Connie Lancaster Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, Us

Continued my work on the Machine Learning Platform as part of the greater Nordstrom Analytics Platform to help design, build, and maintain scalable and sustainable technology products, devices, systems and solutions. Work that impacted over 300 projects, 100 users and more than a dozen active features each day.- Improved our internal API, CLI, SDK and web application (UI) code bases supporting projects that created over 20M in annual savings for Nordstrom- Participated in on-call shifts that included monitoring performance alerts from NewRelic and PagerDuty, helping our users (aka Data Scientists) with their error codes and jumping on emergent cross-company issues- Created stories, planned, executed and conducted peer code reviews - in an agile/ scrum environment - to ensure timely completion of work- Facilitated weekly team building activities; as well as, participated in larger company events - this includes membership in two internal ERGs (LatinX & LGBTQIA+) and engagement with many moreProject of Note: Feature Store Tech: Python, FastAPI, RESTful, DynamoDB, S3, FEAST, Jupyter Notebooks, Gitlab CI/CD Pipeline, NewRelic, React, JavaScript, MUI, Enzyme, JestCompleted work on an internal Feature Store - with both Online and Offline components - to help our users create, store and utilize curated features company wide - cutting down on duplicate work, increasing data integrity, and improving model training and predictions for thousands of employees.- Worked in a five-person team, within a three month timeframe and with multiple cross-department stakeholders to successfully launch our product- Planned, built and modified our non-relational database to best scale with our users- Executed company-wide rollout, including a stakeholder presentation – open to all – in which I owned multiple slides and presented a quarter of the content

Seattle, Washington, Us

Nordstrom Technology creates and maintains key business systems including the Machine Learning Platform which supports our Data Analytics team in leveraging data to improve business decisions and insights company wide. As an intern I worked on automating processes within the Machine Learning Team to improve performance and user experience, while saving employee time and accurately assigning responsibility. - Onboarded quickly, utilizing my knowledge of Pthyon, AWS services (like DynamoDB, S3 buckets etc), Node.js, JavaScript and React to hit the ground coding- Expanded my knowledge of quite a few new technologies including Kubernets, Docker, Gitlab pipelines and Apache Airflow to name a few- Became a subject matter expert in BDD and Unit testing- Employed my own UX/UI experience and knowledge to create, improve and call out helpful updates to our front-end, user-facing site - work was done predominantly in ReactProject of Note: Promote To Production AutomationTech: Python, Flask, RESTful, DynamoDB, S3, NewRelic, Apache Airflow, ServiceNow API, Gitlab API, React, JavaScript, MUIAutomated multiple steps across different tech stacks- all previously done manually - to streamline the promotion of data science projects from our internal sandbox to live production- Completed backend changes to a proprietary API by coding workflows that included internal API, SDK and CLI resources as well as external service API calls to offerings such as ServiceNow, AWS DynamoDB, Apache Airflow, and Gitlab- Reduced the time burden on the MLP team from over eight hours down to five minutes- Gave a final presentation of my work to Nordstrom Analytics Platform stakeholders and fellow teammates

New York, Ny, Us

Expanded my love of learning to include teaching, and in the process have found a place of joy in being able to guide, mentor and educate the future of our web development and software engineering world via the students of my cohort. I helped to teach a highly intensive curriculum of web technologies and programing languages. - Supported the Lead Instructor in teaching a cohort of over 15 students in the second half of their three month Software Engineering Immersion, all remotely over Zoom and Slack- Did not know Django before being asked to teach a lesson on it, but became knowledgeable enough to teach, debug and answer theory questions within days - Provided feedback and code reviews of homework, individual and group projects and presentations- Taught, debugged and provided support for technologies and concepts including but not limited to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, MERN stack, AJAX, Python, Django, Flask, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Canvas, APIs, RESTful routing, OAuth, JWT, AWS S3, boto3, Git and Github- Active participant in incubating further curiosity, promoting confidence in newly learned material and providing a sanity sounding board when a twelve-week vigorous program became overwhelming- Embodied General Assembly's belief that students and fellow employees deserve a safe space to promote their mental, physical and emotional health just as much as we promote the transformative learning that GA offers through courses in coding, data, design and business.

New York, Ny, Us

Partnered with students to help guide, support and inspire their path through the vigorous, transformational work that is General Assembly's Software Engineering Immersive. Whether trouble shooting a bug in code or offering advice as a fellow student, now alumni, of the same program, it was an honor to be a positive influence on fellow bright minds.- Worked with anywhere from one to 12 students at a time, utilizing Zoom for group work, or one-on-one debugging - a daily exercise in time management, organization and people skills- Taught, refreshed and deep dived all the technologies and concepts GA cohorts covered including but not limited to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, Python, Django, Flask, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Canvas, APIs, RESTful routing, OAuth, JWT, Git and Github- Fostered a growth mindset and embodied the company ideals, promoting a safe, supportive and energetic community that welcomes different needs and learning styles of students

New York, Ny, Us

I kicked tail feather in a twelve week, highly intensive program, alongside a very diverse cohort of incredible human beings, as we mastered the art of learning, product development fundamentals, object-oriented programming, MVC frameworks, data modeling, and team collaboration strategies. -Developed a portfolio of individual and group projects.-Worked cross cohort with UX/UI designers and data scientists during projects and course material

Seattle, Wa, Us

Jumped into a multifaceted position that included the day to day support of a financial advisor, scheduling, coordinating events and even digital marketing. This new venture was an adventure in office management, branding and team harmonizing. - Launched new business with multi-faceted marketing campaign including coordinating email & mailer campaign to over 500 clients and new website build within six months. - Orchestrated office move for seven in-house staff members.

Olympia, Wa, Us

Quickly mastering new software, hardware and expanding responsibilities to become an asset for my team, including building rapport with internal and external customers. Banking is a whole new world of information, where accuracy, integrity and initiative are key; and happily, I rediscovered I have strengths in all three. -Selected three times to receive a STAR Performer award based on excellent customer service and going above and beyond for both internal and external partners.

From hostess to server, this job was all about accurately balancing customer needs with the successful timing of the restaurant's full staff in order to provide impeccable white glove service. Basically, you always need to be on your A-game and details matter just as much as the bigger picture.

Venturing into a new industry, I mastered multiple customer-centric roles with ease; promoted quickly

Irvington, New York, Us

Associate to the eCommerce and Digital Marketing Manager, supporting and driving the digital marketing agenda with monthly promotions through web, blog, email and social media platforms. - Create interactive and customer driven content across Weleda’s digital platforms. - Collaborate with external and internal partners to execute marketing initiatives including new product launches and national promotions. - Using data driven analytics tools optimize website performance, user transactions, email, social and digital marketing campaigns - Drive new customer acquisition through a 360 degree offline/online collaborative approach supporting the larger marketing initiatives and calendar. - Contributed to an increase in online sales of over 34%, within a year, with the digital marketing program.http://usa.weleda.comhttp://www.facebook.com/Weledahttp://www.twitter.com/Weledahttp://www.pinterest.com/Weledahttp://instagram.com/weleda_usahttp://usa.weleda.com/community/weleda-blog

Irvington, New York, Us

Fostering Weleda’s online community through knowledge of sustainability and social media-Cultivated an engaged audience with relevant content; served as community manager; moderated daily posts; developed and implement promotions and giveaways-Developed and managed social media strategies in support of marketing campaigns via Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, and the Weleda Blog.

New York, Us

-Exemplified company's four core principles including great customer service -Knowledgeable in all merchandise, policies, and suggestive sales -Daily presentation and troubleshooting of all B&N's digital devices -Highest Nook sales on the team and as a team contributed to consistent highest ranking store sales for the region.

-Adapted technical and theoretical skills to three different active organic farms -Garnered further research into water sustainability, plant uses, and community impacts

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

-Efficient, flexible, and helpful in all aspects of work -Customer satisfaction oriented -Skilled at building rapport

-Excelled in multiple language communication

San Diego, Ca, Us

Exemplified leadership qualities

Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts, Liberal Arts And Sciences, International Security And Conflict Resolution

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities