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Merchandising - Margin ManagementDesigning & developing software to support an internal competitive pricing service for Buyers, Inventory Control Specialists & Executives in Merchandising across the nation.Building scalable architecture to enable fast, accurate, & personalized pricing analysis operations on a wide variety of Costco products.Key Contributions:• Improved application API response times by up to 15x by designing and implementing response caching for the first time, using Azure Redis Cache• Designed a reusable caching framework that improved task retrieval performance by caching Azure Active Directory responses• Integrated Azure Feature Flag for the first time in the pricing application to dynamically control API response caching• Implemented robust access control by integrating user authorizations from Costco’s IBM iSeries system, enhancing security and operational integrity across the entire application• Implemented personalization, usability and consistency by dynamically filtering all screens and components based on users’ access levels in iSeries• Rewrote all frontend unit tests to shift from Jest to Vitest testing framework, resulting in significant improvement in test execution performance

Ancillary - PharmacyAutomated report handling, storage, and sharing for Pharmacy Business stakeholders. • Leveraged the Syncplicity API Catalog to develop a Python program that reads, uploads, and generates shareable links for reports and extracts.• Created an intuitive Flask and HTML/CSS frontend for users to upload files, choose destinations, and set passwords and expiration dates as they see fit. • Ensured adherence to design patterns and best practices for existing internal user-facing solutions. Reporting & Intake Requests• Implemented, tested, and deployed changes to multiple critical reports for Pharmacy Business stakeholders. • Modified SQL scripts to meet stakeholders' new requirements and applied changes to reports via Elixir Repertoire.

Ancillary - OpticalContributed to the Optical Digital Store for all Costco Members by creating standalone .NET web APIs to confirm checkouts and troubleshoot any issues for a more positive member experience. • API retrieves the most recent Checkout Confirmations from Azure Cosmos DB.• Enabled for integration into any client-side application across all environments from UAT to Production.• Developed full unit & integration tests and an Azure DevOps build pipeline for CI/CD.• Followed design patterns and best practices of existing architecture behind the Optical Digital Store.

eBay Sellers regularly add new shipping solutions to ship items to customers, so the Tracking Team must frequently add to the list of shipping carriers supported at eBay.• Created a solution to revamp how the team onboards new shipping carriers and maintains existing carrier records.• Identified pain points of the existing method that used SQL scripts to directly update databases.• Designed user-friendly UI according to team’s requirements and implemented it using HTML & JavaScript frontend and Java back-end where users can: • Onboard new shipping carriers with required inputs. • Update carrier information by retrieving existing data and making necessary changes. • Assure correctness using rule-based input validations. • Solution enabled team members to onboard and update carriers within seconds. Without it, users spent up to 10 minutes on the existing database tool in staging, and then replicated those steps in production.

Designed and prototyped a solution to improve the speed of searching tracking numbers by more than 100x. • Researched project requirements, different technology options and designed a solution using the ELK stack - Elasticsearch, Logstash, Filebeat, and Kibana. • Implemented an end-to-end prototype for continuously collecting log files from Shipping-Tracking server and indexing them into Elasticsearch; searchable via the Kibana UI. • This solution made it easier and quicker for on-call employees to resolve issues with missing tracking files by enabling search results in milliseconds. Without the solution, the on-call spent up to 15 minutes reconciling missing tracking numbers. • To facilitate deployment of the system, I implemented a containerized staging solution utilizing Docker and Kubernetes.

Marketing office space solutions to enterprise, startup, and mid-size companies in Greater Seattle.- Assisted VP of Growth to drive sales by leveraging elastic contracts and affordable office spaces.- Utilized multiple strategies (LinkedIn, cold/warm calls, emails) to create appointments and tours. - Utilized Salesforce to manage client and prospect interactions.

Blockchain Strategy Research for Real Estate Solution- 200+ hours of blockchain research analysis and evaluation.- Developed prototype application for initial coin offering.- Presented recommendations, test code, and real estate applications to executives.Assisted Sales Manager in lead generation, marketing and event planning.

Summer camp counselor for middle school and elementary school students. Engaging and leading kids through sports and other enrichment activities.