Sylvia Cruz-Albrecht Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Manage monthly upload of Harvard Law Review online journal using MS Word macros and Wordpress; help drive website redesign process.

Berlin, Germany

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Intern on xPay Wallet Team under Microsoft Advertising
• Created technical design for migrating payment controls to wallet component in Microsoft Edge.
• Implemented new browser-renderer IPC for fetching preferences using Chromium Mojo to improve security and performance; collaborated with engineer to build UI with react/redux.

New York, United States

Member of early-stage startup team developing SEO analytics tool. Used Python libraries and NLP APIs to scrape and analyze data; implemented algorithms for improving unique and duplicate quote recognition.

• Mentor students 1-on-1 to provide guidance and edits on college admissions essays
• Assess writing quality, identify areas of improvement, and provide critiques while preserving the student's voice

Intern on the Curriculum Engineering team. Developed Pymongo web app for 220x MongoDB University course, including UI, API endpoints, Atlas database queries, and test suite. Co-led project direction including task delegation and meeting with stakeholders.

• Used React, Typescript, and GraphQL to help expand Personal Loan offers on Credit Karma's homepage, increasing monthly revenue flow by an estimated $1MM
  
• Involved in each step of the software development lifecycle, from ideation and planning to testing and deployment
  
• Responsible for reviewing teammates' code and working on backlog tickets
  
• Participated in weekly sprint planning and retros, as well as cross-team collaboration within the Personal Loans vertical

London, England, United Kingdom

• Worked directly with CEO of cryptocurrency hedge fund managing over $100MM in investments
• Gathered market data to analyze trends and help value and price transactions
• Drafted investor reports detailing market analysis and fund performance
• Aid in investor communications, track leads for new investors, and prepare briefings
• Designed and developed new website for the firm using Jekyll, HTML, CSS, and Liquid

• Pair-programmed with team member to design and build a new landing page in React, working through various iterations to achieve a redesigned branding for Campfire and incorporate team feedback
• Collaborated with team on projects and to identify areas of improvement in terms of design, software, and outreach strategy

Greater Boston

• Worked with other Product Managers for Painpal, a tech startup developing telehealth care for chronic pain patients
• Performed user research and UX design analysis; presented findings to team of engineers for future iterations.

• Numerous top-5 finishes at the California southern-section and state level for cross-country, 1600m, and 3200m; hold school records for all distance and mid-distance track events
• Team Captain (2 yrs), Team MVP (x3), Ventura County Star All-County Runner of the Year, Ventura County Champion (x2)

• Interned with technology department for two summers.
• Installed new laptops and updated computer software on all eight campuses
• Helped maintain hardware including IDFs and computer labs

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Current: Harvard WiCS (Women in Computer Science), ARC Peer Tutor, Women Entrepreneurship (WE), Veritas Essays.

Exchange Term, Humanities

Dual-Enrollment; Engineering, 4.0

4.0 (Uw), 4.7 (W)

Activities and Societies: Key Club (Treasurer; Division 42 East News Editor), SAT Prep Club (co-founder), OPHS English Fundamentals Summer.