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Alexandria, Va, Us

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Developed and maintained key application features for a large-scale live web service, collaborating closely with a cross-functional team to ensure timely delivery and compliance with client contract requirements.Led the creation and maintenance of unit tests for critical features, ensuring consistent software quality and minimizing defects during production releases.Coordinated with project management and technical teams to meet client requirements, contributing to successful project deliveries that aligned with business goals.Designed and implemented a service status tracking system using REST interfaces to monitor web app microservices, improving system reliability by 40% and reducing downtime-related support queries by 25% through real-time outage notifications and access control.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Coordinated with cross-functional development teams to implement large-scale quarterly application modifications, enhancing application performance by 15% and ensuring compliance with business specifications and standards.Developed and maintained SOP documentation for common team challenges over two years, ensuring relevance and achieving a 30% improvement in resolution speed.Optimized database performance by creating and refining stored procedures, triggers, and views using SQL Server, resulting in a 20% reduction in query execution time and improved application responsiveness for over 10,000 daily users.Engineered and implemented a program to evaluate thousands of user applications, autonomously detecting flaws in created legal paperwork and rectifying difficulties, hence diminishing contractual risks and legal challenges for over 5,000 applicants.

Mclean, Virginia

Provided invaluable software engineering expertise throughout the entire product lifecycle, from initial requirements definition to the successful deployment of software solutions.Championed the development of critical new features, with a notable accomplishment being the implementation of cutting-edge predictive model algorithms.Coordinated with expert software engineer team in the development of a Predictive modeling application for use in bank fraud detectionParticipated in thorough CI testing of a large scale software production including implementation of JUnit and automated test casesThrived in a highly collaborative and agile development environment, actively contributing to the design, feature implementation, and rigorous testing phases of each project

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led and coordinated a dynamic team of 6 developers, fostering a goal-driven environment for improved project execution and task managementChampioned the development and seamless integration of real-time spectrum sharing software with the tactical edge network manager, JENM, the cutting-edge military communication technologiesServed as a key presenter for software initiatives, leveraging strong communication skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts and project details to diverse audiences.Engineered and executed routine Continuous Integration (CI) testing procedures to meticulously validate that the software met clients' desired functionality and rigorous requirements, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed program used to interpret reading passages using Amazon Web Service’s Polly program to generate MP3 files• Collaborated with professors and students in developing an educational literacy application• Utilized natural language processing techniques with Python to process data strings and files.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Independently Developed fully automatic scheduling application designed to assist students• Created unique scheduling algorithm that adapts to a user’s preferences to optimize its scheduling• Planned and Executed yearlong application development process with weekly updates

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted Development of Marketing Tool to service sales request and organize department communication• Performed regular feature updates and bug fixes in coordination with multi person team• Developed JavaScript on a government wide project supplying mission critical technology (SEWP)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Acted as sole IT support for The Elliott School that consisted of over 30 faculty and staff• Coordinated the purchase and preparation of new technology to be distributed to new faculty• Worked with department administration to reorganize outdated IT support ticket system

Washington D.C. Metro Area

The research and development of the CAPITAL project under Professor Rahul Simha and Lead Researcher Jennifer Hill.Software Development● Worked alongside professors and students in developing an educational literacy teaching application for the illiterate.● Utilized Play Framework to develop a universal application accessible and functional on most mobile devices.● Design and Program a Literary teaching tool using visual and audio assets to test users with artificially generated questions through analyzing words and passages intuitively.● Formatting my work into reports and presentations to communicate my progress with the research team andsupervising professors.Research into Natural Language Processing● Establishing databases of research surrounding Natural Language Processing and literary teaching methods.● Implementing these methods to established scaled lessons that were optimally spaced for improved learning and retention of the teachings.● Designed and executed test procedures, reported incidents, and worked with knowledge databases used by our application.● Developing intuitive algorithms to interpret words and passages and then generate comprehensive questions that could be scaled to a users literacy skill.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

● Operate the University's Facilities main desk and manage any contract workers needing access to buildings or students with damaged locks or that have been locked out of their room.● Answer phones and emails to provide resolution and assistance for all key and mailbox related concerns and or questions.● Manage the organization of all key deliveries and overseeing sorting all of the keys for incoming residents.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

● Coordinating large service events with city officials, independent businesses, and many University Departments.● Maintaining clear communication with all fraternity members about upcoming events and encouraging participation.● Cooperate with all other brothers to create practical and fun activities that are beneficial to our society.

My responsibilities included repairing and maintaining the student's personal laptops, updating the operating systems of all school computers, and IT consulting.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Association for Computing Machinery, Buff and Blue Hat Computer Security, Theta Tau: Professional Engineering.

High School Degree

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, Senior Community Service Chair, Senior Stage Manager, Varsity Swim Team