Lauren George Email and Phone Number

Leading technical product direction and development in an early-stage startup.

Took time to focus on my personal goals and overall well-being. What I've been up to:- Learned React JS and C++- Read 40+ books- Visited family for the first time since the pandemic began

• Led rollout of roadmap for supporting R-based models on HPC and cloud: - Successfully conducted a usability study to better understand stakeholder workflows and priorities - Developed product road map and coordinated work across departments and teams• Promoted and taught software development best practices to research scientists: - Provided one-on-one training for Git, GitHub, and basic Linux command line tools - Developed onboarding curriculum for new hires and interns• Designed and implemented high performance computing client tooling: - Built Python and R-based tooling to submit large, complex jobs to internal HPC system - Developed web UI for monitoring and managing HPC jobs• Embedded on research modeling projects: - Led open-source team on web UI for Covasim, a Python stochastic, agent-based model.

• Led internal product development team: - Coached and mentored team members on new technologies and learning strategies - Promoted and modeled an inclusive, transparent, and supportive work environment - Acted as project manager: scoped milestones, assigned tasks, and reported progress to management• Led development for end-to-end content processing workflow monitoring and integration: - Conducted cost analyses and product research to support technology procurement decision-making - Designed scalable, distributed services using AWS - Served as technical liaison between multiple teams, executives, and individual stakeholders

• Led small development teams in completing consulting projects: - Created processes such as version control and release management workflows or communication guidelines to help unblock team members - Wrote user stories and defining acceptance criteria - Assessed technical needs of feature requests and sizing work - Provided technical guidance and training to team members - Ensuredg team members receive the needed rest and resources to be effective• Designed and implemented content processing workflows and content delivery strategies for large enterprise media companies: - Proof-of-concept implementations and solution architecture for clients' development teams - Ensure workflows and delivery strategies remain up-to-date, performant, and inline with business goals - Product and technical expert on joint calls with clients and 3rd-party vendors - Helped product engineering teams understand, design, and deliver on features and fixes • Best practices advocate and interdepartmental collaborator/liaison: - Provided insight to product management, engineering and sales on how our customers run their businesses and help identify areas of product growth and improvement - Invited and lead internal collaboration efforts on tools, services, or processes to help automate manual work - Advocated on how to achieve reliable, sustainable software and a customer-first culture

• Provide direct technical support and maintenance for clients, especially as a Gold Service Partner for the Jahia Digital Experience Manager, an enterprise Java CMS platform: - On-board and train new developers and designers - Provide one-on-one training for clients - Perform technical support for the client’s third-party vendors and internal IT teams• Support senior developers in completing projects and providing maintenance support by: - Scheduling and performing production builds deployments and maintaining QA and development enviroments - Assessing technical needs of feature requests and providing work estimates - Assist in guiding decision-making about acquiring technical services and resource allocation - Designing and implementing bug fixes - Writing technical and non-technical documentation• API integration for services such as Facebook, Twitter, Mailchimp, YouTube, LiveHelpNow, BazaarVoice and Brightcove to accomplish: - Social media profile login, sharing, and commenting - Custom registration forms and event-based alerts - Syncing and managing application data and configuration via GUIs - Content delivery, management, and storage

• Hands-on, full stack developer apprenticeship for 12 weeks under the guidance of 15+ year veterans of the field • Worked with fellow apprentices to build teamwork skills, use agile SDLC strategies, and design enterprise-level software • Learned the fundamentals of web application development: - Java Language: Object-oriented concepts, class modeling, data structures, algorithms, exception handling, unit testing, build tools, and n-tier application structure - Web Development: Spring MVC, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX, and Apache Tomcat - Databases: SQL Query Writing, Database Design & Normalization, Spring JDBC, Hibernate - Project Management: Wire-framing, user stories, work estimation, iterative development, and version control• Selected Experience - Team Project: Java/Spring MVC student information system with a public-facing, database-driven statistics page, an administrator panel, and in-network email for users

• Installed an enterprise-level video conferencing system by partnering with multiple vendors and trained client's staff on system• Provided consultations on technology platforms and tools for a variety of clients

• Migrated business to new hardware systems, OS, Sharepoint 2013, and built/managed Sharepoint site• General IT management and maintenance of hardware, website, security and network• Developed lesson plans, new training products, and increased overall ROI of training hours for lead trainer by 20%

• Managed a territory that produced $350,000 per year and assisted in developing web-based marketing strategies for under-penetrated markets• Trained entire sales team on custom CRM software and mobile application

• Worked 40 hours per week at 2 highly selective labs while maintaining a full course load in college and active volunteer work • Conducted website maintenance and development, built online surveys, scheduled participants, administered and scored cognitive tests, and entered data in SPSS