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Marietta, GA, US

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Implemented a system with Node.js, AWS Lambdas, SQS queues, and SNS topics that unified three separate internal tools into one singular flow, which successfully processed over 1,000,000 events in the first three days.

New York City, US

• Developed and launched Prism, a first-party SDK that established an identity continuum spanning known and unknown users, while complying with user consent preferences, on over 300 brand sites.
• Automated the promotion creation workflow for a cross-brand recommendation engine which allowed for the generation of thousands of promotions at once.
• Adapted the Prism SDK codebase for Open Source use which, when launched, will allow broad adoption of the core user-identification platform.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Developed and deployed a new Node/Express/MongoDB CRUD AWS Fargate service to replace a legacy, relational database system, aiding in the removal of the dependency on the legacy system which generated ~$30,000/month in.
• Combined the functionality of two repositories, which reduced the total number of external API calls by 50%, decreased complexity of our code-base, and reduced overhead costs by deprecating an AWS service.
• Migrated an existing product submission tool to our Angular content management system, increasing security by requiring authorization in order to download information needed to submit purchasable products to Apple.
• Consolidated Swagger API documentation to an instantly usable Postman collection, increasing onboarding efficiency of new hires by allowing them to interact with our API endpoints with minimal startup effort.

Chamblee, Georgia, US

• Implemented a middle-out pagination algorithm for activity feeds that maximizes application efficiency while also providing more historical feed context to the user.
• Used object-oriented design principles to implement three new RESTful Node.js API endpoints to grant/revoke user admin privileges and update user profiles
• Added ability to access new admin endpoints through React components, creating the admin user flow of updating user details and admin permissions

Atlanta, GA, US

• DigitalCrafts is a coding bootcamp located in Atlanta, GA that teaches full-stack JavaScript, including Node.js, React, and Redux. Personal projects include:Tonely, July 2018
• A draft tweet analyzer that utilizes IBM Watson to analyze the tone of tweets to ensure a consistent tone across all social media managers that was developed using Agile methodology with two other group members.
• Built using: HTML, CSS, Flexbox, JavaScript, the IBM Watson API, and the Firebase API.
• Utilized varying opacities of the same hue to develop a cohesive style while still maintaining contrast.
• Pulled data from the IBM Watson API and formatted it in vanilla JavaScript so that we could populate a graph with the data obtained from the API.
• Created a modal that stored draft tweets and added functionality using JavaScript that could approve, discard, and copy tweets.Color Addiction, September 2018

Franklin, Tennessee, US

• Executes research projects and produces reports as assigned by QA Management. Produces Product Compliance Reports and communicates findings to CKE Quality Assurance Team and supplier’s Quality Assurance Department Key.
• Mentored and led multiple new hires to be skilled in day-to-day- lab activities.
• Improved efficiency department-wide by implementing a new organizational system in the quality assurance analytical lab.
• Led quality assurance analysis on cost-saving initiative that saved $9.8 million dollars annually.

• Formulated and developed ingredient Batch Pack samples for use in tortillas and gluten-free baked goods. Tasked with improving an existing tortilla batch pack to increase the flexibility of the finished tortilla..
• Facilitated quality assurance testing that included pH, moisture content, and titratable acidity.
• Led 7 production workers and charged with developing a double acting baking powder formula, which was successfully scaled up from 100-gram lab samples to 17k lb. production batches.
• Organized and completed shelf-life analytical testing.

Bertrange, LU

• Charged with designing new products that meet specific customer specifications as well as crafting products to match competitor samples. Used analytical tasks to create and develop products and generated and shipped.
• Executed analytical tasks such as pH, Bostwick and Brookfield viscosities, water activity, texture analysis, and L*a*b* colorimetry readings.
• Increased functionality and efficiency office-wide by Implementing 5S system within lab stations, supply room, and warehouse.
• Led the development of a York Peppermint Pattie beverage base for Hershey’s.
• Participated in a project to match an icing base with a competitor’s sample.

Completed lab procedures that included Soxhlet lipid extraction, phenolic extraction and Rotavape evaporation. Absorbed and learned methodologies and best practices.

Analyzed, maintained and catalogued information collected from weekly quality assurance tasting panels. Input information into database within Microsoft Excel. Absorbed and learned methodologies and best practices.

Served as intern and facilitated all aspects of planning for major events. Utilized Microsoft Office to develop budgets, maintain contact information, and accurately organize data. Absorbed and learned methodologies and best practices.

Full Stack Immersive, Javascript Web Development

Bachelor Of Science In Agriculture, With Honors, Food Science And Technology

Bachelor'S Of Science In Agriculture, Food Science, Food Science