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New York, New York, United States

•Assists in lighting design for renovation and new construction projects, specializing in high-end residential and landscape lighting.•Drafts of lighting plans, layouts, elevations, and details including equipment placement and power distribution, to achieve the desired lighting effects with AutoCAD. Interprets and drafts plan and document markups accurately and correctly. •Reviews shop drawings to ensure product performance meets specifications, documents punch list items, and prepares… Show more •Assists in lighting design for renovation and new construction projects, specializing in high-end residential and landscape lighting.•Drafts of lighting plans, layouts, elevations, and details including equipment placement and power distribution, to achieve the desired lighting effects with AutoCAD. Interprets and drafts plan and document markups accurately and correctly. •Reviews shop drawings to ensure product performance meets specifications, documents punch list items, and prepares client presentations.•Part of team working on company standards for documentation. Brought the idea to the table to reference standards by the United States National CAD Standard, ISO Drawing Standards, and researching other officially recognized standards. •Experience utilizing AutoCAD software. Self-taught in AutoLISP for custom routines and scripts to enhance efficiency. Introduced the idea of custom scripts to the company.•Generates and maintenance of paperwork including fixture load schedules and LED chart spreadsheets with Excel, specifications with both Affinity Publisher, BlueBeam REVU and Adobe Acrobat, fixture tracking and bill of materials with Excel.•Creates physical 3D physical models of lighting fixtures to present to client and to use for scale on site prior to ordering custom fixtures. •Coordinates with procurement and logistics teams on fixture deliveries, orders, estimates, and quotes. Request proposals and keep the bill of materials up to date.•Creates electronic meeting notes during site visits and meetings. •Coordinates with procurement and logistics teams on fixture deliveries, orders, and estimates, requests quotes and proposals, and maintains up-to-date bills of materials. •Assists project managers to ensure deadlines are met. Takes initiative on completing and delegating tasks when needed. •Calculates square footage of projects based on floor plans. •Assists in the training of new hires. Show less

Garden City, New York, United States

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New York, New York

•Worked on projects at a range of different facilities such as the Bronx Zoo, the Italian Cultural Institute, Snug Harbor Campus Site in Staten Island, Queens Criminal Courthouse and more. •Worked on many projects at hospitals, clinics, and other sorts of medical facilities.•Drafted installations on AutoCAD and Revit such as one line diagrams, lighting fixture schedules and selection, emergency lighting, electrical equipment, and the wiring design for power and lighting. •Attended… Show more •Worked on projects at a range of different facilities such as the Bronx Zoo, the Italian Cultural Institute, Snug Harbor Campus Site in Staten Island, Queens Criminal Courthouse and more. •Worked on many projects at hospitals, clinics, and other sorts of medical facilities.•Drafted installations on AutoCAD and Revit such as one line diagrams, lighting fixture schedules and selection, emergency lighting, electrical equipment, and the wiring design for power and lighting. •Attended field surveys for lighting and power. •Conducted lighting compliance calculations through a program called COMcheck. •Calculated light fixture luminance, color rendering index (CRI), lamp life, direct-only overhead lighting, surface illuminance ratio from wall to work surface/ceiling to work surface, and etc. for a project that needed to be platinum certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, also known as LEED.•Became familiar with the software system SCADA, which is short for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.•Part of the Commissioning and Energy Services group and then the Medical Facilities Group Show less

Hofstra University

Bringing together a community for women and others in the engineering department.Initiating a mentorship program for girls from elementary school to high school to get exposed to the engineering and applied sciences fields.Working on showing our university this is an inclusive organization and want to make contributions towards the Hofstra community.

Mineola, New York

• Participated in field surveys, assisted in performing voltage drop calculations, power analysis and equipment selection.• Constantly used Auto CAD for documentation of electrical drawings and became familiar with NFPA – National Electrical Code (version 2014).• Projects worked on have been for a variety of facilities including the Coney Island Aquarium, Estée Lauder’s Manufacturing Headquarters, schools run but the School Construction Authority, and many more. • Mentored by one of… Show more • Participated in field surveys, assisted in performing voltage drop calculations, power analysis and equipment selection.• Constantly used Auto CAD for documentation of electrical drawings and became familiar with NFPA – National Electrical Code (version 2014).• Projects worked on have been for a variety of facilities including the Coney Island Aquarium, Estée Lauder’s Manufacturing Headquarters, schools run but the School Construction Authority, and many more. • Mentored by one of the company’s senior electrical engineers. Show less

Hofstra University

Roosevelt Institute is the largest network of emerging thinkers and doers working to reimagine the rules of our society through policy change.Paired up with the “Climate Mobilization” organization and led a protest against climate change at Hofstra University while the campus was hosting the first Presidential Debate of 2016.Worked on bringing Indigenous Peoples’ Day to Hofstra and getting Hofstra to donate its unsold food to shelters through “Rock and Wrap It Up!”

Hempstead, New York

Admitted residents and their guests into the residence halls in accordance with the ID Policy andprocedures.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Gained experience with editing film, lighting, being a camera man, doing live shooting, writing scripts, and the over all process of creating a film.Built my networking skills – was constantly meeting new people which strengthened my skills in communication.Experienced with the most up to date (at the time) Final Cut Pro Software.Conducted several professional interviews.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Learned about and worked on solving environmental problems both locally and globally with six other members. Participated in hands-on service projects with various city departments of Cambridge and external partners.Project-based work included removing invasive plants from the Mystic River, gardening and composting in local schools and community gardens, and assisting the City of Cambridge’s Planning and Transportation Department with its outreach efforts.Privately… Show more Learned about and worked on solving environmental problems both locally and globally with six other members. Participated in hands-on service projects with various city departments of Cambridge and external partners.Project-based work included removing invasive plants from the Mystic River, gardening and composting in local schools and community gardens, and assisting the City of Cambridge’s Planning and Transportation Department with its outreach efforts.Privately toured science centers, a waste incinerator, farmer’s markets, a water treatment facility, a recycling center, and community farms while learning about their purposes and types of job in the industries. Show less

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Women Engineers, Theta Tau, Roosevelt Institute, Phi Sigma Sigma •Part time student. •Studied abroad.

Education record

Relevant courses: •AP Calculus •Fast Track Engineering – learned the engineering design process, engineering documentation, Computer Aided.