• Added 3 survey providers to our platform, increasing revenue and survey completion percentage per user • Improved survey latency with Redis caching and Redis zset ranking methods • Implemented MV/AB tests, fallback surveys, and stat tracking to optimize revenue and generate immediate alerts for outstanding issues • Added internal tools to sync cross-team data, monitor feature statuses, and improve the efficiency of QA testing • Implemented AWS SQS to process tens of thousands of incoming requests and improved concurrent processing using Laravel Queues • Wrote scripts for optimizing service response times, debugging, and data recovery • Implemented unit testing, reducing deployment errors • Implemented headless chrome processes using Jest/Puppeteer for faster end-to-end testing, reducing developer test time and increasing time for feature development • Added Nova components to extend basic CMS functionality and enhance productivity for webmasters • Fielded all features and bug requests for editorial CMS tools (inherited from Topix) while delivering results for Offers team

2016-2019* Created the Facebook Ad Manager to easily generate ads from CMS content, schedule ads, manage audience types, adjust pricing and ad type, and generating CSV uploads* Created the scheduling tool to manage RSS feed content for our partners* Refactored code from RiotJS to ReactJS and optimized the loading times of our pages* Developed a variety of UI components for user facing products and internal tooling2014-2015* Added more tools for editorial to quickly generate content and allow for more customization towards the display of the content* Created tools for marketing to upload daily reports to create better custom analytics and reduce user input error* Helped implement stat tracking for application deployment times (good for seeing if a deployment causes sitewide problems) and stat tracking for missing images* Implemented methods for our marketing team to coordinate tasks between themselves and the editorial team (eliminating the need to rely upon spreadsheets for coordination... which can be outdated very quickly when many people are working in parallel)* Improved upon a Content Management System (CMS) for our editors and continued to add/modify features for it* Implemented internal web applications to aid with customizing our frontpage content and view filtered lists of all our content2012-2013* Wrote bash scripts to simplify the process of making development changes/features live on our site* Helped implement requests to grab facebook/twitter counts and store them for custom social media buttons* Added admin tools to aid moderators, editors, and engineers with monitoring user comments/stats and generating content* Implemented jQuery to AJAX commenting and improve overall user experience* Implemented user settings in both frontend and backend* Helped implement frontend and backend for the Politix forums (http://politix.topix.com/forum)* Created Perl scripts to fix errors and gather/analyze information

Stealstreet is an e-commerce company that sells collectibles online to customers worldwide. As of September 2012, they sell over 40000 itemsWhat I Did:Managed website fixes and inventory listings through CSV feedsCreated XSLT scripts to process XML information in Shipworks for reportsCooperated with another webmaster to create new automated processes that generated stock statuses for inventory and informed different departments simultaneously through emails and a coded note system with ShipworksCreated scripts to generate reports on the popularity and sales of inventory, generate HTML code for newsletters and product information, and obtain information from suppliersRe-factored and optimized code in existing software by modularizing code and making use of balanced binary trees/hash tablesManaged interns – Divided large coding projects to train interns to code and trained interns on internals processesLaunched 15000+ products on the website through automatically generating content based on their categories and using wget to obtain product images from suppliersUsed Batch programming to automatically rename files and organize into foldersCommunicated with suppliers to retrieve necessary information about new products and expedite the process to sell them on the websiteUsed regular expressions to parse and clean data in order to eliminate errors

Managed website fixes and inventory listings through Excel filesCreated XSLT scripts to process XML information in Shipworks for reportsCreated the first automated process in the company to help generate automatic emails to customers and suppliers through using XML/XSLT and processing the results through VBA scripts (which is still being used)Cooperated with another webmaster to create new automated processes that generated stock statuses for inventory and informed different departments simultaneously through emails and a coded note system with ShipworksLearned batch programming and how to utilize wget with batchCommunicated with suppliers to retrieve necessary information about new products and expedite the process to sell them on the websiteUsed regular expressions to parse and clean data in order to eliminate errorsLearned how to use the web crawler "Inspyder Power Search 3"Learned how to use Shipworks, an e-commerce tool for generating raw data on orders through compatible shopping cart sites

UCR Software Verification Lab focuses on using their program “SMART” to test modeled software in order to drastically reduce costs on testing and generate the steps needed to reach error states in a programWhat I Did:Assisted with implementing model checking algorithms in their program SMART in C++Learned practical applications of OOP, especially modularization of code, and C++ coding standardsStudied research for creating more efficient algorithms through use of decision diagrams and symbolic methods and implemented them into the SMART programStudied the research ideas leading up to the development of SMART and expanding the capabilities of SMARTDocumented features implemented in SMART through Doxygen

Cooperated with 2 team members to maintain PCs throughout the medical buildings in the area, making sure every PC has the right software version or OS and documenting PCs that have problems connecting to the networkWorked with MS DOS batch files to test the connection of PCs throughout the different Kaiser Permanente buildingsUpdated the database to document and flag outdated machines for the IT team to repairDesigned batch scripts to locate machines connected using the wrong domain in the networkLearned to use software for remotely updating, installing, and removing software in machines throughout the medical buildingsLearned how to PXE boot machines in order to deploy them to clients