Brain Surprise is a full-stack web-development and data-engineering consultancy. Founded and led by senior engineers formerly at Uber, Goldman Sachs, and Lumosity. With deep experience with building web applications from the ground up And years of expertise in making big data accessible.Skilled in a variety of technologies with emphasis on distributed processing and micro services.We’ve led teams to build large and complex applications, serving as the entire technical side of businesses.And partnered with existing engineering teams to carve out and own essential infrastructure and product pieces. We are leaders in our field, having written important open-source projects and pushed the bleeding edge of this rapidly evolving domain.

I worked on the data engineering team, building tools that make it easier for my colleagues to access and gain insights from our data. Working on internal tools (and not our main product) means that I get to play with the whole stack, from the infrastructure to the client side javascript — which makes me a generalist, and means I can always be learning something new.

Worked as the developer on a team optimizing key touchpoints in the user experience. I built the Lumosity home page, landing pages, paywalls and more. As most of our testing and marketing automation tools are internally built, I also worked to improve them as I used them.

Marketing copywriting, design of brochures and trade show booths, and managing our social media channels were all my responsibilities while working in this marketing generalist position. The freedom to work on lots of different things meant that I got to discover the things that I enjoyed doing most.

Responsible for layout of e-books. Assists with maintaining the social media communities and serves as an in-person representative of the company at industry trade shows. Writes marketing documents and lays out media kits for potential sponsors. Assists with writing and layout of mass emails.

Created this online resource about escalating issues in water economics after studying the subject for a final project as an economics major. Designed and coded the website. Collected hard-to-find data (some requiring a FOIA request) and wrote all content.

Conducted statistical and written research on water issues, including privatization, desalination, and water pricing. Developed reports and updated fact sheets in addition to fact checking writing by other employees. Compiled a database of Maine water trustee information, working as a direct representative of the organization.

Commissioned, wrote, edited and formatted articles using Adobe InDesign to fill two and a half pages (3500 words) of content weekly. The Declaration is a student newsmagazine with a circulation of 5000 that has been in constant publication since 1973.

Tested new budget software for implementation. Responsible for daily database input and management. Audited Options Price Reporting Authority budget for accuracy.

Spearheaded implementation of new database system for volunteer services. Responsible for collecting information from member organizations. Successfully created fully functioning database that connected volunteers with organizations. Worked with donor databases to send mass mailings.