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Denver, Colorado, United States

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.https://skylight.digital/

Greater Boston Area

Anchor software engineer on a product team, writing quality Full Stack code while maintaining and spreading historical technical and cultural context for the Kessel Run program.– Led large scale DB refactor to increase flexibility of data model, allow dynamic expansion of application function, and decrease app load times– Created and facilitated workshop for fellow devs on React/Redux framework best practices– Converted front end application tests from Cypress to Enzyme unit tests, resulting in reducing test time by a factor of 10– Engaging in outreach to Boston tech community and Coding Bootcamps to drum up interest in KR and source new talent– Specialist in onboarding new team members through comprehensive code base exploration, discussion of technical decision making processes, and sharing KR/USAF history and culture

Hanscom Afb

AFLCMC HBBK Air Operations Center (AOC) BranchPathfinder/Kessel Run team member responsible for over $1.75M in contract actions– Define, design, and deliver contracting solutions in accordance with federal guidelines and regulations; liaise with distributed stakeholders to continuously monitor program requirements, refine as needed, and identify efficiencies.– Spearheaded $103k+ fast-track purchase of critical data migration services in support of Kessel Run application fielding, executing action in weeks rather than months

Greater Boston Area

Full-time, 500 hr web development course to learn technologies, languages, techniques, and industry best practicesSip it or Skip It // Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, jQuery, Handlebars– A full stack recipe selection app with fun and intuitive interface– Queries outside drink recipe API and allows users to collect recipesStocki // Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, jQuery, Handlebars– Full stack stock tracking project with a Ruby on Rails back end – Retrieves real time user stock data from AlphaVantage APINomNom Collections // MongoDB, Express, Node, JavaScript – Team project with three developers working on features– Full stack project for searching for and saving restaurants– Allows full search through connection to YelpFusion API

Yamagata, Japan

• Member of a team charged with planning all training for new and existing JET Programme Assistant Language Teachers.• Planned and coordinated all aspects of three multi-day seminars per year, with 50-200 attendees per seminar, including content and logistics.• Participated in the selection of new committee members.• Appointed to this leadership position in all three years of eligibility.Select Accomplishments:• Created and facilitated multiple hour long workshops on education techniques, best practices, adjusting to life in a foreign country, and more.• Acted as master of ceremonies for large gatherings, as well as facilitating group discussions.

Yamagata, Japan

• Partnered with Japanese public elementary, junior high, and high school teachers to provide students with English language and cross-cultural education.• Collaborated with Japanese teachers to create compelling classroom experiences for students to learn and practice English.• Tutored individual students for local and regional English speech contests and standardized English proficiency tests. My tutored students regularly won or took high honors at local and regional speech contests.• Invited to return for the maximum number of eligible years as an ALT.Select Accomplishments:• Co-developed and designed a full K-6th grade English language curriculum for a Japanese elementary school in Nagai, Japan. The Nagai Board of Education approved the curriculum for city-wide implementation and it is currently in use. Presented in Japanese a 90-minute curriculum overview and facilitated Q&A session for the Board of Education.• Guest Speaker at the 2014 Nishi Okitama Regional English Speech Contest

Web Development Immersive Certificate, Web Development

Bachelor’S Degree, History Major With Business Administration Minor

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