Alyssa Harris Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco/Dc

■ Began transitioning into the role of Engineering Manager in January 2022, assuming additional responsibilities in Data team leadership and management■ Built a high-performing and cohesive team, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment that consistently receives commendation for stellar teamwork■ Spearheaded a 50% increase in team velocity within the first 6 months of assuming the role, streamlining operations and accelerating project delivery

San Francisco/Dc

■ As the 5th employee and 1st data engineer at seed stage, played a pivotal role in shaping infrastructure, company culture, and the Data team as the company grew to 75 employees and raised Series A and B funding rounds■ Overhauled a failing data pipeline by completely redesigning and rewriting it in Python, significantly enhancing data accuracy and achieving a 400% increase in efficiency

Washington, Dc, Us

■ Managed the work of designers, frontend developers, and backend engineers on some of the company's largest projects with both industry and government partners■ Led technical development on the Algorithm Publication Tool, a web application conceived with the IMPACT team at NASA to increase the usability of scientific documents, from requirement definition through prototype delivery, and presented this work at ESA EO Phi-Week 2019.■ Managed and developed on Scoreboard, an open source web application built to encourage and provide feedback to new OpenStreetMap contributors■ Led expansion of WorkElections.com infrastructure to incorporate a dynamic backend allowing for real-time updates to poll working information from county officialsRelevant links:https://github.com/developmentseed/scoreboardhttps://medium.com/devseed/getting-people-to-the-polls-to-work-at-the-polls-5db9c7d2f6c5

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

■ Expanded a complex cloud-based system to enable researchers to execute and analyze results from thousands of microsimulation model runs with a 95% speed increase■ Co-led an eight-week training series in Python for data science■ Contributed to the Transfer Income Model (TRIM), a microsimulation model written in C++ which uses household survey data to simulate benefits programs■ Wrote Python backend code for Tax Policy Center web calculators■ Wrangled data for research projects using statistical programs such as STATA and SASRelevant links:http://tpc-tax-calculator.urban.org/https://www.urban.org/research/data-methods/data-analysis/quantitative-data-analysis/microsimulation/transfer-income-model-trim

Charlottesville, Va, Us

■ Economics 3720: Introduction to EconometricsTaught 2 discussions per week for 60 advanced economics students■ Economics 2010: Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)Taught 2 discussions per week for 68 introductory-level economics students

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

■ Built on my previous year's research on spatial orientation in virtual reality■ Conducted experiments with human subjects comparing a stepping algorithm using a Microsoft Kinect to a joystick in terms of a user’s spatial orientation

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

■ Proposed and conducted research on spatial orientation in virtual reality■ Created an algorithm that let a user move by leaning (using two Wii Balance Boards)■ Conducted experiments with human subjects comparing the leaning algorithm to a joystick in terms of a user’s spatial orientation■ Presented results at the ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (August 2013)

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

■ Developed working knowledge of SQL to assist Director of Institutional Research■ Conducted research as requested and utilized Excel for the presentation and analysis of results

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

■ Maintained a FileZilla database containing papers and journal articles relevant to professors’ research, and a BibTeX file cataloguing them■ Performed proofreading and paper editing in support of Mathematics education and research

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science, Economics/Mathematics

Summer Abroad, Mobile Software Development