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Remote

• Owned the product roadmap and met project deadlines by identifying and mitigating any engineering roadblocks
• Established an end-to-end product development process and optimized development speed by 66% utilizing Agile methodology
• Managed sprint planning and review, evolving weekly prioritization to meet necessary product milestones
• Acted as the liaison between product, development, and customer success teams to determine platform/feature definition and requirements that meet customer needs
• Communicated across internal and external stakeholders to understand customer pain points and translate them into actionable user stories
• Crafting product roadmaps and work-flow processes

• Managed cross-functional team communication to build the company's platform from design to implementation
• Completed the company's front-end web interface using Figma and React, to share with students a personalized list of college recommendations
• Programmed a student-college matching algorithm by applying trigonometric theories to analyze a student's academic performance and interests respective to college entrance requirements
• Strategized research studies to model the experiences of long-serving teachers to optimize the company's student-college matching algorithm

New York, New York

• Update and maintain Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) Department website at the Teachers College
• Design and develop websites needed by the MST Department and its faculty
• Support communication between faulty needs and department website standards to ensure smooth and easy website transitions.
• Initiated an MST Dept. initiative to design and develop an MST thesis showcase webpage, presented annually during the Teachers College graduation ceremonies

Greater New York City Area

• Constructed a user research database repository of 6000+ qualitative user insights by analyzing and interpreting key data points from 30+ UX research reports
• Supported a pilot partnership with LEGO by producing user interview protocols, conducting user interviews, creating a pilot user research plan, and analyzing 200+ qualitative user testimonies
• Identified and surfaced trends from analyzing classroom observations, surveys, focus groups, and interviews
• Authored three summative research reports, conducted user interviews, supported persona creation, and drafted recruitment screeners and surveys to communicate and disseminate research findings to company teams

Ithaca, New York Area

• Managed and led a project, focused on developing strategies toward strengthening student-faculty relationships and their efficiency using educational technology.
• Maintained project relations with over 35 participants, organizing user interviews, brainstorming sessions, and focus groups.
• Complied and organized data from participants, prioritizing the most important information to be shared with the department and Cornell Board of Trustees.

Ithaca, New York Area

• CU Micro-G, an engineering project team, created to design, build, and test instruments for space exploration. CU MicroG has currently participated in the 2016 & 2017 NASA Micro-g NExT challenges.
• Led a team 3-5 to students with the goal to raise awareness and engage the public in space exploration.
• Developed personal relationships with local organizations and schools: Boynton Middle school, DeWitt Middle School, Ithaca High School, Ithaca Sciencenter to inspire the next generation of engineers.
• Led a team that managed and orchestrated local educational workshops, school events, and class activities, for students of all ages.
• Launched and structured the PR team to maintain our social media network, receiving mentions from Cornell Engineering and NASA.
• Connected with local papers and media outlet to promote NASA’s and CU MicroG’s mission.

Ithaca, New York Area

• Actively engaged in supporting curriculum development, working diligently to ensure a student’s perspective was included.
• Acted as a student representative working in collaboration with Department Directors and Professors, toward developing a college-wide curriculum to aid Cornell students toward becoming leaders within their field.
• Assisted in facilitating student focus groups to collect data about what experience students wanted to gain from a Leadership Minor.

Brooklyn Navy Yard

• Aided in the visual comprehension and intuitive design of a bilingual educational Apple app for ESL pre-k students.
• Debugged and performed critical tests to ensure the usability and navigation flow of the app.

Master'S Degree, Design & Development Of Digital Games

Specializing in the design and development of games, mobile apps, VR & AR platforms, and others closely related technologies. The.

Bachelor'S Degree Information Science, Information Science/Studies

Activities and Societies: Cornell Contra Dance Club (CCDC), Cornell MicroG, Cornell Baroque OrchestraWithin this field, I have.