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New York, NY, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

• Design and development of backend REST APIs and data integrations
• Architecture planning and ownership of development projects, with frequent communication to stakeholders in an Agile model
• Management of application cybersecurity testing, adoption of automated security scanning, and resolution of vulnerabilities
• Configuration of Continuous Integration to automate unit and integration tests, security scanning, and other code checks

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Developed automation as APIs and CI plugin images using Go, Ruby, Docker, Drone CI
• Exposed, tested and monitored APIs using Kong Gateway, Postman, and Datadog
• Supported Platform clients by assisting with customer issues and advocating good API design practices
• Member of an Agile (Scrum) team utilizing GitHub Enterprise, ZenHub, MS Teams

St. Louis, MO, US

Remote tutor for undergraduate-level organic chemistry students. Fostered greater understanding of course content and helped to improve student grades in a professional and supportive learning environment.

New York, New York, US

Completed the Software Guild's Java bootcamp in Minneapolis, MN. Built a full-stack web application to sort recipe searches based on seasonal availability using Java, Spring MVC, PostgreSQL, JPA, JavaScript/HTML/CSS with a combination of client-side rendering via jQuery and server-side rendering with Thymeleaf. Used Selenium WebDriver for web scraping.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

• Performed full-time polymer chemistry research developing novel silicon patterning materials.
• Executed polymer synthesis experiments independently and in coordination with colleagues
• Documented 1 year of focused research in 60-page report including results and figures
• Presented detailed technical updates to colleagues
• Gained software proficiency in MS Office, Origin, Igor Pro; experience in MATLAB
• Improved safety training documentation as Lab Safety Officer for group of 10 researchers

• Performed medicinal chemistry research as part of a team seeking new Tuberculosis therapeutics.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to plan experiments and synthetic targets
• Communicated results to specialist and non-specialist team members orally and in writing
• Gained software proficiency in MS Office and field-specific tools (SciFinder, ChemDraw)
• Synthesized organic compounds for discovery of pharmaceuticals using air-free techniques
• Purified products by flash chromatography and preparative scale HPLC

Tacoma, WA, US

• Coordinated with faculty to assist 60 first-year students in academic and career planning
• Conducted and documented frequent one-on-one update/referral discussions with students
• Promoted professional relationship and preserved confidentiality of student information

Tacoma, WA, US

• Performed undergraduate organic chemistry research seeking sustainable alternatives to chemical reactions common in the pharmaceutical industry.Research Advisor: Luc Boisvert, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WASkills:
• Multi-step synthesis of organic compounds utilizing Schlenk line air-free techniques
• Characterization of products by H and C NMR, IR and GC-MS
• Purification by flash chromatography, recrystallization and distillation
• Software proficiency in MS Office, Delta NMR, ChemDraw, SciFinder
• Documentation of reaction procedures, observations and hazards for reports to advisor and peers

Master Of Science - Ms, Polymer Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

High School