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Chicago, IL, US

- Zero to one bootstrapped development of a modern social reading platform with the vision of combining the book tracking of Goodreads with the social discussion of Reddit, meeting unfilled needs of the passionate reader community.- Implemented core functionality end-to-end including authentication and user profiles, autocomplete-style book search, and.

New York, New York, United States

- Led planning and implementation of business-critical projects across a suite of applications, including technical reliability improvements for an in-house Telehealth platform and user experience and efficiency enhancements for a report writing utility. Streamlined the core integration with a third-party EHR, plus delivered detailed plans to right-size.

New York, New York, United States

- Managed two teams focused on the Creator experience. Highlights include spearheading the implementation of Teachable's first AI features - one of which, the Curriculum Generator, had the highest and fastest product adoption ever seen at Teachable.- Coached and trained two senior engineers on technical leadership and management skills, resulting in both.

New York, New York, United States

- Led planning and implementation of a large-scale project to rebuild the entirety of the course creation flow in React, which launched on-time and resulted in a 95% decrease in page load times and a 3-point increase (out of 5) in developer satisfaction.- Completely revamped the engineering hiring process to more effectively and consistently assess both.

New York, New York, United States

- Manage 6-8 engineers and 5-6 contractors across two Applications product delivery teams (Growth and Core Product) including conducting weekly 1:1s, setting measurable objectives, and writing bi-annual performance reviews. Hire engineers across all levels, with high acceptance, success, and retention rates.- Advocate for and outline a process for.

New York, New York, United States

- Led technical planning and implementation of numerous high-visibility projects as Technical Lead of the agile Growth engineering team, focusing on onboarding flows to drive user acquisition, conversion, and activation.- Headed all scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospective and daily stand-ups, and introduced additional processes like.

New York, New York, United States

- Led development of Ellevest's internal Financial Projection System, a Ruby on Rails API for financial advice and projections that powers Ellevest's investment methodology.- Contributed full-stack code to high-visibility projects including adding Impact Investing, streamlining the sign-up experience with Invest Now, and experimenting with a new onboarding.

New York, New York, United States

- Owned all development for the Number Sense & Fluency team, working closely with product managers and designers to plan and implement five new activities for our 2 million student users to build and practice foundational math skills.- Built a variety of complex animations and user interactions across fluency activities, ensuring consistent cross-browser.

Stanford, CA

Teaching Assistant (and Head TA) for CS classes, where responsibilities included leading a weekly discussion section, holding office hours, and managing administrative issues from students and professors. Graded programming assignments and exams in various languages, including Java/C++ and HTML/CSS/PHP. Courses:CS 105: Introduction to Computers (Head TA)CS.

Stanford, CA

Built and managed technological resources for tutors and students, including an iOS app to aid tutors in planning and executing their lessons effectively. Led a team of student tutors in providing individual academic and literacy assistance to students in East Palo Alto, including planning and implementing trainings, workshops, and special events..

Mountain View, California

Expanded the open-ended, peer-reviewed project system of the Computer Programming curriculum to other content areas by implementing a mechanism for asking learners essay-style questions that allow for paragraph responses. Implemented helpful React widget for displaying all of the projects waiting for a learner’s attention, to help improve student retention.

New York, NY

Worked on the Know Your Customer (KYC) team on the backend of the Payments system to help implement Automated Identity Document Validation to improve users’ identity verification experience. Implemented a secure server that decrypts uploaded identity documents, sends them to a third-party vendor via SOAP for verification and information extraction, and.

Stanford, CA

Taught introductory computer science to small (~12) sections of students. Led a weekly discussion section to go through programming problems with students and walk through concepts with them. Assisted students with assignments in the computer lab. Graded programming assignments in Java and discussed them one-on-one with students.

Cambridge, MA

Implemented a reference website that parses and displays XML schemas in an easy-to-read, navigable form for both internal engineers and external customers on a team with two other interns. Wrote backend server in Java that fetches internal configuration schemas, transforms their structure, and parses them into a format that is sent to the frontend display..

San Jose, CA

Worked with the Server Access and Virtualization Technology Group in the Data Center Group, a core part of Cisco's business. Implemented a new feature called SPAN on Drop in C for release with the Nexus 5000 switches. Wrote and a functional and design specification for the feature for internal documentation. Presented the product and specification for.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Haas Center for Public ServiceConcentration in Mobile and Internet Computing.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science, Conferred With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Women in Computer Science, Haas Center for Public Service, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor SocietyConcentration in.