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Chicago, Il, Us

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

● Designed and implemented a Java text-input parser used by firm broker traders to price trades more quickly and efficiently● Wrote a highly flexible and expandable grammar for trade text input● Used Java, FXML, and CSS to update and improve tablet GUI used by floor traders to price and send market trades● Worked closely with traders who served as project “clients” to gather requirements and receive project feedback● Collaborated on a team with fellow interns and full-time employees practicing agile programming techniques, pair programming, and group code reviews● Studied financial markets, including exchanges, financial instruments, and the role of market makers● Learned through classroom training and hands-on practice about development concepts including unit testing, SOLID principles, Dagger2 dependency injection, Java Garbage Collection, Java 8 libraries, and coding best practices

San Diego, Ca, Us

● Developed a mobile app for the Product Software Integration team to monitor current and previously run tests from mobile devices and respond more efficiently to failures, crashes, and test completions● Programmed using HTML, CSS, JQuery Mobile, PHP, MySQL, and Node.js before using Apache Cordova service to wrap the web-based application for mobile devices● Worked with various internal Qualcomm teams to finalize project requirements, refine UI design specs, and overcome security barriers to mobile development● Improved existing team web tools using PHP, CSS, HTML, and MySQL to add new features, including graphics to display team resource allocation and the ability for team members to review and locate hardware resources currently assigned to them● Participated in the HackMobile intern hackathon with a team and developed a Qualcomm cafeteria Mobile App (in use today?)● Connected with Qualcomm employees in a variety of functional areas and scheduled 1:1 meetings to expand my understanding of the company and industry, and also grow my professional network

Champaign, Il, Us

● Facilitated lab sections where students completed coding activities in Verilog, MIPS, and C++● Held weekly Office Hours to answer students’ technical questions and provide course guidance● Worked with professor and course staff to improve the course and evaluate student performance

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

● Learned via collaboration the importance of technology in trade and finance during a winter internship that brought together students with both engineering and finance career goals● Studied Java coding practices, unit testing, and debugging in both classroom training and hands-on setting● Designed and wrote a Java-based parsing algorithm program in a pair-programming team

Northbrook, Il, Us

• Developed a quality tracking web application used by management teams to highlight improvement opportunities within project lifecycles• Gathered requirements from relevant stakeholders to determine which quality metrics the application should track• Created both technical design documents and user interface designs• Worked with a team to meet intermediate deadlines throughout the project lifecycle• Gained experience working with both project managers and team members located offshore• Learned about the insurance industry and career opportunities within a large insurance company

Dallas, Texas, Us

• Explored a career field available to Computer Science majors• Helped employees to design and build an iPhone application for a client company• Learned about Pariveda’s business model and about working in a medium-sized IT consultancy company• Gained experience working on a team project under a deadline• Improved ability to teach myself new programming skills and to solve development problems outside of my previous experience

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

High School