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Richmond, Virginia, United States

▪ Bug Resolution for Legacy Applications: Specialize in identifying, diagnosing, and resolving bugs in legacy applications, ensuring their continued functionality and performance.▪ Key Contributor to High-Profit Application: Played a direct role in maintaining an application that generated a large portion of the companies profit, contributing to a notable increase in net income from $128.6 million in the first half of 2023 to $191.5 million in the first half of 2024.▪ Technical Expertise: Proficient in Java and Spring framework, Angular 8, and Oracle SQL Developer, leveraging these technologies to enhance application performance and reliability.▪ Quality Assurance and Debugging: Utilize advanced debugging techniques and QA methodologies to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, minimizing downtime and enhancing user satisfaction.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

▪ Worked under Dr. Chris Brown to conduct research in the field of Computer Science. Our research delved into the technical interview process of software engineers and aimed to discover improvements that could be applied to the process. We are currently awaiting approval for our first research publication in the IEEE Software journal.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

▪ Supported CS 2114 (Data Structure & Algorithms I) students through teaching, office hours, and grading.

Goddard, Maryland

▪ Contributed to the NGAP team, designing and implementing NASA-compliant cloud infrastructure for Earth Science projects.▪ Deployed, managed, and monitored cloud infrastructure using AWS services, including S3 for storage, EC2 for computing, Lambda for serverless computing, IAM for access control, and CloudWatch for logging and monitoring.▪ Actively participated in all agile development lifecycle stages, including planning, coding, testing, and deployment, ensuring seamless project progression.▪ Enhanced team collaboration and streamlined project management using the Atlassian Tool Suite, particularly Jira for task tracking, Confluence for documentation, and Bitbucket for version control.

▪ Integrated account permissions using JSON files with Flask to build and manage web application access control in real-time.▪ Automated and streamlined the handling of permission data from CSV and JSON sources through Python and Flask, enhancing security and efficiency.▪ Conducted load testing with Locust to assess and improve the performance and robustness of web applications, ensuring a seamless user experience.▪ Worked collaboratively with the development team, leveraging Flask's capabilities and JavaScript frameworks to pinpoint bottlenecks and enhance web application responsiveness.

▪ Provided support to students in various levels of Mathematics. Topics included Calculus, Linear Algebra, Combinatorics, and Cryptography.

Harrisonburg

▪ For the past few years I have dedicated time each week to help fellow students be the best they can be academically. I provided help with many general education classes that I had excelled at including various Computer Science courses and mathematics up to Calculus 3.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

▪ Actively engaged in the lives of students and aimed to provide outstanding programs and services that enhanced student development both inside and outside of the university.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Alkalo is an engineering startup with the aim to design, develop, and sell both safe and eco-friendly products.

Staunton, Virginia, United States

PYLR is an undergraduate led startup with the goal of developing ML-backed software for educational use. Projects included facial recognition, company sales forecasting, and stock market analysis.Originally started as self employed with additional partners joining at a later date.Languages:Python, Java, C

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science, 3.7

Accomplishments: ▪ New Horizon Graduate Scholar ▪ IEEE Software Journal Submission ▪ Dean’s List Positions: ▪ Graduate Research Assistant.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, 3.5

Accomplishments: ▪ UTC Aerospace Systems Scholars ▪ Jerry H. Ballengee Scholarship ▪ Dean’s List Positions: ▪ Mathematics & Computer.