Andrew Shaw Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Designed, developed, and tested optimizations to reduce EBS Snapshot creation time for AWS customers by 85%
• Implemented cross-functional code modifications across 3 services and 7 packages in Python, Java, and C++
• Initiated exploration and wrote primer to raise awareness of technological sustainability within EBS Snapshot team

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Analyzed ICE arrest records in Python and R to identify human rights trends published in UWCHR public report
• Trained ML model to categorize at-large community arrests from text narratives in over 1K arrest records

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Led design, implementation, and delivery of novel unified mapping platform with SQL database and React frontend to power Office of Emergency Management response operations with live situational awareness data
• Conducted full product lifecycle, including user research, product design, and iterative user testing
• Supported Mayor’s Office in developing AI policy by researching AI procurement practices and creating AI inventory
• Provided recommendations to Office of Equity and Civil Rights in updating public equity dashboard to UX standards

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Distilled lab research on NLP bias and inclusive policymaking into one-pager reports for public consumption
• Organized and advertised internationally attended WeRobot robotics policy conference
• Secured over $300K in funding for Tech Policy Lab activities by drafting funding request letter to external companies

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Worked with attorneys to develop apps that automate legal immigration processes as part of work for Visalaw.AI, a spin-off legal software company

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Developed app to advise employers on J-1 visa waiver eligibility for healthcare workers, working with attorneys to define legal reasoning, use cases, and requirements
• Enhanced app navigability by implementing custom UI features such as progress bar with waypoints
• Proposed and engineered adaptive software to automate app testing process using Selenium with Java

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Drafted corporate meeting minutes, NDAs, employment agreements, and other contracts for small businesses
• Provided legal updates to business owners by researching and writing blog posts on legal news
• Performed legal research for clients in areas such as ADA website compliance and intellectual property law

M.S. Computer Science

Joint B.S./M.S. Program

B.S. Computer Science · B.A. Philosophy: Ethics (Departmental Honors) · Interdisciplinary Honors, 3.98

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Undergraduate Philosophy Journal Editor-in-Chief, NDT-CEDA Policy Debate

High School Diploma · Ib Diploma, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Break the Barrier, Speech and Debate, Rocketry Club, Rocketry 4 Rookies, DECA, LiveBright, Cross-Country• IB.