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Mclean, Virginia, United States

Designed and implemented software to improve the integration of Appian Cloud Services with Amazon Web Services to better monitor and defend clients from distributed denial of service (DDoS) and other web-based attacks.Deployed the above monitoring and alerting system to production, resulting in faster team response times to sustained, high-load attacks.

Developed a production build of a new internal project order system (which I prototyped the previous winter) using ReactJS on the frontend with a MySQL+Laravel/PHP backend. Developed excel-like functionality for web-pages in EPA's upcoming SmartWay emissions-tracking web app.As a side project, created a dashboard to give insight into demographics and productivity of recent contracts.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Completed a full-time internship at the Pentagon in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs.Supported the nominations of the Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness, and Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, among others, by conducting congressional research and drafting read aheads in preparation of nomination hearings.Tracked viewpoints of multiple congressional committees individual and… Show more Completed a full-time internship at the Pentagon in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs.Supported the nominations of the Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness, and Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, among others, by conducting congressional research and drafting read aheads in preparation of nomination hearings.Tracked viewpoints of multiple congressional committees individual and party opinions on various initiatives and synthesized these stances in memos used to brief the Secretary of Defense for his congressional engagements.Prepared executive summaries of Senate and House Armed Services Committees' hearings for the Secretary of Defense on topics including the Afghanistan withdrawal, FY2022 defense budget, nuclear modernization, cybersecurity, and China policy. Show less

Implemented a new company intranet search engine using Elasticsearch and prototyped a replacement for ERG's internal project order system.Worked on a team to develop an emissions-tracking web app for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Led the tech team and created a foundation for future technological development at an angel-stage language-learning startup. Scaled the company database by transitioning from Google Sheets to Google Firebase and automating information flow from purchases, bookings, and cancellations. Created a teacher portal that allowed teachers to track and trade upcoming lessons; decreased teacher training time; and automated the secure collection, analysis, and distribution of performance… Show more Led the tech team and created a foundation for future technological development at an angel-stage language-learning startup. Scaled the company database by transitioning from Google Sheets to Google Firebase and automating information flow from purchases, bookings, and cancellations. Created a teacher portal that allowed teachers to track and trade upcoming lessons; decreased teacher training time; and automated the secure collection, analysis, and distribution of performance statistics for over 500 weekly users. As a part of this, I worked closely with the CEO to develop and implement a 'Beepboop AI' algorithm that uses student data to select who to call on during the lesson.The launch of the teaching portal resulted in a 200% increase in week over week revenue, as well as a 100% increase in monthly revenue. The portal also became a crucial selling point in attracting full-time software engineering talent and securing early funding. Show less

Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

Worked with the nonprofit YouthBridge Global to put on a community production of Rogers and Hammerstein's Carousel in Majuro, Marshall Islands. As music director, I taught our diverse cast of 56 actors, aged 6 to 60 from various backgrounds, all of the sung components of the musical; prepared backing tracks for the show—at times editing, splicing together, and recording tracks myself; and mixed the live performances of the show.While in Majuro, I also designed a curriculum for and… Show more Worked with the nonprofit YouthBridge Global to put on a community production of Rogers and Hammerstein's Carousel in Majuro, Marshall Islands. As music director, I taught our diverse cast of 56 actors, aged 6 to 60 from various backgrounds, all of the sung components of the musical; prepared backing tracks for the show—at times editing, splicing together, and recording tracks myself; and mixed the live performances of the show.While in Majuro, I also designed a curriculum for and taught an eleventh grade english composition class of 30 ESL students at the local public high school. Show less

Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

Belgrade, Maine, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science And Music

Graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a double-major in Computer Science and Music

Graduated Cum Laude