation, which.
• Participated in daily stand-up meetings and sprint planning sessions to effectively prioritize tasks and meet project deadlines.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Collaborated in training Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) on large-scale medical imaging datasets, focusing on performance optimization using TensorFlow and Keras. Developed techniques to improve model accuracy.
• Explored and implemented methods for mapping CT scans to MRI scans, advancing medical imaging technology by leveraging and experimenting with deep learning algorithms.
• Designed and executed preprocessing methods for training datasets, ensuring high-quality input for model training and enhancing overall model performance.
• Participated in code reviews and contributed to the enhancement of the existing codebase, demonstrating a keen attention to detail and adherence to best coding practices. Provided valuable feedback to improve code.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Built a robust distributed system using Java, IntelliJ, Hadoop, Maven, MapReduce, and Bash to efficiently index and retrieve large datasets, delivering fast and accurate search results.
• Streamlined development and maintained code quality through the integration of IntelliJ and Maven, ensuring a well-organized project structure.
• Created custom TF and IDF algorithms in Java and Hadoop to calculate Term Frequency and Inverse Document Frequency, enhancing document relevance ranking.
• Leveraged MapReduce for parallel processing, optimizing performance by distributing indexing and query tasks across multiple compute nodes.
• Developed Bash scripts for system orchestration and monitoring, facilitating seamless operation and effective resource management.

• Explored various medical diseases and psychological disorders through comprehensive resources and case studies.
• Conducted research on medical procedures including MRI and CT scans, EKGs, surgical transplants, anesthesia, and biomedical equipment as part of the Medical Examinations Summer Program.
• Shadowed physicians across diverse specialties such as dermatology, cardiology, and neurology, gaining insight into different fields of medicine.
• Observed medical students' research experiences and their residency placements at top medical schools, including Johns Hopkins, Washington University, the University of Michigan, and Stanford.

• Participated in a national-level debate on whether obesity should be considered a private or public concern.
• Designed debate layout and reviewed scripts for team preparation.
• Conducted extensive research using data reports and surveys on obesity among U.S. residents.
• Developed skills in effective public speaking, debate tactics, cross-examination, script writing, point verification, and data analysis.