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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Finished the deliverables for the project’s 18-month Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract 6 months early by creating a clear and workable project plan and coordinating with developers and subject matter experts.• Planned and ran a hybrid 2-day user workshop with over 20 participants from around the world to train users and gather feedback on the project.• Stays up-to-date on cutting-edge space domain awareness technology and fosters relationships with new companies, over… Show more • Finished the deliverables for the project’s 18-month Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract 6 months early by creating a clear and workable project plan and coordinating with developers and subject matter experts.• Planned and ran a hybrid 2-day user workshop with over 20 participants from around the world to train users and gather feedback on the project.• Stays up-to-date on cutting-edge space domain awareness technology and fosters relationships with new companies, over 50 to date.• Designs user workflows and interfaces for application integrations (over 10 integration designs currently completed) into a web-based application marketplace to bring key capabilities to USSF operators in record time.• Liaises with primary customers and stakeholders to provide updates on the project’s progress and prioritize upcoming features.• Creates and maintains documentation, marketing materials, and training videos for each integrated application.• Programs new features, fixes bugs, and writes unit tests to maintain CI/CD pipelines. Show less

• Supported and managed 6 teams totaling 60 people and continued as the Scrum Master and Project Manager for 2 teams.• Reduced the time developers were blocked by cross-team dependencies to under 1 day on average, even with members spread across multiple time zones through establishing strong communication channels on chat platforms, connecting with leads weekly to review the roadmap and discuss potential blockers, and creating a technical forum for members from all teams to discuss feature… Show more • Supported and managed 6 teams totaling 60 people and continued as the Scrum Master and Project Manager for 2 teams.• Reduced the time developers were blocked by cross-team dependencies to under 1 day on average, even with members spread across multiple time zones through establishing strong communication channels on chat platforms, connecting with leads weekly to review the roadmap and discuss potential blockers, and creating a technical forum for members from all teams to discuss feature development and potential issues.• Developed onboarding and offboarding procedures to smoothly integrate new team members over 2 weeks and provide them with resources to support them in their new roles.• Maintained consistent and transparent communication with the team by offering daily office hours and holding monthly 1-on-1s with team members to get a deeper insight into the project and give them a Q&A opportunity to learn more about the direction.• Led the creation of Objective Key Results (OKRs) for the Value Stream with an average completion rate of 75% over 4 quarters.• Mediated conflicts between team members, developed team health check surveys for the organization and developed an action plan to improve job satisfaction and team synergy through training plans and team-building events.• Ensured that all team members were in a role that challenged them and provided them with growth opportunities.• Trained and supported 3 scrum masters.• Created presentations and materials for senior leadership to report development progress and project plans to the organization's leadership and military stakeholders.• Ensured a smooth transition to new leadership at the end of the contract period at Platform One by creating detailed documentation on key information and decisions and creating checklists and summaries for any work-in-progress. Show less

• Managed 2 teams (13 members and 2 members respectively) composed of engineers and designers and continued Scrum Master responsibilities.• Identified development risks and created action plans to mitigate them including identifying dependencies and development unknowns, gathering resources, and consulting with internal personnel on other teams with relevant expertise. • Communicated progress with leadership and stakeholders to maintain trust and transparency.• Broke features into… Show more • Managed 2 teams (13 members and 2 members respectively) composed of engineers and designers and continued Scrum Master responsibilities.• Identified development risks and created action plans to mitigate them including identifying dependencies and development unknowns, gathering resources, and consulting with internal personnel on other teams with relevant expertise. • Communicated progress with leadership and stakeholders to maintain trust and transparency.• Broke features into actionable tasks that resulted in bi-weekly iterations on a live project.• Worked with stakeholders and anchor engineers to determine feature priority.• Ensured the team maintained a shared vision of the project and understood its impact on the defense software industry.• Renewed required project certifications and software licenses to ensure the team had the proper tools to develop the project and maintain CI/CD pipelines without delays.• Selected to attend 3 Platform One Cohorts to discuss and contribute to the overall direction of the organization. Show less

• Supported 2 teams (13 members and 2 members respectively) composed of engineers and designers.• Established and ran meetings and Agile ceremonies with the Scrum and Kanban methodologies adapted to best fit each team.• Streamlined operations by creating clear meeting objectives, keeping meetings focused and running on schedule, minimizing the attendees to a key group and relaying decisions to non-attendees, creating and maintaining documentation, and setting clear expectations for each… Show more • Supported 2 teams (13 members and 2 members respectively) composed of engineers and designers.• Established and ran meetings and Agile ceremonies with the Scrum and Kanban methodologies adapted to best fit each team.• Streamlined operations by creating clear meeting objectives, keeping meetings focused and running on schedule, minimizing the attendees to a key group and relaying decisions to non-attendees, creating and maintaining documentation, and setting clear expectations for each team member.• Organized the backlog by linking tickets to larger features to better track development progress and expanded task descriptions to ensure more accurate story point estimations.• Provided support and helped remove blockers by finding the right resources for developers. • Advocated for the developers to leadership to plan realistic deadlines and milestones with the team’s input. Show less

• Wrote a proposal driven by my user research that won over $1 million from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.• Used various research methods, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to identify pain points, improvements, and new features for a web-based application.• Reduced training times on the application from multiple days to under 1 hour by simplifying the application interface, automating complex calculations and concepts, implementing in-app… Show more • Wrote a proposal driven by my user research that won over $1 million from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.• Used various research methods, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to identify pain points, improvements, and new features for a web-based application.• Reduced training times on the application from multiple days to under 1 hour by simplifying the application interface, automating complex calculations and concepts, implementing in-app tutorials, and creating tutorial videos.• Liaised with primary customers and stakeholders weekly to provide updates on the application’s progress and prioritize feature development.• Led application demonstrations for higher-up military personnel including several 3-star Air Force and Space Force Generals.• Designed and programmed 5 major features that filled a mission need for USSF operators. Show less

Burlington, Vermont

• Helped students learn math in a drop-in tutoring office.• Worked with students to identify their learning methods to adapt my tutoring approach.• Helped students with homework, studying, and test reviews.• Taught Foundations of Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, and Statistics.

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Planned and executed on-campus events for students with up to 100 attendees.• Attended planning meetings and coordinated with other Student Activity Programmers to run over 3 events a week.• Purchased supplies for large events while staying within a constrained budget.• Created posters, flyers, and digital advertisements for each event.

Montreal, Canada Area

• Organized and redesigned the look of the Champlain Montreal website to promote the study abroad experience.• Worked with Champlain Montreal Staff to update the website's contents to improve usability and readability.• Wrote, posted, and shared blogs about the Montreal study-abroad experience written by current students.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Taught Unity C# programming girls ages 8-15 who had no prior coding experience.• Guided 2 teams of 4 students each through the game development process, finishing the camp with a playable game.• Helped the teams to plan, design, and delegate the tasks.• Worked with students to program and debug games to ensure they had a working and playable game.

Hainesport, Nj

• Maintained the organization of the parkour gym to ensure a clean environment for students and instructors.• Served as a customer service representative and sales associate for student memberships and drop-ins.• Coordinated bookings and space availability for birthday parties, private lessons, and other events.

Game Design Major With Minor In Game Programming, Computer Games And Programming Skills

Activities and Societies: Women's Rugby, Field Hockey Club, Ski and Ride Club, Game Studio Leadership Club, Student Activity Programmer.

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, National Spanish Honors Society, National Italian Honors Society, Rancocas Valley.