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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Engineered NLP chat bot using Python, React, and MindMeld that automated product support and simplified internal upgrade processes for the entire Enterprise Networking organization by decreasing need for cross-team.
• Developed web service with React and Snowflake to allow team managers to edit changing product information and processes, decreasing developer overhead and reducing submitted tickets
• Implemented caching of product information and urls using Redis and OpenShift to lower frequency of database retrieval, allowing for a 20% decrease in total queries to Snowflake
• Leveraged NGINX to load balance HTTP requests to multiple backend Flask servers
• Established automated build processes using Jenkins and OpenShift, replacing outdated manual developer workflows

Irvine, CA

• Engineered scheduling applications to help students set up meeting times with counselors and enroll in on-campus tutoring services using JavaScript, C#, and.NET Core
• Upgraded code base with backend unit testing using xUnit, increasing test coverage from 0% to 40%
• Collaborated with counselors and students to update website to have clear documentation of all use cases
• Facilitated agile/scrum meetings including daily stand ups, code reviews, sprint plannings, and backlog refinements

• Designed lightweight REST API with C# and.NET Core, consumed by internal applications, resulting in a 98% reduction in tax and audit staff task time from 2 minutes to 5 seconds
• Created pipeline in Microsoft Azure and interfaced it with existing web applications to transition them to CI/CD
• Facilitated discussions with non-technical teams to improve internal accounting software and automate processes

Irvine, CA

• Collaborated with UX developers, hotel maids, and managers to create application for tracking housekeeping tasks
• Synced data with Firebase Realtime Database in NoSQL and deployed Google Cloud Functions for automatic updates

Irvine, CA

• Mentor 40+ students in beginning Python by reviewing code, explaining concepts, creating relevant examples
• Recommended best practices for teaching Python concepts by collaborating with professors and other tutors
• Provided accelerated, in-depth instruction to ensure student projects were correct and submitted on time