Eric Cohen Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, Us

High Performance Architectures - Low Latency (HPAi) | Markets Technology

London, Gb

Upskilling in various topics including Professional skills, SQL, Unix, Python, Linux & Windows Administration, Networking, InfoSec, ITIL, Agile Project Management, and Azure

New York, Ny, Us

Graduate Assistant for the CUSPS Office of Student Affairs• Vetted nearly 400 applicants through conducting and reviewing applications, video interviews, and team building exercises.• Answered calls and responding to hundreds of student and parent emails through Front software.• Assisted in the documentation and deployment of mass marketing emails.• Communicated with partners from nearby universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale for upcoming interuniversity events and opportunities.• Automated Google spreadsheet using Google Apps Scripts to simplify attendance tracking and application management.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Created trade model solutions through C# scripts in Allegro CTRM Software• Implemented spreadsheet-based solutions for commodity companies on Anaplan to open Essentia to new clients and successes.• Integrated various trading platform using Java & Python for clients to keep track of and monitor commodity transactions and forecasts. • Built out Proof Of Concept models to train, demonstrate, and present to both internal teams and external partners

Seattle, Wa, Us

Continued research with the Game Research Group after graduation.Worked on publishing findings.Recently published: Understanding Collegiate Esports: A Practitioner’s Guide to Developing Community and Competition

Seattle, Wa, Us

Teaching Assistant for Informatics 310: Information Assurance and Cyber Security (Winter 2021) & Informatics 200: Intellectual Foundations of Informatics (Spring 2021)My responsibilities include: • Worked with Professor to prepare for class with 40 students, creating lecture material, and building labs, such as Man in the Middle Attacks, Packet Sniffing, and Encryption.• Met with students through Zoom, helping walk them through labs, answering questions and work with them to ensure their success by answering questions and clarifying confusion of lecture material. • Read, graded, and gave feedback on labs through Canvas, email, and moderate discussion boards.• Developed a Python-based Capture the Flag Cyber Security challenge to be deployed and implemented in Cyber Security courses.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Conducted a Cooperative Design under Associate Professor Jin Ha Lee and Assistant Professor Jason Yip to build a Cooperative Design (Co-Design) project associated around boosting mental health and wellness through coaching in competitive video games.• Collaborated with University of California – Irvine, Seattle Public Libraries, and the North America Scholastic Esports Federation• Facilitated a Co-Design with high school students to figure out good coaching practices that promote mental health and wellness• Worked to publish research process and findings.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Drawing on my experience with Seattle Public Library & Game Research Group to continue the VR Design CARES project with the D.C Public Library.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Assisted the VP, Operations with daily tasks including writing policies to improve operational efficiency, technology support, and HR.• Researched and optimized IT and Security best practices in close collaboration with external vendors and internal teams.• Documented and maintained relevant processes and ensure consistency across teams and dissemination.• Implemented cross-platform integrations, rollout, and training across different use cases amongst various software including Jira, Smartsheet, and Salesforce to simplify daily tasks of employees.

Seattle, Wa, Us

I was the Information Technology specialist for a VR Design Cares Research Project run by Seattle Public Library. I work hands on with the Oculus Quest 2 and VRChat• In-charge of helping with setup and troubleshooting any and all issues for the teenagers participating in the study.• Worked with the project supervisors to plan and conduct bi-weekly design sessions over the course of 3 months. • Coordinated with affiliated two affiliate professors and a doctoral student to analyze and interpret recorded data and draw conclusions and report in an academic paper.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Adult responsible for supervising 4 teams consisting of 5-10 students per team and provide the management necessary to make sure that all of the moving parts of the team are connecting. I go to every practice, game, and team meeting to ensure that the players are all present, happy, healthy, and are able to play.• Communicated with managers from competing teams & liaison to the North America Scholastic Esports Federation• Coordinated with the 4 coaches to schedule practice times and work with students to improve skills and cohesion• Oversaw all of the players and be their point of contact for all matters.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Mission: Improve Health and Well-beingUtilizing the domains of My World, My Feelings, My Future and My Relationships to develop self-management, responsible decision making, self-awareness, social awareness and relationship skills, witha goal of helping to build these into my life, for my own well-being and my communities' well-being.

Seattle, Wa, Us

University of Washington is beginning to develop an Esports program due to the huge growth and demand of the Esports industry, especially across college students. The primary focus of the board was to plan the layout, operations, and programming for our upcoming Esports Arena (a gaming computer center). Through my and the rest of the team's efforts, we have designed a center that will be very desirable for students as well as a program that will be the building blocks for an exciting and new program for the school.• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines

Seattle, Washington, Us

I help to craft and vote on student legislation for the University of Washington.

Work to build, structure, and transform esports at my school. In-charge of coordinating the annual Pacific Campus Series (formerly Apple State Cup), collaborating with various sponsors and partners such as Microsoft and Facebook, and working to provide more gaming opportunities for university students.• Created agenda, materials and communications for team meetings• Conducted outreach to local community leaders and progressive organizations and assisted with local and regional on-site events

The Pacific Campus Series is a tournament of various esports, Rocket League, Overwatch, and League of Legends. As the founder and head coordinator, I am in-charge of making sure the entire event runs smoothly. I had frequent meetings, spoke with sponsors, handle logistics, and coordinating the overall event. My role requires me to guide all of my staff and ensure that they are keeping on track. I am also in charge of coming up with the tasks for my team and assigning them accordingly. The entire tournament, in 2019, was streamed on https://twitch.tv/wgauw and had over 6000 unique viewers.

Indianapolis, In, Us

I am in-charge of the upkeep and well being of my physical fraternity house. My job includes making sure our kitchen steward and house manager does their job, scheduling house cleans, making sure my house brothers don't make a mess, or have them clean up if they do, and making sure our house is up to code and nothing is broken or not working.

Oversee entire 501(c)7 organization and officers. Makes sure everything, from meetings to events, is going as planned and officers are doing their jobs. Primary contact for organization.• Improved operations by working with team members to find workable solutions

Master Of Sciences - Msc, Technology Management

Bachelor Of Sciences - Bsc, Informatics

High School Diploma, General Studies