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Utah, United States

▪ Building CRM mobile application with 80,000+ users in 165 countries with the Church of Jesus Christ▪ Coordinating on-prem data migration to the cloud with the Church of Jesus Christ▪ Recommended tech stack for a POC exploring decentralized identity capabilities and porting customer profiles using a digital wallet for a major financial firm based in Hong Kong

▪ Launched developer portal on schedule by bridging the gap between legal and UX teams▪ Negotiated timelines with other product teams on 3 successful internal integrations▪ Challenged assumptions with data from 15 interviews of potential clients

▪ Led 5 global teams (3-20 engineers each) in developing cryptography API and verifiable credential platform 6 months ahead of schedule▪ Drove consensus on standards for the backend platform that powers the digital wallet▪ Pioneered open source initiatives

Lehi, Utah, United States

▪ Worked with data scientists, ux designers, and key stakeholders to identify and implement troubleshooting features estimated to curb customer care expense by 3-4%▪ Presented work to stakeholders and executives, articulating future needs and resources▪ Partnered with accessibility enhancements coalition to analyze highest-impact improvements▪ Braved monolithic architecture with QA team to enhance user experience safely

▪ Presented to a live YouTube community of 1000+ viewers announcing the release of a new product▪ Independently led development team while the lead product manager was out with COVID-19 through multiple production releases▪ Prioritized and managed backlog for a 4-person agile development team using JIRA

Provo, Utah, United States

▪ Performed large-scale statistical analysis on a biometric dataset to predict human deception using SQL and Python▪ Implemented exploratory predictive models based on multiple linear regression and neural networks▪ Cleaned datasets and built data pipeline

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

▪ Assisted college students in linear algebra, calculus, differential equations, pre-calculus, and abstract algebra▪ Tutored two individuals to excel on standardized tests▪ Instructed five high school students helping improve their grades by more than one full letter grade▪ Taught linear algebra to BYU computer science student who received an A in the class

Provo, Utah, United States

Provo, Utah, United States

▪ Initiated women in computer science mentorship that led to nearly 40% representation in the lab▪ Recruited and led 10 undergraduates to implement machine learning models including linear regression, k-means clustering, image categorization, and neural networks▪ Taught seminar in linear algebra to 3 students

College Park, Md

▪ Edited and formatted over 20 chapters for the Oxford University Press International Policy Exchange Series▪ Organized an academic conference in Beijing coordinating the efforts of a team that spanned three organizations▪ Coordinated with the White House for a speaking engagement▪ Administered logistical details for both the Center for International Policy Exchange and the Welfare Reform Academy, including management of the organization’s websites and planning events

College Park, Md

▪ Edited publications for the Journal of Financial Services Research▪ Collaborated with researchers, publishers, and reviewers across the globe▪ Spearheaded restructuring of payment system for enhanced user security and efficiency▪ Collected thousands of online data entries for Excel report covering 67 years of citation records; completed three weeks ahead of deadline

Provo, Utah, United States

▪ Published benchmark comparison of 3 network reconstruction algorithms including LP, LMI, and DSF models▪ Implemented continuous time-series models based on differential equations using MatLab to model in silico biological experiments▪ Collaborated with graduate students from BYU, UCLA, and Cambridge University, UK

Master Of Information Systems Management (Mism), Management Information Systems, General, 3.97

▪$14K Graduate Mentoring Assistantship ▪Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society - only the top 10% of the program selected for this honor ▪Student.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Mathematics, 3.73

▪ $20K+ Academic & Private Scholarships ▪ 18 Credit Hours in Computer Science ▪ Research Publication in Academic Conference